When Samuel Harvey Boyle was born on 4 November 1873, in Payson, Utah, Utah Territory, United States, his father, Henry Green Boyle, was 49 and his mother, Elizabeth Shumate Ballard, was 36. He married Eathel Patten on 10 August 1897, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 4 September 1941, in Victor, Teton, Idaho, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Victor Cemetery, Victor, Teton, Idaho, United States.