When Zepherino "Zeph" O'Brien was born on 18 October 1870, in Watford, Warwick, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, his father, MICHEAL O'BRIEN, was 38 and his mother, Mary Said, was 33. He married Verdia Elizabeth Hollis on 24 June 1903, in Manila, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States for about 45 years. He died on 8 April 1948, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States.