Mary Jane Albright (maiden name unknown) was born around 1838 in Pennsylvania. She married Jacob Garman Albright in the 1850s, and they had at least two children: Melissa, born around 1858; and Henry, born around 1864. The family moved to Indiana in the late 1850s, and by 1860, they were living in Mottville, Michigan. Her husband worked as a farmer, and by 1860, they owned $150 of real estate and $125 of personal property. She died sometime in the 1860s.