When Rexford Earnest Wickline was born on 8 June 1909, in Monroe, West Virginia, United States, his father, Samuel J. Tilden Wickline, was 32 and his mother, Eliza Ella McGHEE, was 18. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Dana Christine Lafon. He lived in Red Sulphur Magisterial District, Monroe, West Virginia, United States for about 30 years. He died on 24 April 1971, in Peterstown, Monroe, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Bluewell, Mercer, West Virginia, United States.