When Arvilla McNeil was born on 22 June 1854, in Lawton, Van Buren, Michigan, United States, her father, Minard McNeil, was 30 and her mother, Alvira Beebe, was 28. She married Hiram S. Wood on 5 July 1872, in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Michigan, United States in 1870 and Eureka Township, Furnas, Nebraska, United States for about 5 years. She died in 1911, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 57.