When Mary Ann Rodgers was born on 17 July 1812, in York, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Joseph Rodgers, was 29 and her mother, Mary Ann Hamilton, was 17. She married Godleib Diffenderfer on 24 September 1837, in Pickaway, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Troy Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 21 August 1908, in Covington, Troy Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States, at the age of 96.