When Marcia Hannah Wilson was born on 4 February 1843, in Commerce, Oakland, Michigan, United States, her father, Amos Willson, was 44 and her mother, Hannah Farnsworth, was 43. She married Wright Clear Burdick on 3 October 1866, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wilson Township, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States in 1910 and Charlevoix, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died on 9 February 1927, in Boyne City, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Boyne City, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States.