When Lucinda Arabelle Vanderpool was born on 14 May 1867, in Mercer, Missouri, United States, her father, John Jackson Vanderpool, was 63 and her mother, Millia Jane Smith, was 34. She married Lewis Jerome Yates on 3 July 1887, in Mercer, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Washington Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States for about 30 years and Reed Point, Stillwater, Montana, United States in 1920. She died in 1944, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Big Timber, Sweet Grass, Montana, United States.