When Richard Edward Davis was born on 22 December 1931, in Carey, Blaine, Idaho, United States, his father, Shem Davis, was 38 and his mother, Josephine Mary Gatzemeyer, was 41. He had at least 1 son. He lived in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States in 1969 and Boise, Idaho, United States for about 2 years. He died on 18 June 2009, in Garden Valley, Boise, Idaho, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Dry Creek Cemetery, Ada, Idaho, United States.