When James Henrie Arthur was born on 13 March 1890, in North Carolina, United States, his father, George Stevenson Arthur, was 28 and his mother, Isabella Jessie Henrie, was 20. He married Elizabeth Whittington Groome on 22 December 1924, in High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States in 1910 and Oak Ridge, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1930. He died on 7 November 1967, in Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States.