When Donnie Percy Todd was born on 10 April 1898, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Joseph Neal Todd, was 20 and his mother, Effie Todd, was 16. He had at least 1 son with Ellen J. Garner. He lived in Bayboro, Horry, South Carolina, United States in 1910 and Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 28 July 1971, in Berkeley, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.