When Ray Edgell was born on 12 October 1892, in Pine Grove, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Edgell, was 40 and his mother, Tabitha Jane Shreve, was 38. He married Lucy Cain in 1915. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Grant Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1920 and Winfield, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1930. He died on 1 August 1971, in Worthington, Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States.