When Martha Eliza McCombs was born on 6 February 1816, in Wayne, Wayne Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, her father, Lambert McCombs, was 25 and her mother, Hannah Hague, was 28. She married Joshua Hardman on 11 December 1838, in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Napa, California, United States in 1860 and Calistoga Judicial Township, Napa, California, United States in 1870. She died on 1 November 1891, in Napa, Napa, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Napa, Napa, California, United States.