When Gilbert Lee Martin was born on 29 April 1906, in Saline, Arkansas, United States, his father, Alexander Martin, was 53 and his mother, Frances Emily Wright, was 35. He married Verby Nadine Foshee on 4 December 1926. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Standard Justice Precinct 3, Navajo, Arizona, United States in 1930. He died on 21 August 1974, in Nevada, United States, at the age of 68.