When Lawrence Bruce Gaylord was born on 24 September 1865, in Packwaukee, Marquette, Wisconsin, United States, his father, William Lawrence Gaylord, was 50 and his mother, Catherine Crawford, was 29. He married Anna Belle Cranor on 22 September 1895, in Fremont, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Moundville, Marquette, Wisconsin, United States in 1880 and Lost Cabin, Fremont, Wyoming Territory, United States in 1900. He died on 21 January 1940, in Lander, Sweetwater, Wyoming Territory, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Fremont, Wyoming Territory, United States.