When Samuel R. B. McDougle was born on 27 February 1837, in Front Royal, Warren, Virginia, United States, his father, John McDougle, was 30 and his mother, Lavaria Brown-McDougle, was 23. He married Charlotte Adelia Cowdery in November 1860, in Keno, Meigs, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Olive Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States for about 40 years and Ohio, United States in 1914. He died on 17 December 1914, in Meigs, Ohio, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Olive Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States.