When Benjamin Franklin Rouse was born on 3 July 1876, in Jefferson, Alabama, United States, his father, William Monroe Rouse, was 29 and his mother, Artilda Alice Fortner, was 19. He married Sarah Jane Roberts on 26 February 1899, in Jefferson, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Selfville, Blount, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. He died on 4 November 1926, in Cane Creek, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.