When Ida Alice Nazelrod was born on 22 February 1869, in West Virginia, United States, her father, Emanuel Nesselrodt, was 34 and her mother, Christenia Sine, was 32. She married George Absalom Dove on 23 August 1890, in Crawford, Dawes, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Delta, Colorado, United States in 1930 and Hotchkiss, Delta, Colorado, United States in 1940. She died on 18 July 1945, in Crawford, Delta, Colorado, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Garden Of Memories Cemetery, Crawford, Delta, Colorado, United States.