When Tilford Kutch was born on 6 April 1827, in Monroe Township, Adams, Indiana, United States, his father, John Kutch, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth McCain, was 40. He married Amanda Miller on 27 October 1847, in Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Fontenelle, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1880. He died on 14 June 1894, in La Barge, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Viola, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States.