Chasty Magdalene Olsen Harris was born April 7, 1888, in Utah to Abinadi Olsen and Hannah Seely Olsen. She married Silas Albert Harris, age 31, at the tender age of 16. Chasty and Albert were the parents of four living children and many grandchildren who they helped raise on Seagull Farm near Payson Utah. They were dedicated to their religion, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and to their pioneer heritage.