When Grace Bell Aney was born on 29 January 1884, in Middlefield, Otsego, New York, United States, her father, George Aney, was 33 and her mother, Isabelle ( Belle) Scott, was 29. She married Frederick Elezar Norton on 8 April 1908, in Westville, Middlefield, Otsego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Westford, Otsego, New York, United States for about 20 years. She died on 25 March 1944, in Otsego, New York, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Elk Creek Cemetery, Maryland, Otsego, New York, United States.