When Eliza Lee Thorp was born on 22 June 1872, in Williamson, Texas, United States, her father, Gideon Cowan Thorp, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Bird, was 15. She married Lee Andrew Dickinson on 13 June 1906, in Bexar, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Frio, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 3, Moore, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 13 October 1969, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Moore Cemetery, Moore, Frio, Texas, United States.