When M I Stukey was born on 24 September 1875, in Convoy, Van Wert, Ohio, United States, his father, David Harrison Stukey, was 21 and his mother, Louisa Mickey, was 24. He married Cora May Bordner on 7 February 1900. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Richland Township, Whitley, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Cleveland Township, Whitley, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 26 September 1948, in Whitley, Indiana, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in South Whitley Cemetery, South Whitley, Whitley, Indiana, United States.