When Cora Kochenderfer was born in July 1890, in Richland, Ohio, United States, her father, William Kochenderfer, was 38 and her mother, Eunice Emeline Wolford, was 29. She married George E. Martin on 9 December 1911, in Richland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Butler Township, Richland, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Butler, Richland, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. She died on 19 March 1964, in Orange, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Adario, Richland, Ohio, United States.