When Everett Harland Ormsbee was born on 25 October 1871, in Malden, Bureau, Illinois, United States, his father, David Story Ormsbee, was 28 and his mother, Betsey Gates, was 30. He married Edith May Hockett on 24 February 1897, in Harvard, Clay, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Fruitvale, Mesa, Colorado, United States for about 10 years and Election District T, Denver, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died on 19 November 1970, in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Orchard Mesa, Mesa, Colorado, United States.