When John Winters was born in 1913, in Shattuck, Ellis, Oklahoma, United States, his father, John F. Winters, was 21 and his mother, Lydia Weibert, was 25. He had at least 3 daughters with Amalie (Molly) Hoffner. He lived in Weld, Colorado, United States in 1935 and Snyder, Morgan, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died on 6 October 1957, in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States, at the age of 44.