When Otis Eugene Ayers was born on 29 October 1899, in Blue Mound, Linn, Kansas, United States, his father, John Rollins Ayres, was 46 and his mother, Sophia Magdaline Palmer, was 37. He had at least 1 daughter with Jewel Richmond. He lived in Dallas, Polk, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Idaho, United States in 1966. He died on 7 May 1966, in Nez Perce, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States.