When Zelia Dice was born in 1837, in Vermont, United States, her father, Jacob Dice, was 25 and her mother, Sophia Hopkins, was 25. She married William Oliver on 15 June 1867, in Trumbull, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Champion Township, Trumbull, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Braceville, Trumbull, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 23 October 1913, in Braceville Township, Trumbull, Ohio, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Braceville, Trumbull, Ohio, United States.