When Edith Isabella Finlayson was born on 9 February 1878, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, her father, John Laird Finlayson, was 31 and her mother, Isabella Martin Davidson, was 39. She married John Clifton Cravens on 24 November 1897, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Payson Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900 and Payson Ward 2, Utah, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 July 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.