When Walter Hamer Shiveley was born on 18 August 1881, in Lynx, Adams, Ohio, United States, his father, Dawson Emery Shiveley, was 25 and his mother, Hester Viola Potts, was 20. He married Rose Anna Elizabeth Roell on 14 April 1904, in Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Batavia, Batavia Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Magisterial District 2, Campbell, Kentucky, United States in 1940. In 1918, at the age of 37, his occupation is listed as owner of barber shop - 920 monmouth st in Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, United States. He died on 30 October 1945, in Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Campbell, Kentucky, United States.