When Franklin Pierce Guilliams was born on 12 December 1856, in Indiana, United States, his father, Martin Guilliams, was 42 and his mother, Mary Polly Bowman, was 44. He married Alice Mathilda Ranney on 4 September 1881, in Douglas Township, Ida, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Coos River, Coos, Oregon, United States for about 10 years and Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States in 1930. He died on 16 February 1937, in Marshfield, Coos, Oregon, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Marshfield, Coos, Oregon, United States.