When Laura Elizabeth Anderson was born on 24 January 1881, in Bellevue, Washington, Utah Territory, United States, her father, Peter Anderson, was 40 and her mother, Ane Jorgine Rasmussen, was 33. She married John Madsen Pulsipher on 6 October 1920, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. She lived in Kane, Utah, United States in 1880 and Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 24 October 1977, in Hurricane, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.