When Mary Ann Hess was born about 1801, in Kanawha, Virginia, United States, her father, Benjamin Hess, was 26 and her mother, Mary Sensebaugh, was 24. She married Christian Songer on 1 June 1829, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Montgomery, Montgomery, Virginia, United States in 1850. She died on 10 September 1858, in Kanawha, Virginia, United States, at the age of 57.