When Abraham Banta Renfro was born on 30 April 1853, in Henry, Missouri, United States, his father, Thomas Utler Renfro, was 34 and his mother, Mahala Banta, was 26. He married Adelia Center King on 3 November 1878, in Lockeford, San Joaquin, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Judicial Township 12, Kern, California, United States in 1910 and Kern, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 4 August 1935, in Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States.