When Raymond Charles Blight was born on 24 November 1892, in Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Richard Henry Blight, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane "Jennie" Jones, was 22. He married Lucille Eleanore Petrie on 25 January 1912, in Luzerne, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Luzerne, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Belleville, Essex, New Jersey, United States in 1930. He died on 27 June 1949, in Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 56.