When Elsie Jane Hardisty was born on 26 November 1865, in Henderson, Illinois, United States, her father, Adonijah Hardisty, was 24 and her mother, Virginia Penny, was 22. She married George E. Masters on 30 July 1885. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Maryville, Polk Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Polk Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. She died on 8 March 1950, in Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, United States.