When Betty Charlotte Anderson was born on 15 May 1896, in Table, Custer, Nebraska, United States, her father, Peter Gustaf Anderson, was 36 and her mother, Ida Christina Andersson, was 36. She married John Alfred Jacobson on 3 March 1915, in Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in North Branch Township, Otoe, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years and North Branch Election Precinct, Otoe, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 17 January 1981, in Syracuse, Otoe, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Park Hill Cemetery, Syracuse, Otoe, Nebraska, United States.