Elizabeth was born in 1854. Elizabeth's father was John Gramling and her mother was Sylvenia Snell. Her paternal grandparents were John Gramling and Mary Groff; her maternal grandparents were William Snell and Catherine Riess. She had two brothers and a sister, named Adam, Hezekiah and Mary. She was the oldest of the four children. She died at the age of 35 on April 2nd, 1889.