When Ellen Nellie Hollingsworth was born on 30 April 1854, in West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States, her father, Lawson Duncan Hollingsworth, was 30 and her mother, Lucinda Mauldin, was 28. She married William Townsend Vore about 1875, in United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Springdale, Cedar, Iowa, United States in 1870 and Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1900. She died on 22 November 1930, in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.