When Emory Isaac Bandy was born on 12 July 1892, in Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States, his father, William Franklin Bandy, was 40 and his mother, Nancy Elizabeth Payne, was 35. He married Carrie Jane Henderson on 29 October 1910, in Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Palo Pinto, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 4, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 4 August 1968, at the age of 76.