When Mary E Crow was born on 11 June 1841, in Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States, her father, Mansfield Crow, was 24 and her mother, Mary Burnaman, was 25. She married William S Sowell about 1874. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Smith, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 1, Henderson, Texas, United States in 1900. She died on 9 August 1905, in Hamlin, Jones, Texas, United States, at the age of 64.