When Mary Evaline McLeskey was born on 25 May 1872, in Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States, her father, Thomas Evans McLeskey, was 20 and her mother, Julia Ann Martin, was 19. She married Walter Lee " Bob" Snipes in 1893, in Anderson, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Anderson Township, Anderson, South Carolina, United States in 1900 and Fork Twp, Anderson, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 27 October 1958, in Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Townville, Anderson, South Carolina, United States.