When Horticia Heninger was born on 8 February 1886, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, her father, Jedediah Grant Heninger, was 42 and her mother, Chastina Almena Patrick, was 33. She died on 27 March 1887, in her hometown, at the age of 1, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States.