charles goethe married mary glide in 1903. glide came from a wealthy family and goethe attempted to court mary nine times before she accepted his offer. according to goethe, his wife mary had refused his proposals since she feared that he was solely interested in her wealth. in addition, she rejected his attempts due to the fact that she was struggling with infertility. the goethes owned multiple ranches and invested money in the stock market, becoming a wealthy and lucrative family. at the time of her death in 1946, mary's estate was worth 1.5 million. her husband, charles goethe, had an estate worth 24 million when he died on july 10, 1966. charles goethe did not have any children, presumably due to mary's infertility.