When John Andrew Belcher was born on 28 March 1898, in Kimball, McDowell, West Virginia, United States, his father, Lewis Edward Belcher, was 37 and his mother, Margaret Jane Belcher, was 30. He married Mary Lucinda Workman on 30 August 1922, in Maitland, McDowell, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Maitland, McDowell, West Virginia, United States in 1910 and Adkin Magisterial District, McDowell, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 5 August 1969, in Morton, Lewis, Washington, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Morton City Cemetery, Morton, Lewis, Washington, United States.