When Mary Ella Hendrix was born on 22 June 1887, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, her father, William Thomas Hendrix, was 27 and her mother, Margaret Ann Miller, was 24. She married Albert Melton Coggins on 10 September 1903. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Reidville Township, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States in 1940 and Reidville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States in 2010. She died on 30 September 1965, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Greer, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.