When Isadore Lodena Griffith was born on 22 January 1861, in Saint Louis, Gratiot, Michigan, United States, her father, Daniel Griffeth, was 41 and her mother, Nancy Minerva Burgess Griffeth, was 30. She married Bert Hartwell Failing on 10 November 1881, in St. Louis, Gratiot, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Alma, Gratiot, Michigan, United States in 1910 and Pine River Township, Gratiot, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died on 21 August 1962, in Barstow, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 101.