She is buried in Hickory Springs Cemetery, Tift County, GA. [1]
Sources
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8430175/rutha-ann-branch: accessed 05 November 2023), memorial page for Rutha Ann Sumner Branch (10 Jun 1821–4 Feb 1906), Find A Grave: Memorial #8430175, citing Hickory Springs Cemetery, Tifton, Tift County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Jeannette Essen (contributor 46606603).
Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 2, page 267;
Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 4, pages 20-31;
Info from Margaret Elliott, adescedant of William Yates;
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rutha 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 Rutha: