When Willson Evans Todd was born on 30 June 1889, in Evans, Weld, Colorado, United States, his father, Louis Calvin Todd, was 24 and his mother, Emma B. Evans, was 22. He married Altha Irene Hayes on 18 October 1925, in Hot Springs, Wyoming, United States. He lived in Platte, Wyoming, United States in 1920 and Long Beach Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 1 May 1949, in Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Redlands, San Bernardino, California, United States.