When William Walden Ham was born on 31 August 1890, in Alabama, United States, his father, Allen Washington Ham, was 60 and his mother, Martha Elizabeth Smith, was 43. He married Maudie Ruth Murphy on 25 August 1912, in Henry, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Henry, Alabama, United States in 1920 and Kinsey, Houston, Alabama, United States in 1930. He died on 4 April 1969, in Alabama, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Kinsey, Houston, Alabama, United States.