When Myrtle Adura Wesley was born on 12 April 1885, in Ashland, Clay, Alabama, United States, her father, William Benton Wesley, was 29 and her mother, Bethiah Cumi Arnold, was 24. She married Francis Danielly Pruet on 1 December 1901, in Clay, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 10 Wicker, Clay, Alabama, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 12 Idaho, Clay, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 24 June 1969, at the age of 84, and was buried in Clay, Alabama, United States.