When James Arnold Leibrant was born on 16 June 1885, in King, Washington, United States, his father, Solomon Leibrandt, was 39 and his mother, Leila McCombs, was 26. He married Leila Mattie Short on 12 December 1908, in Everson, Whatcom, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Polk, Oregon, United States in 1935 and Lawrence Township, Whatcom, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 13 November 1968, in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States, at the age of 83.