When Mallie Lee Nichols was born on 10 December 1888, in Alleghany, North Carolina, United States, her father, Hiram Columbus Nichols, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Wagoner, was 32. She married Hiram John Clayton Evans on 2 January 1909, in Alleghany, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Gap Civil Township, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Glade Creek Township, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years. She died on 27 March 1952, in Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States.