When Dolly Purdy was born on 10 August 1864, in Huron, Ohio, United States, her father, Charles Purdy, was 29 and her mother, Rebecca Dinges, was 28. She married August Rheiner in 1881, in Rice, Cloud, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Lyons, Rice, Kansas, United States in 1910 and Fresno, Fresno, California, United States for about 10 years. She died on 1 January 1941, in Anaheim, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Anaheim, Orange, California, United States.