When Archer Lynne Clayton was born on 7 July 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Archer Walters Clayton, was 25 and his mother, Susan Ann Whipple, was 18. He married Marie Gyllenskog Sorensen on 31 May 1906, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 14 October 1952, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.