When John Tyler Lore was born on 21 July 1900, in Deerfield, Deerfield Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States, his father, George Frank Lore, was 31 and his mother, Rebecca White Davis, was 29. He married Edith Coulter Taylor on 20 June 1920. He lived in Cumberland, New Jersey, United States in 1905 and Downe Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 February 1964, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Moore Township, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States.