When Mary Ella Jackson was born on 16 April 1870, in Myrtle Creek, Douglas, Oregon, United States, her father, William Jackson, was 40 and her mother, Harriett M Bailey, was 22. She married Ivy William Howard on 15 September 1886, in Myrtle Creek, Douglas, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Oregon, United States in 1870. She died on 5 August 1937, in Riddle, Douglas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Myrtle Creek, Douglas, Oregon, United States.