John Edgar Felt was born on 27 Oct 1879 as the second child of Andrew Peter Anderson Felt and Christina Maria Wänquist. He had eight siblings, namely: Algoth Levin, (Johanna) Josephine, Algoth Levine, Rudolf Victor, Ellen Elisabett, Walfred Andrew, Emil Edwin, and Johan Eddgar Wiktar. He died on 08 Apr 1895.

 John Edgar Felt was buried in West Union Cemetery, Carver, Minnesota.