When Daisy Aza McDonald was born on 10 June 1894, in Ritchie, West Virginia, United States, her father, Charles King McDonald, was 36 and her mother, Sarah Anna Lockwood, was 31. She married John Wesley Dawkins on 22 December 1911, in Stark, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Murphy District, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States in 1900. She died on 29 May 1986, in Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens, Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States.