When William Ralph Squires was born on 4 April 1886, in Crawford, Lewis, West Virginia, United States, his father, Hanson Kniceley, was 18 and his mother, Columbia Alwilda Forinash, was 20. He married Effie Bird Williams on 7 September 1905, in Braxton, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Freemansburg, Lewis, West Virginia, United States in 1920 and Freemans Creek Magisterial District, Lewis, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 1 October 1964, in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States.