When John Warring Wampler was born on 19 March 1868, in Smithville, Monroe, Indiana, United States, his father, Joseph Wampler, was 28 and his mother, Cynthia Jane Smith, was 30. He married Lorena Chandler on 24 December 1890, in Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Pleasant Ridge Township, Pawnee, Kansas, United States in 1920 and River Township, Pawnee, Kansas, United States in 1930. He died on 27 July 1948, in Pawnee Rock, Barton, Kansas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Pawnee Rock Cemetery, Pawnee Rock, Barton, Kansas, United States.