When John William Stringfellow was born on 18 January 1861, in Selma, Dallas, Alabama, United States, his father, Andrew Jackson Stringfellow, was 31 and his mother, Martha J Chitwood, was 36. He married Annie Bailey before 1887, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Election Precinct 3, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1920. He died on 4 December 1951, in Election Precinct 35, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Jefferson, Alabama, United States.