When Margaret Elizabeth Glazier was born on 22 February 1856, in Fremont, Mahaska, Iowa, United States, her father, Luther William Glazier, was 32 and her mother, Martha Jane Stephenson, was 26. She married William Henry Bateman on 9 June 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States in 1920 and Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1930. She died on 26 June 1936, in Burlington, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Burlington, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.