When Fred Enos Ault was born on 11 December 1884, in Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, his father, Samuel H. Ault, was 24 and his mother, Martha Lorinda Cooley, was 27. He married Sophie Caroline Otte on 20 May 1909, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Bloomington Precinct, McLean, Illinois, United States in 1920. He died on 22 February 1953, in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington City Township, McLean, Illinois, United States.