When Wallace Calender Swank was born on 9 November 1898, in Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, United States, his father, John Calender Swank, was 47 and his mother, Hattie Mae Newell, was 34. He married Coral Lorraine Lindley on 16 August 1925, in Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pokagon, Pokagon Township, Cass, Michigan Territory, United States in 1900 and Hamlin Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States for about 42 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 7 June 1982, in Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan, United States, at the age of 83.