When X William Light was born on 17 October 1895, in Davenport, Lincoln, Washington, United States, his father, William Franklin Light, was 34 and his mother, Laura Ellen Lewis, was 25. He had at least 3 sons and 5 daughters with Dorothy Margaret Hayter. He lived in Egypt, Lincoln, Washington, United States in 1920 and Narcisse Election Precinct, Stevens, Washington, United States for about 5 years. He died on 11 May 1983, in Colville, Stevens, Washington, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Colville, Stevens, Washington, United States.