When Samuel Franklin Bayless was born on 24 March 1888, in Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States, his father, John Lloyd Bayless, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Thomas, was 31. He lived in Big Horn, Montana, United States in 1920 and Innoko Recording District - No. 40, Judicial District 4 Fairbanks, Alaska Territory, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 14 March 1959, in Montana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Montana, United States.