When Jacob Rulon Bastian was born on 7 October 1905, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, his father, Lewis Hansen Bastian, was 30 and his mother, Elda Pearl Huntsman, was 21. He married Ethel Jarvis on 21 December 1928, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Washington, Washington, Utah, United States in 1910 and Enterprise, Washington, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 26 July 1977, in Shelton, Mason County, Washington, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.