When Emma Florence Routzahn was born on 19 September 1858, in District 14 Jefferson, Frederick, Maryland, United States, her father, Benjamin Routzahn, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Bittle, was 33. She had at least 1 son with Richard Clarence Ranels. She lived in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States for about 10 years. She died on 30 March 1954, in Waynesboro, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Washington, Maryland, United States.