When Herbert Hastings Albaugh was born on 29 November 1848, in Ohio, United States, his father, Allery Albaugh, was 30 and his mother, Levo Campbell, was 21. He married Prudence Marie Jemima George on 19 February 1873. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Athens, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Jefferson Township, Taylor, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 16 June 1922, in Blockton, Taylor, Iowa, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Blockton, Taylor, Iowa, United States.