When Braton Orson Maxon was born on 30 June 1913, in Little Genesee, Genesee, Allegany, New York, United States, his father, Brayton William Maxson, was 42 and his mother, Bertha Belle Wilcox, was 35. He married Pauline Gladys Dougherty on 18 March 1935, in Cattaraugus, New York, United States. He lived in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1935. He died on 13 March 1986, in Portville, Portville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Main Settlement, Portville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States.