When Ruth Frances Patterson was born on 10 October 1867, in Riceville, Mitchell, Iowa, United States, her father, David Patterson, was 39 and her mother, Jennie Malissa Edwards, was 25. She married Frederick Bradley Chamberlain on 2 June 1886, in Howard, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Jamestown Township, Howard, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, United States in 1930. She died about 1905, in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 38.