When Ward Beckley Sawin was born on 2 May 1860, in North Bergen, Bergen, Genesee, New York, United States, his father, Hammond Elijah Sawin, was 25 and his mother, Louisa B. Beckley, was 25. He married Anna Mary Wiler on 15 March 1883, in Branch, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Logan Township, Kearney, Nebraska, United States in 1910. He died on 6 September 1929, in Minden, Kearney, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Minden Cemetery, Minden, Kearney, Nebraska, United States.