When John Benefeld Kinder was born in November 1850, in Martin, Indiana, United States, his father, George Malott Kinder, was 24 and his mother, Sara Eliza Mitchell, was 21. He married Naomi Pilkington on 7 November 1813. He lived in Indian Creek Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Roane Township, Lafayette, Arkansas, United States in 1910. He died in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States.