When Lloyd Wilson Cessna was born on 22 February 1907, in Blair, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Sylvester Thomas Cessna, was 46 and his mother, Carrie Rheuma Smith, was 43. He married Katherine Millhon Messick on 15 March 1942, in Delaware, Ohio, United States. He lived in Bellwood, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 15 March 1978, in Lakeland, Polk, Florida, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Lakeland, Polk, Florida, United States.