When Wilfred Grant Kisner was born on 30 November 1915, in St. George, Tucker, West Virginia, United States, his father, Truman Wise Kisner, was 32 and his mother, Lunda Harriet White, was 20. He married Mildred Sarah Bingle on 13 July 1945, in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States. He lived in Licking District, Tucker, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years and Middle River, Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1998. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 23 May 2009, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 93.