When Rose Ann Hensen was born on 2 January 1878, in Missouri, United States, her father, Alfred Boyd Henson, was 23 and her mother, Seralda Jane Killian, was 25. She married John Lee Hovis on 2 April 1902, in Buckhorn, Madison, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Madison, Missouri, United States in 1935 and Buckhorn, Big Creek Township, Madison, Missouri Territory, United States in 1940. She died on 15 March 1966, in Buckhorn, Madison, Missouri, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Madison, Missouri, United States.