When Florell Jane Currier was born about 1846, in Erie, New York, United States, her father, Erdix Tinney Currier, was 27 and her mother, Laura Amelia Goodspeed, was 24. She married Franklin Safford Hanks on 1 September 1867, in Bremer, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years and Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 14 June 1931, at the age of 85.