Born about in Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Alexander Murphy
and Susannah (Coleman) Murphy
Sister of
Eleanor (Murphy) Griffith, Richard Coleman Murphy, Jane (Murphy) Long, Mary Jane (Murphy) Goates, John Francis Murphy, Susan (Murphy) Sanders and Alexander Harmon Murphy
Wife of
William Alexander Watts Sr.
— married
1844 (to 1850) in Searcy County, Arkansas, USA
Descendants 
Died
at about age 30
in Searcy, Arkansas, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Sep 2017
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Biography
Cenatha was the daughter of John Alexander "Alex" & Susannah "Susan" (Coleman) Murphy
She married, as his first wife, William Alexander Watts Sr., in 1844 - parents of William Alexander Jr. - after her death William Sr. married her younger sister, Tennessee Mary (Murphy) Goates
She is buried at Mainord Rambo Cem, Marshall, Searcy, AR - there are several names on her family marker, including Luveley (do not know who this is) - her headstone lists Cenatha's death in 1850, at 30 years of age
Sources
- 1840 US Federal Census (Searcy, AR)
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32141067
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cenatha by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Cenatha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cenatha by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Cenatha:
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~3.12%
Byron Graham
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member madbaron
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T053495 [compare], FTDNA kit #257435
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~3.12%
Pete Horton :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Stephen Maxwell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Smax5725
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Morris Meador :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XY4140043 [compare], Ancestry member Morris_Meador
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~1.56%
Christine (Carkin) Giles :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T387772 [compare], yourDNAportal PAT66594261, FTDNA kit #855018
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~0.78%
Damon Chadic :
23andMe
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