When Derwood Augustus Trippett was born on 19 June 1917, in Spangler, Randolph, West Virginia, United States, his father, Charles Donntin Trippett, was 41 and his mother, Lillian Ellen McCroskey, was 27. He married Eleanor Mabel Miller before 1939. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1935 and Morgan Magisterial District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 26 January 1969, in Barberton, Summit, Ohio, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States.