When Belle Dona Willis was born on 17 April 1881, in Texas, United States, her father, Andrew Jackson Willis, was 44 and her mother, Matilda Melissa Richardson, was 37. She married Albert Freal Evans on 14 November 1898, in Brown Land District, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Coleman, Texas, United States in 1920 and Soledad Judicial Township, Monterey, California, United States in 1940. She died on 19 July 1949, in Calaveras, California, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Angels Camp, Calaveras, California, United States.