When Jesse Johnson Wylie was born on 21 November 1880, in Pinehill, Rusk, Texas, United States, his father, William E Wylie, was 35 and his mother, Mary Eveline Bullock, was 29. He married May Blanch Buckner on 24 December 1900. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 7, Rusk, Texas, United States for about 30 years. He died on 15 June 1974, in Kilgore, Gregg, Texas, United States, at the age of 93.