When Murray Whitfield Gaylord was born on 14 December 1885, in Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States, his father, Oscar Buchanan Gaylord, was 26 and his mother, Addie Early, was 22. He married Ida Mae Hays on 21 June 1906, in Taloga, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Jones Township, Major, Oklahoma, United States in 1910. He died on 24 February 1978, in Port Townsend, Jefferson, Washington, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Port Townsend, Jefferson, Washington, United States.