When John Anglish Earley was born on 25 December 1855, in Alabama, United States, his father, Thomas Jacob Earley, was 37 and his mother, Celia Ann Morgan, was 30. He married Lucia Moore Garrett on 11 June 1876, in Elba, Coffee, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 2 Dannelly Cross Roads, Coffee, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Geneva, Geneva, Alabama, United States in 1880. He died on 11 March 1912, in Niceville, Okaloosa, Florida, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Early Cemetery, Niceville, Okaloosa, Florida, United States.