Mary Booher (maiden name: Booher) was born around 1828 in Tennessee. She moved to Indiana by the late 1840s, and she married Isaac Booher there on April 11, 1850. Their son Marcellus was born around 1859. They lived in Franklin, Indiana, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1850, they owned $500 of real estate. A decade later, they owned $1,500 of real estate and $300 of personal property. She died sometime after 1880.