When Talcum Lafayette Rozell was born on 28 January 1903, in Crawford, Arkansas, United States, his father, Solomon F Rozell, was 44 and his mother, Ida Coleman, was 27. He married Margaret L Lemon on 20 December 1931, in Sebastian, Arkansas, United States. He lived in Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1935 and Salem Township, Marion, Illinois, United States in 1940. He died on 17 May 1994, in Muldrow, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Alma, Crawford, Arkansas, United States.