When Betsey Petrie was born about 14 October 1838, her father, Joseph Petrie, was 27 and her mother, Pamelia Penulira Staring, was 19. She married Valentine J. Terpening before 1855. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Dugway, Albion, Oswego, New York, United States in 1880 and Albion, Oswego, New York, United States in 1892. She died on 15 June 1892, in Albion, Orleans, New York, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Dugway Cemetery, Albion Center, Albion, Oswego, New York, United States.