When Edith Ballinger was born on 11 April 1799, in Pipe Creek, Carroll, Maryland, United States, her father, William Ballinger Jr., was 40 and her mother, Lydia Smith Ballinger, was 37. She married William Price on 27 April 1825, in Smithfield, Jefferson, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 2 February 1853, in Smithfield, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Smithfield, Jefferson, Ohio, United States.