When Annie Pressie Mallow was born on 14 November 1886, in Circleville, Pendleton, Virginia, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Mallow, was 29 and her mother, Roxanna Nelson, was 23. She married Gilbert Kennie Sponaugle on 4 February 1906, in Franklin, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 27 December 1982, in Elkins, Randolph, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Hunting Ground, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States.