When Lawrence Victor Traxler was born in 1899, in Ohio, United States, his father, John Henry Traxler, was 31 and his mother, Mary C. Tunney, was 32. He married Vera Leona Harman on 21 February 1923, in Portland, Jay, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Gibson Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Recovery Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States in 1920. He died on 9 May 1951, in Portland, Jay, Indiana, United States, at the age of 52.