When Owen Livingston Ayers was born on 6 February 1891, in Georgia, United States, his father, Jefferson Davis Ayers, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Ann Thompson, was 32. He married Mary Ina Burns on 1 February 1921, in Taylor, Texas, United States. He lived in Runnels, Texas, United States in 1935 and Supervisorial District 3, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 10 March 1973, in Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Lamesa, Dawson, Texas, United States.