When Jesse May Trowbridge was born on 5 September 1886, in Neligh, Antelope, Nebraska, United States, her father, Henry Alvin Trowbridge, was 34 and her mother, Etta Lucy Bradeen, was 25. She married Charles Wilson Cronk on 18 March 1908, in Holt, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Sherman Township, Antelope, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Verdigris Township, Holt, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 4 June 1985, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Page, Holt, Nebraska Territory, United States.