When Rufus Mather Blodgett was born on 20 November 1897, in Rushville, Potter, Yates, New York, United States, his father, George Winants Blodgett Sr., was 40 and his mother, Clara B. Wilson, was 37. He married Kathryn Baker on 16 July 1938, in Geneva, Ontario, New York, United States. He lived in Potter, Potter, Yates, New York, United States for about 25 years. He died on 10 September 1949, in Town of Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Gorham, Ontario, New York, United States.