When Alfred Roscoe Bilyeu was born on 14 May 1885, in Curran, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, Edmond Bilyeu, was 24 and his mother, Mary Polly Workman, was 15. He married Ruby E Cloyd about 1905. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States for about 15 years. He died on 1 June 1945, in Loami, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in John Campbell Cemetery, Chatham Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.