When John Wesley Squires was born on 28 February 1883, in Elkhart Township, Noble, Indiana, United States, his father, Hamilton Squires, was 33 and his mother, Clara A. Waldron, was 25. He married Iva May Eversole on 4 September 1909, in Noble, Indiana, United States. He lived in Noble, Indiana, United States in 1935 and York Township, Noble, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died on 31 May 1970, in Kendallville, Noble, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Kimmell, Noble, Indiana, United States.