When Marvin Woodruff Wynne was born on 13 January 1872, in Lakeville, Livonia, Livingston, New York, United States, his father, James Haynes Wynn, was 37 and his mother, Maria H Woodruff, was 26. He married Effa Ausman in 1898, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Geneseo, Geneseo, Livingston, New York, United States in 1880 and Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States in 1900. He died on 16 August 1934, in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 62.