When Reese Jarnogen Altom was born on 27 January 1885, in Tennessee, United States, his father, William Frank Altom, was 35 and his mother, Martha Cornelia Maddox, was 31. He had at least 1 daughter with Jemima A Talley. He lived in Civil District 9, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Civil District 4, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States in 1910. He died on 6 January 1960, in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.