John Scott Humble, the son of Olive Mehitable Cheney and George Anthony Humble was born on December 1, 1893, in what was then called South Park, Uinta County, Wyoming. His birth was just two days after the family moved in to a new log house, with a dirt roof. It was located on a farm, down the south fork of the Snake River (in what is known as the Hoeback). The family had recently moved from Huntington, Utah.

Scott learned early in life to carry responsibility. He was ambitious and enjoyed working. He had a keen insight for business. He was a good boy and an intelligent, good-hearted man. When any of the family was in trouble, they always turned to Scott for advice and help, whether it was financial or otherwise.

At the age of 24-years old, Scott served in World War I. He was not married at the time. Scott was wounded on October 4, 1918, by flying shrapnel, nine days after the battle started. The shrapnel tore away the muscle of his left thigh and hip. Because he could not walk, he tried to crawl, dragging his hip and leg along.

Scott eventually returned home from the war. In 1925 he married Edith Flora Kearsley, whom he knew most of his life, due to the town of Victor being very small. They were married at the county courthouse in Driggs, Teton, Idaho. To their union nine children were born.

Their second born son, Nile Evan Humble became very ill and died at the age of 20 months of spinal meningitis. It was a devastating time for Edith and Scott to lose a sweet little child. The burial was especially hard for them, as they had no one to share their grief with. Everyone was scared that spinal meningitis was contagious, so they all stayed away from the funeral. Only their neighbor, Howard Tonks, came to the funeral with the Humble family to share their grief.

Their first son, who was named after Scott, served in World War II. Just a few months after their son John Scott Humble, Jr. returned from serving in the war, he was injured in a logging accident. John Scott, Jr. was working with his cousins getting logs out of the hills for a barn, when the new rope he had tied down the pole with broke. The pole hit him in the back of his head. He was taken to Driggs, then to Idaho Falls where he was sent on further by an ambulance to Salt Lake City where he died a few days later.

Only six short years after the death of their son John Scott Humble, Jr., Scott died. His wife was devastated. She took her family of seven children with her to live in Oregon, close to her siblings, after Scott's death. He was greatly missed by his family. Scott is buried next to his wife in the Victor Cemetery in Victor, Idaho.