Myrtle Wilcox of Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas was born on December 30, 1894 to Robert Elmer Covalt and Zella Covalt. She had siblings Ted Covalt, Nettie Hedrick, Susie Duffy, Charley Covalt, Wilda Broom, and Edna Covalt. Myrtle Wilcox died at age 84 years old in February 1979.