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 Green Township, Platte, Missouri, United States in 1930 and New Market, Platte, Missouri, United States for about 5 years. He died in 1945, in Platte, Missouri, United States, at the age of 50.