When Lucia Mabel Nelson was born on 6 September 1885, in Saint Charles, Winona, Minnesota, United States, her father, Thomas Nelson, was 24 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth McHenry, was 19. She married Leon Galehouse on 28 August 1903, in Carrington, Foster, North Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Carrington, Foster, North Dakota, United States for about 30 years. She died on 17 May 1973, in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Carrington, Foster, North Dakota, United States.