When Emory Levelle Law was born on 27 March 1882, in Quiet Dell, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, his father, Worthington S Law, was 29 and his mother, Mildred Reed, was 37. He married Ella V. Lyons on 2 October 1907. He lived in Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1882 and Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died in May 1974, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 92.