When Reginald Myron Wildish was born on 14 January 1885, in Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska, United States, his father, Myron T Wildish, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Wolcott Judd, was 26. He married Nellie Emilo Sylvester on 27 December 1911, in Surprise, Butler, Nebraska, United States. He lived in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1910 and Webster Township, Hamilton, Iowa, United States in 1920. He died on 30 September 1940, in Newcastle, Webster, Iowa, United States, at the age of 55.