When Eva Naomi Shaw was born on 5 April 1891, in Bertig, Greene, Arkansas, United States, her father, Norton Howell Shaw, was 35 and her mother, Hannah Elizabeth Libbie Devoll, was 29. She married James Earnest Wonch on 9 July 1908, in Stevens, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Friendship Township, Greene, Arkansas, United States in 1900 and Echo, Stevens, Washington, United States in 1910. She died on 18 April 1922, in Deer Park, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Deer Park, Spokane, Washington, United States.