When Lorinda Evaline Gant was born on 21 January 1861, in Cedar Grove, Franklin, Indiana, United States, her father, Silas Gant, was 27 and her mother, Amanda Jane Bake, was 18. She married Oscar Phillip Ecord on 24 December 1882, in Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Bassettville Township, Decatur, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Noble Township, Norton, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 22 December 1953, in Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Decatur, Indiana, United States.