When Wilbur Timothy "Tim" Moffitt was born on 14 November 1881, in Huron, Lawrence, Indiana, United States, his father, Samuel C. Moffitt, was 41 and his mother, Mary Frances Thompson, was 31. He married Alice Frances McELROY on 3 February 1913. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Herman, Washington, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Goose Lake Township, Charles Mix, South Dakota, United States in 1920. He died on 2 April 1964, in Gregory, Gregory, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Gregory, Gregory, South Dakota, United States.