When Jacob Calvin Till Arant was born on 19 October 1876, in McKenzie, Butler, Alabama, United States, his father, Calvin Luther "Losidy" Arant, was 43 and his mother, Mary Caroline Williams, was 32. He married Alva Jeanora Huggins on 19 April 1899, in McKenzie, Butler, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 8 Jamestown, Conecuh, Alabama, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 19 McKenzie, Butler, Alabama, United States in 1940. He died on 27 February 1949, in McKenzie, Butler, Alabama, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in South Butler Cemetery, Butler, Alabama, United States.