Adelia Wealthy Browning (maiden name: Gregory) was born on November 29, 1824, in Pennsylvania to Levi and Miranda Gregory. She married Reuben Furman Browning in Laceyville, Pennsylvania, on March 25, 1847, and they had at least three children: Mason, born around 1848; Melville, born around 1858; and Bradley, born around 1863. The family lived in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and in 1860, they owned $1,500 of real estate and $863 of personal property. She died on April 6, 1885.