When Sanford Perry Tracy was born on 20 April 1887, in Goldthwaite, Mills, Texas, United States, his father, James Leonard Tracy, was 20 and his mother, Leona Lee Turner, was 20. He married Dortha Ann Harrelson on 28 June 1906. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, United States in 1920 and Washita, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 26 April 1960, in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States.