When John Joseph Sabine was born on 20 July 1876, in Alamosa, Colorado, United States, his father, William Sabine, was 35 and his mother, Maria Lacita Soledad del Rufigo Gallegos, was 21. He married Rose Cole about 1916, in Colorado, United States. He lived in Conejos, Colorado, United States for about 5 years and Election Precinct 12 Romeo, Conejos, Colorado, United States in 1910. He died on 29 April 1950, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States.