When Martha Ellen Ashby was born on 26 February 1885, in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States, her father, William Hardin Ashby, was 45 and her mother, Nancy Maria Badger, was 38. She married Marion Roscoe Stevens on 2 June 1909, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Holden Election Precinct, Millard, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 30 October 1962, in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Holden Cemetery, Holden, Millard, Utah, United States.