When Hosea Rich Hendee was born on 24 August 1832, in Allegany, Allegany, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, his father, Esau Hendee, was 30 and his mother, Electa Slusser, was 29. He married Bithania E. Taylor on 5 March 1859, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in New York, United States in 1865 and Judicial Township 2, Tuolumne, California, United States in 1880. He died on 7 January 1899, in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Acacia Memorial Park, Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States.