When Blaine Walter Sharp was born on 16 September 1912, in Ruby Valley, Elko, Nevada, United States, his father, Lewis Sharp III, was 35 and his mother, Florence Beatrice Wines, was 27. He married Gertrude Hazel Gardner on 3 June 1934. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Ruby, Elko, Nevada, United States for about 10 years and Township 6, Elko, Nevada, United States in 1940. He died on 3 July 1987, in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States.