Ransom Earl "Sock" Squires Jr. was born on May 23, 1924 in Milan Township, Monroe County, Michigan. He was the son of Nora (Downing) and Ransom Squires, Sr.

In 1944, he married Laura Mae Grassley (right) and they had one child:

  1. Ronald Earl Squires

Ransom, Jr. died on June 10, 2008 in Milan Township and is buried in the Ridgeway Cemetery, Ridgeway Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. He was 84 at the time of his death.