When Laura Arrilla Altha Gibson was born on 27 June 1837, in Monroe, Mississippi, United States, her father, George Washington Gibson, was 37 and her mother, Mary Ann Sparks, was 35. She married James Andrus on 11 March 1857, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 4 July 1905, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.