Alton Elwell Trundy was born on November 15, 1903 to Henry Alton and Linnie Ellen(Hamor) Trundy in Tremont, Maine. Alton first married Agnes M. Gray (1906-1989), daughter of Clinton H. and Mary L. (Galley) Gray, on December 25, 1930 in Tremont, Maine. Alton then married Thelma Lillian Shorey (1913-2001), daughter of George Washington and Bessie (Cunningham) Shorey, on August 29, 1973.