When David Lenhard Etnire was born on 4 September 1798, in Huntington MM, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Lenard Etnire, was 33 and his mother, Susannah Westalberger, was 28. He married Rosannah Rachel Reginah Brenner on 15 January 1824, in Montgomery, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Warren, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Warren Township, Warren, Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 2 October 1878, in Warren, Indiana, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in West Lebanon, Pike Township, Warren, Indiana, United States.