When Esther Clara Thompson was born on 17 March 1900, in Marshall, Alabama, United States, her father, Marion Ebolee Thompson, was 24 and her mother, Ever K. Albright, was 25. She married John Daniel Mathis Sr. in March 1942. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Election Precinct 12 Oleander, Marshall, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 5, Haskell, Texas, United States in 1910. She died in November 1965, in Adamsville, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Adamsville, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.