When Joseph Fairold Waters was born on 29 May 1910, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph Smith Waters, was 42 and his mother, Emma Lu Alice Wimmer, was 23. He married Esther Lorene Colvin on 18 April 1931, in Sedro-Woolley, Skagit, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Skagit, Washington, United States in 1930 and Sedro-Woolley Ward 2 Election Precinct 2, Skagit, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 1 February 1951, at the age of 40.