Anna Charlotte Linton was born around 1836 in Ohio to William and Elizabeth Linton. Her father was a farmer who owned $5,600 of real estate and $1,000 of personal property by 1860. She lived in Green, Ohio, and she married Charles H. McArthur on October 13, 1861. They had at least three children: William, born around 1863; John, born around 1866; and Charlotte, born around 1873.
They lived in Center, Indiana, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1870, they owned $7,700 of real estate and $500 of personal property. They moved to La Canada, California, in the late 1800s, and she died in Redondo Beach, California, on December 24, 1906.