When William Thomas Abram was born on 17 November 1861, in Greene, Indiana, United States, his father, John Hiram Abram, was 26 and his mother, Martha Ann Cooper, was 20. He married Sarah Emma Ellingsworth on 29 June 1884, in Greene, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Linton, Greene, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Stafford Township, Greene, Indiana, United States in 1910. He died on 1 August 1936, in Greene, Indiana, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Worthington Cemetery, Worthington, Jefferson Township, Greene, Indiana, United States.