When Leslie Meredith Scott was born on 28 September 1876, in Minnesota, United States, his father, James David Scott, was 48 and his mother, Margaret Elizabeth Anthony, was 24. He married Fannie L. Branch on 11 August 1903, in Placer, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Lincoln, Placer, California, United States in 1900 and Eureka Judicial Township, Humboldt, California, United States in 1940. He died on 10 October 1951, in Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Oceanview Cemetery, Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States.