When Dence Ballard Talbott was born on 17 April 1894, in Halifax, Virginia, United States, his father, Chesley Edward Talbott, was 24 and his mother, Martha Frances Womack, was 28. He married Inez May Walker on 27 December 1922, in Danville, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States in 1935 and Banister Magisterial District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 10 February 1965, in Danville, Virginia, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Peytonsburg, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States.