When Hattie Cantrell was born on 13 November 1890, in South Carolina, United States, her father, William Henry Cantrell, was 25 and her mother, Sallie A. Hudson, was 29. She married Robert Hoyle Baber about 1911. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Township 3 Central, Pickens, South Carolina, United States in 1900 and Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1930. She died on 25 April 1970, in Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Converse, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.