When Amariah Enoch Alderman was born on 22 August 1864, in Sampson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Amariah Biggs Alderman, was 45 and his mother, Penelope Eliza Howard, was 30. He married Sarah Eliza Williford on 2 September 1893, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Mingo, Sampson, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Mingo Township, Sampson, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 19 June 1945, in Dunn, Harnett, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Dunn, Harnett, North Carolina, United States.