When Monroe Emigh was born on 30 January 1906, in Indian Township, Payne, Oklahoma, United States, his father, George Riley Emigh, was 30 and his mother, Frances Elvinia Martin, was 33. He married Helen Russell on 1 June 1926, in Collinsville, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. He lived in Skiatook, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. He died on 24 January 1927, in Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Collinsville, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.