Tona Cashman was born in Las Vegas, Nevada to Leah Barker and James Cashman, Sr. on September 23, 1924. She competed in beauty pageants and won both Miss Las Vegas and Miss Helldorado in 1941. She graduated from Las Vegas High School and attended finishing school in Missouri. She later attended Sawyers School of Business in Los Angeles, California. She married Robert L. Margison, but the couple divorced and she married Charles Henry Siefert. Siefert was a prominent banking executive in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Hazor Barr Smith was born in Illinois on January 16, 1911 to Leila Barr and Hazor Judson Smith. He later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and worked as an engineer. He died in Las Vegas on March 23, 1985.