When John Pleasant Routon was born on 13 November 1904, in Catahoula, Louisiana, United States, his father, Tolbert Arthur Routon, was 36 and his mother, Elvira Kirby, was 32. He married Elise Lorene Mc Killips about 1930, in Catahoula, Louisiana, United States. He lived in Police Jury Ward 6, Catahoula, Louisiana, United States in 1930 and Police Jury Ward 5, Catahoula, Louisiana, United States in 1940. He died on 7 July 1963, in Louisiana, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Harrisonburg Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Catahoula, Louisiana, United States.