When Louis Calvin Lott was born on 5 March 1898, in Polk, Texas, United States, his father, Andrew Gaines Lott, was 43 and his mother, Martha Jane Stringer, was 38. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Nora Lee Holcomb. He lived in Camden, Polk, Texas, United States in 1920 and Lufkin, Angelina, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 22 June 1988, in Milam, Sabine, Texas, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Humble, Harris, Texas, United States.