When Clarence Allen Tooley was born on 23 November 1892, in Elberfeld, Warrick, Indiana, United States, his father, John Thomas Tooley, was 29 and his mother, Frances Viola Deweese, was 32. He married Alma Elethea Christmas on 23 November 1916, in Warrick, Indiana, United States. He lived in Hart Township, Warrick, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Ohio Township, Warrick, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died on 24 July 1972, in Chandler, Warrick, Indiana, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States.