When Mary Alice Slote was born on 4 April 1849, in Spring Brook, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James Slote, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Dale, was 24. She married Joseph S Friant on 4 September 1872, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She lived in Seattle, King, Washington, United States for about 10 years and Edgewood, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1930. She died on 23 January 1933, in Puyallup, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.