When Oliver Edwin Woodward was born on 3 November 1898, in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Woodward, was 27 and his mother, Minnie E. Sauer, was 23. He had at least 1 son with Charlotte Riepert. He lived in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. He died in August 1969, in Polk, Florida, United States, at the age of 70.