When Jennie Elizabeth Ashby was born on 3 May 1883, in Rusk, Texas, United States, her father, John Peyton Ashby, was 28 and her mother, Martha Ann "Mattie" Jones, was 20. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Jasper Lee Andrew Tipps. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Rusk, Texas, United States for about 30 years. She died on 28 May 1968, in Henderson, Rusk, Texas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Henderson, Rusk, Texas, United States.