When Jacob Cook Arant was born on 23 July 1897, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Jacob Valentine Arant, was 27 and his mother, Narcissa Elizabeth Cook, was 23. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Sallie Amaker. He lived in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States in 1935 and Elizabeth Township, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 22 October 1957, in South Carolina, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in North, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States.