When Lena Loretta McCombs was born on 30 August 1861, in Diablo, Contra Costa, California, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin McCombs, was 32 and her mother, Nancy Lavina Lear, was 22. She married Frank Leibrandt on 31 October 1883, in King, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Vallejo Township, Sonoma, California, United States in 1910 and Brookdale, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1920. She died on 9 June 1928, in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Nooksack, Whatcom, Washington, United States.