Grace was born 9 November 1874 in Mahoning Township, PA. She was 5 when the 1880 census was conducted, and lived on a farm with her parents and siblings.
By the 1900 Census Grace is a boarder in a home in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, and working as a bookkeeper.
Grace died 23 May 1900 and is buried in Louden Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD next to her brother Sidney in the Whatcoat section.