When Mary Mariah Moody was born on 11 March 1821, in Bedford, Tennessee, United States, her father, Rev William Moody, was 27 and her mother, Mary "Polly" Shepherd, was 28. She married Miles Allen Wells on 23 February 1837, in Tippah, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Mississippi, United States in 1870. She died on 7 July 1883, in United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Waxahachie City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States.