When Columbus M. Roney was born on 14 August 1867, in Henry, Alabama, United States, his father, Alfred M. Roney, was 25 and his mother, Clara Ann Elliott, was 17. He had at least 6 sons and 7 daughters with Martha Jane Sanderson. He lived in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, United States in 1920 and Beat 2, Jones, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years. He died on 2 January 1948, in Jones, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Jones, Mississippi, United States.