When Mary Ann Salina Woody was born on 2 January 1859, in Dahlonega, Cherokee, Georgia, United States, her father, John Wesley Woody Jr, was 38 and her mother, Axey Elizabeth Seabolt, was 38. She married Benjamin Columbus McDonald on 19 February 1876, in Lumpkin, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Georgia, United States in 1870 and District 999, Lumpkin, Georgia, United States in 1880. She died on 20 September 1897, in Barnard, Lincoln, Kansas, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Milo Cemetery, Barnard, Lincoln, Kansas, United States.