When Elizabeth Phillips was born on 29 March 1841, in Hilham, Overton, Tennessee, United States, her father, David Phillips, was 26 and her mother, Elvira Jones, was 25. She married John Lafait Carson. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Overton, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. She died on 14 March 1920, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Jackson, Tennessee, United States.