When Raymond Lenoir was born on 3 September 1885, in Emberson, Lamar, Texas, United States, his father, Isaac Lenoir, was 37 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Davis, was 31. He had at least 5 sons and 4 daughters with Lea Missouri Austin. He lived in Precinct 5, Pawnee, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 5, Lamar, Texas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 21 February 1971, in Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Sumner, Lamar, Texas, United States.