When Leona Christiansen Murray was born on 10 February 1899, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, her father, William Parker Murray, was 24 and her mother, Marie Christiansen, was 20. She married Lionel Gunnell Maughan on 12 October 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Coltman, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Thornton Election Precinct, Madison, Idaho, United States in 1940. She died on 24 May 1942, in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.