When Abner Columbus Edgmon was born on 5 February 1867, in Carroll, Arkansas, United States, his father, John E Edgemon, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Ann Kirby, was 22. He married Nora Bell Ralston in 1888, in Carroll, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Konawa, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Brinton Township, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 23 April 1931, in Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 64.