When Hugh Alexander Tatum was born on 4 March 1847, in Habersham, Georgia, United States, his father, Solomon Tatum, was 40 and his mother, Susannah Trotter, was 35. He married Georgia Marietta Hill on 10 December 1873, in White, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Habersham, Habersham, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Batesville, Habersham, Georgia, United States in 1880. He died on 21 November 1915, in White, Georgia, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Blue Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Cleveland, White, Georgia, United States.