When Etta Almeda Staples was born in December 1863, in Grow Township, Anoka, Minnesota, United States, her father, William Staples, was 48 and her mother, Joanna Cobb McKenney, was 41. She married George Valentine Bare on 17 November 1881, in Anoka, Anoka, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Anoka, Anoka, Minnesota, United States in 1900 and Roberts, Jefferson, Idaho, United States in 1920. She died on 7 April 1955, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, King, Washington, United States.