When Herbert Briggs was born on 14 November 1882, in Fairfax Township, Osage, Kansas, United States, his father, Hiram Thomas Briggs, was 51 and his mother, Laura M. Briggs, was 41. He married Elizabeth Cleveland Bartee on 21 February 1906, in Osage, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in East Chain, Martin, Minnesota, United States in 1910. He died on 10 January 1959, in Fairmont, Martin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 76.