When Mary Malinda Toney was born on 9 November 1837, in Preble, Ohio, United States, her father, Johnathan Toney, was 30 and her mother, Mary Polly Toney, was 23. She married Thomas Brannon about 1848, in England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Dixon Township, Preble, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1875, at the age of 38, and was buried in Concord Cemetery, Dixon Township, Preble, Ohio, United States.