When Emiel Rougeux was born on 13 September 1837, in Frenchville, Covington Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jean Baptiste III Rougeux, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Ann Moret, was 35. He married Mary Ann Barr on 28 June 1864, in Frenchville, Covington Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Girard Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States for about 50 years. He died on 17 November 1920, in Frenchville, Covington Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Frenchville, Covington Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States.