When Arthur Lafferty was born on 6 October 1903, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States, his father, Rev. Hiram Solomon Lafferty, was 24 and his mother, Mary Magdalene Hicks, was 24. He married Elma Holbrook on 30 June 1923, in Garrett, Floyd, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Allen City, Floyd, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Wayland, Floyd, Kentucky, United States in 1930. He died on 6 July 1974, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Hamden, Vinton, Ohio, United States.