When Eugene Alexander Lapee was born on 29 August 1852, in Richwoods, Washington, Missouri, United States, his father, Augustus Lapee, was 19 and his mother, Leona Charboneau, was 17. He married Mary Louise Doyen about 1871. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States in 1920 and Neosho Township, Cherokee, Kansas, United States in 1930. He died on 5 November 1943, in Cherokee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Melrose, Cherokee, Kansas, United States.