When Lauren James Maxson was born on 16 November 1886, in Saint Peter, Nicollet, Minnesota, United States, his father, William Eugene Maxon, was 23 and his mother, Emma Martha Nierenberg, was 21. He married Julia Helen Wendelschafer on 31 March 1908, in St. Peter, Nicollet, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in St. Peter, Nicollet, Minnesota, United States for about 45 years. He died on 7 September 1949, in Fillmore, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States.