When Wynn Chester Clayton was born on 11 July 1898, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Charles William Clayton, was 29 and his mother, Lohala Lulu Browning, was 25. He married Lillie Emma Ward on 11 July 1917, in Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States in 1935 and San Rafael, Marin, California, United States in 1940. He died on 3 February 1986, in Contra Costa, California, United States, at the age of 87.