When Anna Barbara Miller was born on 22 February 1879, in Peru, Miami, Indiana, United States, her father, Samuel J. Miller, was 32 and her mother, Catherine Coleman, was 25. She married Jonas Awalt Hostetler on 2 March 1899. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Auburn, DeKalb, Indiana, United States in 1930 and Lagrange, LaGrange, Indiana, United States in 1940. She died on 19 January 1958, in Peru, Miami, Indiana, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Chili Community Cemetery, Chili, Miami, Indiana, United States.