When Thomas Edward Allee was born on 18 June 1840, in Clarksburg, Moniteau, Missouri, United States, his father, William Allee, was 43 and his mother, Anna Nellie Reen Hill, was 34. He married Sarah Ann Birdsong on 6 October 1861, in Cooper, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Moreau Township, Moniteau, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 14 January 1931, in Pilot Grove Township, Moniteau, Missouri, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in California, Moniteau, Missouri, United States.