When Lorenzo William T Davis was born on 17 August 1837, in Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States, his father, Mark Davis, was 43 and his mother, Rhoda Patten, was 37. He married Sarah Louise Foss on 2 October 1861, in Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Maine, United States in 1870 and Biddeford, York, Maine, United States for about 30 years. He died on 12 April 1920, in Saco, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Biddeford, York, Maine, United States.