When Robert Freeland Belcher was born on 15 September 1906, in Red River, Texas, United States, his father, John Wesley Belcher, was 21 and his mother, Sallie Thomas Blalock, was 20. He married Kate Keith on 10 September 1926, in Red River Land District, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Titus, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 2, Red River, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 19 July 1971, in Bogata, Red River, Texas, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Titus, Texas, United States.