When Alanson Ely was born on 5 July 1806, in Marshall, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, Thomas Ely, was 39 and his mother, Eunice Morley, was 36. He married Eveline Frasier on 11 October 1827, in Marshall, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Berlin, Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States in 1860 and New York, United States in 1870. He died on 20 September 1862, in Waukau, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 56.