When James Irwin Lore was born on 10 October 1887, in Blairsville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Irvin Lore, was 29 and his mother, Keterah V Jamison, was 23. He married Florine Edna Breed about 1910. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Allegheny Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He died in November 1967, at the age of 80, and was buried in Vandergrift Cemetery, Allegheny Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.