When Heman Crocker Elliot was born on 20 June 1834, in Whiting, Washington, Maine, United States, his father, Reverend Gould French Elliot, was 29 and his mother, Mary Gardner Huntley, was 30. He married Frances Phidelia Fillio on 21 February 1864, in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in California, United States in 1870 and San Rafael, Marin, California, United States in 1880. He died on 17 February 1888, in Marin, California, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.