When Mary Myers was born on 1 July 1817, in Springfield Township, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, her father, Michael Myers, was 36 and her mother, Susanna Stump, was 32. She married William Sheets about 1830. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Harrison Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 18 April 1899, in Van Wert, Ohio, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Wren, Willshire Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States.