When Mary Ann Ashburn was born on 7 June 1834, in Ohio, United States, her father, Joseph Ashburn, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Hart, was 27. She married William Jennings Newhard on 15 December 1853, in Trumbull, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Union Township, Wells, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 23 August 1874, in Uniondale, Wells, Indiana, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Wells, Indiana, United States.