When Anna Isabelle Troutman was born in February 1837, in Troutman, Iredell, North Carolina, United States, her father, Daniel Obadiah Troutman, was 33 and her mother, Anna Leonard, was 32. She married Joseph Madison Johnson in December 1861. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Empire Township, Ellsworth, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Shoal Creek Township, Newton, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 3 December 1901, in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States.