When Alfred John Larson was born on 3 November 1899, in Franklin, Renville, Minnesota, United States, his father, John Bernt Larson, was 34 and his mother, Inger Christina Andersdotter, was 34. He had at least 4 daughters with Frances E. Schollert. He lived in Renville, Minnesota, United States in 1935 and Palmyra Township, Renville, Minnesota, United States in 1940. He died on 26 June 1981, at the age of 81, and was buried in Nicollet, Minnesota, United States.