When Allen Mayton was born on 8 January 1905, in Coffee, Tennessee, United States, his father, John William Mayton, was 37 and his mother, Mary Allen West, was 40. He married Nora Jane Cox on 20 September 1932, in Coffee, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Manchester, Coffee, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. He died in July 1971, in Coffee, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Manchester, Coffee, Tennessee, United States.