When Walter E Topp was born on 31 December 1907, in Geneva, Adams, Indiana, United States, his father, John Peter Topp, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Mary Sheldon, was 25. He married Eva P Bennett on 11 August 1930, in Allen, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Ceylon, Adams, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Jefferson Township, Adams, Indiana, United States in 1920. He died on 5 March 1975, in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States, at the age of 67.