Ella M. Personius (maiden name unknown) was born around 1839 in New York. She married Walker V. Personius around 1856, and their daughter Julia was born around 1859. They lived in Catlin, New York, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1860, they owned $1,800 of real estate and $1,300 of personal property. They moved to Caroline, New York, in the 1860s. By 1870, they owned $2,000 of real estate and $8,000 of personal property. She died in 1909.