When James Eugene Ford was born on 8 March 1907, in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States, his father, Francis Eugene Ford, was 55 and his mother, Nellie Brown, was 27. He married Ruth E Crawford on 16 August 1928, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Bell, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Compton Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 4 May 1970, in Laguna Hills, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.