When John Miles Livingston was born on 7 June 1908, in Wathena, Doniphan, Kansas, United States, his father, Scipio Livingston, was 48 and his mother, Almina Josephine Zornes, was 41. He married Martha Kessler on 3 July 1936, in Baker, Fallon, Montana, United States. He lived in Burr Oak Township, Doniphan, Kansas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 7 July 1953, in Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 45.