When Minnie Mae Spradley was born on 9 May 1883, in Collin, Texas, United States, her father, Pleasant Henry Spradley, was 47 and her mother, Sarah Jane Murray, was 40. She married John Hogan Young on 5 September 1897, in Collin, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Collin, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 1, Denton, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 13 January 1963, in McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Plano, Collin, Texas, United States.