When Margaret Jane Crayden was born on 31 October 1848, in Jackson Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States, her father, James Crayden, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Payton, was 20. She married William Flock on 7 March 1866, in Harrison, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Perdue, Douglas, Oregon, United States in 1900 and Hazle Dell Precinct, Lane, Oregon, United States for about 10 years. She died on 22 September 1924, in Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Canyonville, Douglas, Oregon, United States.