When Mark Carney was born on 8 August 1878, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, William Jackson Carney, was 40 and his mother, Jemima Gage Howard, was 32. He married Elvera Christine Engberg on 2 August 1913. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. He died on 6 March 1957, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.