When Elisha A. Liter was born on 21 December 1814, in Clark, Missouri, United States, his father, Henry W. Liter, was 38 and his mother, Mary Mikesell, was 34. He married Rachel Evaline Wayland on 19 September 1853, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 19 April 1902, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.