When Levi Deforrest Ary was born on 12 February 1860, in North Buena Vista, Clayton, Iowa, United States, his father, William Ary, was 46 and his mother, Charlotte Wood, was 41. He married Grace Belle Johnson on 27 July 1892, in Clayton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Waterloo, Grant, Wisconsin, United States for about 20 years and Guttenberg, Clayton, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 29 March 1922, in Allamakee, Iowa, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Guttenberg, Clayton, Iowa, United States.