When Ruth Louise Gibson was born on 13 March 1897, in Preston, West Virginia, United States, her father, Bertus Thurman Gibson, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Mabel Hartman, was 25. She married David Walter Milne on 23 March 1922, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Tunnelton, Preston, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Valley District, Preston, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 19 May 1960, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Kingwood, Preston, West Virginia, United States.