When Everett Roy McHan was born on 4 August 1888, in Etna, Macon, North Carolina, United States, his father, Noah Patrick McHan, was 29 and his mother, Rosetta Priscilla Byrd, was 25. He married Thirza Vilate Charon on 8 May 1918, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 30 June 1978, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.