Park Glen Hosford was born 10 June 1880 in Versailles, Illinois. His parents were Martin Strong Hosford (1839-1926) and Matilda Ann Davis (1842-1927). He married Phoebe Ethel Lanier (1890-1977), daughter of Thomas Lindsey Lanier and Margaret Angeline Hurst, in 1908. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in England, Connecticut, and Illinois.