When Maydell Ellison was born in 1895, her father, Henry George Ellison, was 32 and her mother, Ruth Ann MacPherson, was 29. She married Beverlly Rosier Burrow on 3 November 1912. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Eastland, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 5, Eastland, Texas, United States in 1930. She died on 28 September 1947, in Eastland, Texas, United States, at the age of 52.