When Lewis Benjamin Reber was born on 8 June 1847, in Manheim Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George Reber, was 39 and his mother, Maria Ann Ruscky, was 36. He married Sarah Angeline Focht on 13 February 1865, in Manheim Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in South Manheim Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Sherman Township, Osceola, Michigan, United States in 1880. He died on 18 January 1914, in Fabius Township, Marion, Missouri, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Palmyra, Marion, Missouri, United States.