When John Smith Stredder was born on 13 August 1853, in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Gibbons Stredder, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Blackner, was 29. He married Maria Louisa Lyman on 9 June 1873, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Roseberry, Valley, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1930. He died on 9 April 1938, in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States.