When Hardy Russell Clemons was born on 10 July 1878, in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Russell E Clemons, was 32 and his mother, Maria Elza Whitaker, was 28. He married Sadie Ella Cressey on 15 July 1898, in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1910 and Buckland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States for about 5 years. He died on 25 January 1970, in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.