When Reah Bartlett was born on 24 January 1894, in Mapleton, Utah, Utah, United States, her father, John Bartlett, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Caroline Curtis, was 34. She lived in Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 20 February 1979, in Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.