When Caroline Josephine Gillette was born on 3 August 1845, in Wyandot, Ohio, United States, her father, Joseph Gillett Jr., was 41 and her mother, Candace Hamilton, was 32. She married Francis Rudolph Burnham on 28 November 1867. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Election District 6 Carter, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1900 and Mountain View, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1910. She died on 18 February 1923, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.