When Elizabeth Jane Faucett was born on 22 November 1840, in Orange, Indiana, United States, her father, Isaac J. Faucett, was 24 and her mother, Mary Southern, was 24. She married Dennis Hummell in 1864. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Center Township, Henry, Iowa, United States for about 30 years. She died on 21 April 1915, in Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Forest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States.