When Ralph Harris was born on 26 July 1901, in Mifflin, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States, his father, William ( Bill) Harris, was 38 and his mother, Margaret Powell, was 37. He married Marcella Conway from 1920 to 1930. He lived in Iowa, Wisconsin, United States in 1901. He died on 14 January 1994, in Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Northbrook, Cook, Illinois, United States.