When Elliott Mason Clarke Jr. was born on 22 September 1912, in Colorado, United States, his father, Elliott Mason Clarke, was 34 and his mother, Ella Bessie May, was 23. He lived in Central Falls, Providence, Rhode Island, United States for about 15 years and Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1940. He died on 7 March 1992, in Narragansett, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 79.