When Joseph Louis Mench was born on 5 February 1891, in Worton, Kent, Maryland, United States, his father, Charles Edward Mench, was 27 and his mother, Catherine Linda Geiser, was 23. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Annie Virginia Willis. He lived in Kent, Maryland, United States in 1935 and District 3, Kent, Maryland, United States in 1940. He died on 31 July 1953, in Worton, Kent, Maryland, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States.