Mary Agnes “Mae” Brennan Wheeler was the second child of Lula Swindler McGuinn Brennan (1879-1952) and Thomas Joseph Brennan (1873-1926) of Augusta, Georgia.

Ellis Levi Wheeler was the seventh and youngest child of Ida Rebecca Rikard Wheeler (1859-1936) and Thompson Levi “Dick” Wheeler (1855-1920) of Prosperity, South Carolina.