When Mary Margaret Burlingame was born on 20 January 1909, in Middleton Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, her father, Joseph Ellsworth Burlingame, was 44 and her mother, Sarah Ellen Thomas, was 43. She married Ralph Burson on 20 July 1928, in Columbiana, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Middleton, Columbiana, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. She died on 25 January 1945, in Unity, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Negley, Columbiana, Ohio, United States.