When Fannie E. McCollum was born on 8 May 1890, in Bonita, Montague, Texas, United States, her father, David Frank McCollum, was 37 and her mother, Mary Ann Drew, was 39. She married Charles James Murphy on 1 October 1929, in Maryetta, Adair, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Milam, Texas, United States in 1910 and Castroville Judicial Township, Monterey, California, United States in 1940. She died on 26 March 1961, in Salinas, Monterey, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Castroville Moss Landing Cemetery, Castroville, Monterey, California, United States.