When Sidney Ralph Murrish was born on 31 January 1899, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, John Henry Murrish, was 33 and his mother, Ann Boulton, was 21. He married Cordelia Allen on 7 April 1923, in Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Oroville, Butte, California, United States in 1930 and Scotia Judicial Township, Humboldt, California, United States in 1940. He died on 29 July 1972, in Rio Dell, Humboldt, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Oceanview Cemetery, Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States.