When Esther B. Thompson was born on 25 July 1885, her father, John A Thompson, was 27 and her mother, Louisa C. Peery, was 21. She married James A. Nugent on 6 September 1906, in Van Zandt, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas, United States in 1910 and Maypearl, Ellis, Texas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 18 December 1978, at the age of 93, and was buried in Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas, United States.