_______________________
                                                |                       
                        _William RUTHERFORD ____|
                       | (1783 - 1863)          |
                       |                        |_______________________
                       |                                                
 _William RUTHERFORD __|
| (1818 - 1896) m 1841 |
|                      |                         _______________________
|                      |                        |                       
|                      |_Elizabeth S BOYKIN ____|
|                        (1788 - 1837)          |
|                                               |_______________________
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|
|--Laura Williams RUTHERFORD 
|  (1859 - 1944)
|                                                _John Addison COBBS ___+
|                                               | (1740 - 1803) m 1769  
|                       _John Addison COBB _____|
|                      | (1783 - 1855) m 1812   |
|                      |                        |_Mildred LEWIS ________+
|                      |                          (1750 - 1791) m 1769  
|_Laura Battaile COBB _|
  (1818 - 1888) m 1841 |
                       |                         _Thomas Reade ROOTES __
                       |                        | (1763 - 1824)         
                       |_Sarah Robinson ROOTES _|
                         (1792 - 1866) m 1812   |
                                                |_Sarah Ring BATTAILLE _
                                                  (1765 - 1811)