When Wesley Monroe Chance was born on 11 September 1853, in McLean, Illinois, United States, his father, Alfred Chance, was 36 and his mother, Emilia Peyton, was 38. He married Hannah Lavisa Rich on 24 July 1875, in Hamilton, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. He lived in Wright Township, Wayne, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Kansas, United States in 1870. He died on 12 January 1929, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.