When Maggie Lou Wise was born on 8 September 1883, in Choctaw, Mississippi, United States, her father, James Frenoie Wise, was 23 and her mother, Lucy levina "Lulu" Lindsey, was 18. She married Thomas Clancis Allen on 20 November 1901, in Choctaw, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Beat 2, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States in 1910 and Beat 5, Sunflower, Mississippi, United States in 1930. She died on 23 October 1966, in Ruleville, Sunflower, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Drew Cemetery, Sunflower, Mississippi, United States.