When Virgil Dautlis Nowlin was born on 12 June 1898, in Dublin, Erath, Texas, United States, his father, George Martin Nowlin, was 31 and his mother, Mollie R. Owens, was 32. He married Bonnie Nora Franks on 24 November 1919, in Shackelford Land District, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 5, Comanche, Texas, United States for about 30 years. He died on 9 March 1953, in Erath, Texas, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in De Leon, Comanche, Texas, United States.