When Mary Georgie Holbert was born on 22 October 1858, in Minden, Webster, Louisiana, United States, her father, William Halbert, was 32 and her mother, Marie Nan Brazell, was 21. She married George Washington Davenport in 1873, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1930 and Karnes, Texas, United States in 1935. She died on 10 June 1947, in Lone Oak, Hunt, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Hopkins, Texas, United States.