Anna Jennings Welsh, also referred to as Anne Welsh, was born on July 30, 1941, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Anna married Myron Welsh on November 26, 1960, and they had eight children: David, Don, Cami, Darren, Douglas, Anna, Sarah, and Danny.

Welsh attended the University of Nevada, Reno for one year. She received her practical nurse license (LPN).

Alice Woodward was born in Texas and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1930. she married Herbert Spencer Woodward in 1932 in Los Angeles, California. Herbert worked as a miner and the couple relocated to Nevada in 1935. She worked as a teacher in Sandy Valley from 1935 to 1940 and then in Goodsprings from 1945 to 1950. She lived in Goodsprings until her death in July 1972.