When Marcellus Cecil McCurry was born on 4 July 1822, in Butler, Choctaw, Alabama, United States, his father, William Carey McCurry, was 30 and his mother, Amanda Matilda Black, was 19. He married Barbara Ann Bailes on 6 November 1845. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 5, Wood, Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 1, Bowie, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 20 May 1893, in Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Wamba, Bowie, Texas, United States.