When Norman Minor Tracy was born on 3 April 1869, in Clackamas, Oregon, United States, his father, John Carlos Tracy, was 24 and his mother, Martha Bidwell, was 23. He married Anna Ella Horner on 24 December 1890, in Eagle Creek, Clackamas, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Garfield, Clackamas, Oregon, United States for about 10 years and Cascade Election Precinct, Clackamas, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 31 March 1942, in Estacada, Clackamas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Estacada, Clackamas, Oregon, United States.