When Mary Ellen Thompson was born on 7 March 1883, in Ohio, United States, her father, Peter James Thompson, was 30 and her mother, Ida May Rogers, was 25. She married Alexander Zeiter on 16 December 1901, in Crawford, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Texas Township, Crawford, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Venice Township, Seneca, Ohio, United States for about 30 years. She died on 5 June 1973, in Willard, Huron, Ohio, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Attica, Seneca, Ohio, United States.