When Paul Nickolas Krier was born on 5 January 1899, in Emery, Hanson, South Dakota, United States, his father, Henry Krier, was 55 and his mother, Catherine Pauly, was 35. He married Clara M Kramer on 11 September 1923, in Larchwood, Lyon, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Bridgewater, McCook, South Dakota, United States for about 5 years and Sioux Township, Lyon, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 4 September 1971, in Larchwood, Lyon, Iowa, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Larchwood Cemetery, Larchwood, Lyon, Iowa, United States.