When Daisy Dysart was born on 23 September 1874, in Buchanan, Missouri, United States, her father, James Beattie Dysart, was 32 and her mother, Catharine Kate Martin, was 30. She married William Walter Shafer on 30 October 1901. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Elmwood, Saline, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Polk Township, Christian, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 May 1969, in Haines City, Polk, Florida, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Haines City, Polk, Florida, United States.