When Anthony Wayne McQuerry was born on 22 November 1908, in Modena, Mercer, Missouri, United States, his father, William Beda McQuerry, was 41 and his mother, Hester Ann Ellsworth, was 41. He had at least 1 daughter with Garnet Lee Edwards. He lived in Madison Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 14 December 1994, in Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Princeton, Mercer, Missouri, United States.