When William Henry Christy was born on 10 December 1850, in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, his father, Jonathan Christy, was 28 and his mother, Charlotte Parker, was 23. He married Susan A Henderson on 18 May 1873, in Floris, Davis, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in McKinley Township, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Big Hill Township, Osage, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 3 June 1930, in Burbank, Osage, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Kaw City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States.