When Howard Arthur Pierce was born on 23 August 1880, in Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, United States, his father, Leander Llewellyn Pierce, was 27 and his mother, Mary Jane Walker, was 24. He married Florence May White on 14 October 1901, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Kootenai, Bonner, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Spokane City, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 5 March 1949, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Echo Cemetery, Echo, Umatilla, Oregon, United States.