When Herbert Cleveland Tolliver Sr was born on 26 January 1886, in Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, United States, his father, John Isom Toliver, was 24 and his mother, Mary Ann Anderson, was 25. He married Catherine Elizabeth Grumish on 1 July 1905, in Crawford, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 23 May 1935, in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in West Lawn Cemetery, Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States.