When Mary Lawrence Storms was born on 4 September 1883, in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States, her father, John William Storms, was 26 and her mother, Francis Jane Rhodes, was 23. She married Conrade Evasius Mattingly on 15 November 1905, in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Glen Dean, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States in 1910 and Magisterial District 6 McDaniels, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States for about 5 years. She died on 12 December 1963, in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Saint Anthony Catholic Church Cemetery, Axtel, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States.