Helen M. Miner (maiden name: Choate) was born around 1827 in Enfield, New Hampshire, to Asa and Polly Choate. His father was a farmer. She married Leonard N. Miner on September 2, 1846, and they had at least two children: Everett, born around 1848; and Henry, born around 1850. They lived in Enfield, and her husband worked as a cabinet maker. By 1850, they owned $400 of real estate. A decade later, they owned $1,600 of real estate and $350 of personal property. They eventually moved to Lebanon, New Hampshire. She died of hypertrophy there on August 27, 1884.