When Milton Palmer Lemmons was born on 2 November 1881, in South Carolina, United States, his father, McCreary Lemmons, was 40 and his mother, Susannah Anna L Alewine, was 34. He married Lizzie Timms on 8 November 1903. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Center, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States in 1910 and Oconee, South Carolina, United States in 1930. He died on 19 August 1963, at the age of 81.