When Martha Harriet Myers was born on 27 August 1888, in Meridian, Bosque, Texas, United States, her father, John Lewis Myers, was 44 and her mother, Harriet Adeline Clark *, was 40. She married Robert Young Patterson in 1908, in Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Hunter Township, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States in 1930 and Winslow Township, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1940. She died on 4 October 1971, in Gravette, Benton, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Decatur, Benton, Arkansas, United States.