When James Glen Jakeman was born on 30 November 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, James Thomas Jakeman, was 48 and his mother, Hulda Paulina Swanson, was 19. He married Fern Wilson on 6 May 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1901 and Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 6 December 1927, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.