When Laura Ann Marple was born on 14 March 1849, in Carroll, Missouri, United States, her father, William Ervin Marple, was 31 and her mother, Emily Ann Bright, was 26. She married Ephraim Jefferson Wooden on 22 August 1866, in Carroll, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Morris Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States for about 20 years and Hill Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 5 July 1933, in Bogard, Carroll, Missouri, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Leslie Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States.