When Hannah Mariah Aldrich was born on 9 August 1853, in Barry, Michigan, United States, her father, Isaac Martin Aldrich, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Betsey Sisson, was 27. She married Robert Ervin Upchurch on 10 October 1875, in Scopus Township, Bollinger, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in German, Bollinger, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. She died on 4 August 1916, in Marble Hill, Bollinger, Missouri, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Sedgewickville, Bollinger, Missouri, United States.