When Mary Ada Cagle was born on 12 May 1886, in New Market, Madison, Alabama, United States, her father, Henry Alexander Cagle, was 21 and her mother, Sarah Ann Elmore, was 27. She married Hardy Q Evans on 1 December 1917, in Ellis, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Morgan, Alabama, United States in 1935 and Election Precinct 11 Trinity, Morgan, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 1 October 1962, in Cisco, Eastland, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Cisco, Eastland, Texas, United States.