When Alvin Floyd Peterson was born on 21 November 1912, in Sanborn, South Dakota, United States, his father, Lewis Peterson, was 33 and his mother, Lizzie Nurnberg, was 23. He married Myrthle M Leines on 15 August 1934, in Gregory, South Dakota, United States. He lived in Silver Creek Township, Sanborn, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years. He died in August 1986, in Woonsocket, Sanborn, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Woonsocket, Sanborn, South Dakota, United States.