When Edward Riley Taylor was born on 5 February 1892, in Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt, Texas, United States, his father, John Riley Taylor, was 39 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Molly Murrey, was 29. He married Ada Belle Johnson on 26 November 1911, in Van Zandt, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Van Zandt, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 July 1957, in Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Canton, Van Zandt, Texas, United States.