When Irvin James Liter was born in July 1899, in Trimble, Kentucky, United States, his father, William A. Liter, was 40 and his mother, Martha Jane Morrison, was 38. He married Lula Mae Garrett on 25 May 1918, in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Magisterial District 3 Palmyra, Trimble, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Bedford, Trimble, Kentucky, United States in 1920. He died on 24 October 1961, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Bedford, Trimble, Kentucky, United States.