When Mary Ann Mackley was born on 13 September 1828, in Medina, Ohio, United States, her father, Jeremiah Mackley, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Oyler, was 27. She married Benjamin P Goddard about 1846, in Medina, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Whiteside, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 27 June 1929, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 100.