When Richard James Taylor was born on 25 August 1912, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, John Lorin Taylor, was 28 and his mother, Genieve Douglas, was 29. He married Georgena Anderson on 1 July 1943, in Tonopah, Nye, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1920 and San Diego, San Diego, California, United States in 1930. He died on 28 June 1968, in Apex, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.