When Wallace Ervin Cody was born on 27 February 1883, in Cuba, Republic, Kansas, United States, his father, Charles Sylvester Cody, was 32 and his mother, Ida Amelia Still, was 23. He married Lucille Wilson on 25 December 1913, in Gunnison, Gunnison, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Harlan Township, Decatur, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Collbran, Mesa, Colorado, United States in 1920. He died on 2 May 1927, in Gunnison, Gunnison, Colorado, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Gunnison Cemetery, Gunnison, Gunnison, Colorado, United States.