When Lehman L Ary was born on 22 August 1904, in Thayer, Oregon, Missouri, United States, his father, James Harvel Ary, was 19 and his mother, Clarissa Leona Grace Janes, was 18. He married Olive Joy Warden on 10 March 1927, in Sharp, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Oak Grove Township, Oregon, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Mammoth Spring, Fulton, Arkansas, United States in 1930. He died on 25 February 1998, in Thayer, Oregon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 93.