When William Thomas Kisner was born on 29 January 1875, in Tucker, West Virginia, United States, his father, James Oliver Kisner, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth White, was 19. He married Bertha Susan Wotring on 5 May 1897. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Fullerton Judicial Township, Orange, California, United States in 1940. He died on 29 January 1948, in Fullerton, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange, California, United States.