When Dwight L Gingerly was born on 12 June 1901, in Ohio, United States, his father, Jonathan Jay Gingery, was 31 and his mother, Florence M Hilborn, was 29. He married Mary Lee Whistler on 25 March 1927, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Antrim Township, Wyandot, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 29 September 1978, in Franklinton, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Marburn, Franklin, Ohio, United States.