When Mary Elizabeth Ball was born on 16 August 1903, in Athens, Athens, Ohio, United States, her father, Arza Ball, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth North, was 31. She lived in Logan, Falls Township, Hocking, Ohio, United States in 1940 and Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1992. She died on 7 January 1992, in Franklin Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Glouster, Athens, Ohio, United States.