When Hobert Hobson McCraw was born on 8 November 1898, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Jesse Almarene Babe McCraw, was 35 and his mother, Mary Adeline Bradley, was 36. He married Ethel Dalie Hollifield on 3 January 1929, in Henderson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Saluda Township, Polk, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States in 1979. He died on 13 May 1979, in Haywood, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Upward, Henderson, North Carolina, United States.