When David Edwin Eakins was born on 2 January 1864, in Egypt, his father, Clemens Beniah Eakins, was 32 and his mother, Mary Ann Jamison, was 33. He married Olive Blanche Scudder on 12 May 1895, in Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Colorado, United States in 1870 and Election Precinct 15 South Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died on 14 June 1948, in Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States.