When James Greer Harrell was born on 10 December 1871, in Travis, Texas, United States, his father, James Greer Harrell, was 66 and his mother, Catherine Walter, was 38. He married Mandy Adelade Bohannon on 10 November 1892, in Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 8, Williamson, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 10 July 1935, in Charlotte, Atascosa, Texas, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Charlotte City Cemetery, Charlotte, Atascosa, Texas, United States.