When Allen Leslie Honsinger was born on 17 March 1878, in Grayson, Texas, United States, his father, Jacob Honssinger, was 45 and his mother, Virginia Ann Salmon, was 42. He married Clara Belle Shofner on 25 December 1906, in Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Beggs, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Minidoka, Minidoka, Idaho, United States for about 10 years. He died on 18 March 1934, in American Falls, Power, Idaho, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States.