When Eliss Josephine Bourland was born on 16 January 1843, in Franklin, Arkansas, United States, her father, Dubart Lee Bourland, was 39 and her mother, Mary Thomas, was 38. She married Enoch M Roach on 29 August 1870, in Franklin, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in White Oak Township, Franklin, Arkansas, United States in 1900 and White Oak, Franklin, Arkansas, United States in 1910. She died on 12 February 1933, in Ozark, Franklin, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Ozark, Franklin, Arkansas, United States.