When Alice Arnold was born on 21 October 1891, in Gonzales, Gonzales, Texas, United States, her father, Nathanial Lemuel Arnold, was 39 and her mother, Martha Maranda Price, was 38. She married Robert Walter Donahue on 23 December 1911, in Bell, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in South Gate, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Judicial Township 7, Kern, California, United States in 1940. She died on 11 July 1969, in Norwalk, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 77.