When Martha Harllin Martin was born on 11 July 1879, in Prescott, Nevada, Arkansas, United States, her father, John William Martin, was 30 and her mother, Sarah Hinton Jobe, was 26. She married James Lafayette Dickinson on 16 September 1900, in Nevada, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Anderson, Texas, United States in 1910 and Caney, Nevada, Arkansas, United States in 1920. She died on 26 September 1951, in San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Fallbrook, San Diego, California, United States.