When Priscilla Eleanor Alley was born on 3 October 1859, in Beals, Washington, Maine, United States, her father, Alexander A Alley, was 42 and her mother, Tryphena Peabody, was 34. She married Sylvanus Rodney Norton on 21 September 1876, in Jonesport, Washington, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Maine, United States in 1870 and Jonesport, Washington, Maine, United States for about 40 years. She died on 1 January 1945, at the age of 85.