When Winford Perry Griswold was born on 27 March 1899, in Birnamwood, Shawano, Wisconsin, United States, his father, James Clifton Griswold, was 41 and his mother, Cora Lauretta Bullis, was 38. He married Bertha Josephine Edmunds on 15 April 1933, in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Cobb, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States in 1940 and Wisconsin, United States in 1974. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 17 October 1974, in Columbus, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Rio, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States.