When Mary Alice Golden was born on 4 July 1859, in Leake, Mississippi, United States, her father, Alexander Golden, was 34 and her mother, Susan Spivey, was 28. She married Henry Sylvester Liles on 24 October 1876, in Leake, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 16 January 1947, in Walnut Grove, Leake, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 87.