When Lena Ivaona Hardin was born on 20 July 1893, in Georgia, United States, her father, Franklin Marion "Frank" Hardin, was 27 and her mother, Ida A Jordan, was 22. She had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with William Howard Lee. She lived in Roopville, Carroll, Georgia, United States for about 10 years and District 714, Carroll, Georgia, United States in 1930. She died in 1974, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Carroll, Georgia, United States.