When Florence Ellen Fretter Mecum was born on 8 October 1903, in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States, her father, Emanuel James Fretter, was 31 and her mother, Amanda Roush Fretter, was 24. She had at least 1 daughter with Harold Clayborn Moreland. She lived in Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Woodhull Township, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States in 1930. She died on 3 March 1999, in Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Glenwood, Pike, Arkansas, United States.