When Leo Richard Zellers was born on 2 November 1893, in Winamac, Pulaski, Indiana, United States, his father, John H Zellers, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Ann Johnson, was 34. He married Elizabeth Ethel Wiseman on 18 April 1918, in Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Jasper, Indiana, United States in 1935 and Clinton Township, Cass, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died on 23 February 1969, in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Winamac Cemetery, Winamac, Pulaski, Indiana, United States.