When Ray Edward Babcock was born on 21 February 1899, in McIntire, Mitchell, Iowa, United States, his father, Frank Alcon Babcock, was 30 and his mother, Neva Mae Phillips, was 26. He married Anna Johnston on 15 October 1917, in Glasgow, Dawson, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Wayne Township, Mitchell, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Liberty Township, Mitchell, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 16 November 1974, in Cut Bank, Glacier, Montana, United States, at the age of 75.