When Edmond Ellis Wheat was born on 12 August 1847, in Kingston, Roane, Tennessee, United States, his father, Levi Henderson Wheat, was 67 and his mother, Catherine Dillion, was 33. He married Eliza Jane Dillion on 14 August 1870, in Webster, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Roane, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Benton Township, Webster, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 16 April 1905, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 57.