When Mattie L Ashcraft was born on 8 April 1878, in Bell, Texas, United States, her father, Samuel A Ashcraft, was 30 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Fletcher, was 26. She married James Dixon Wade on 27 August 1893, in McLennan, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Denton, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 3, Ochiltree, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 30 December 1961, in Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Ochiltree Cemetery, Perryton, Ochiltree, Texas, United States.