When Betty Maybell "Mae" Hogue was born on 2 March 1902, in Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Francis Marion " Sam" Hogue, was 24 and her mother, Laura Josephine Henry, was 20. She married William Sanders Slover on 19 January 1920, in Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Kiowa, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Johnsonville, McClain, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died on 5 March 1991, in San Joaquin, California, United States, at the age of 89.