Ruth was born in 1920. She was the daughter of Ernest Cowdery and Anna Newman. She passed away in 1966.
Sources
"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MWY1-LJM : Wed Apr 05 04:55:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Ruth C Cowdery and Ernest E Cowdery, 1920.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3DY-W99 : accessed 7 April 2023), Ruth C Cowdery in household of Earnest N Cowdery, Long Prairie, Todd, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 3A, line 30, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1132; FHL microfilm 2,340,867.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSKX-7SL : 7 January 2021), Ruth C Cowdery in household of James R Horswill, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-202, sheet 5B, line 41, family 129, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1983.
"Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V449-K9S : 4 December 2014), Ruth C. Potter, 14 Dec 1966; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Hennepin, Minnesota, record 1657623, certificate number 031213, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth: