When Clarene Jashua Wilson was born about 1895, in Johnson, Arkansas, United States, his father, Joshua Wilson, was 35 and his mother, Alice A. Wilson, was 36. He married Lillian Ruth Allison on 28 December 1921, in Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Spadra, Johnson, Arkansas, United States in 1920 and Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 8 June 1971, in Johnson, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 76.