When Marion Edward Christy was born on 4 July 1895, in Oklahoma, United States, his father, Marion Christy, was 28 and his mother, Nancy Ellen Funk, was 22. He had at least 1 daughter with Josephine McDowell. He lived in South Choctaw Township, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Green Township, Platte, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died in 1945, in Platte, Missouri, United States, at the age of 50.