When James Lloyd Pardue was born on 11 May 1855, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, his father, Rev. Bevel Mickins Pardue, was 33 and his mother, Prudence Padgett, was 28. He married Susan Rebecca Boldin on 1 March 1881, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States in 1880 and Moravian Falls Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 August 1923, in Moravian Falls, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Moravian Falls Cemetery, Moravian Falls, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States.