When Adolf Zeller was born on 16 June 1885, in Hutchinson, Dakota Territory, United States, his father, Jacob J. Zeller, was 43 and his mother, Anna Maria Küst, was 38. He married Katharina Kattie Schramm. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Mercer, North Dakota, United States in 1930 and Township 145 Range 87, Mercer, North Dakota, United States in 1940. He died on 21 February 1953, in North Dakota, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Beulah, Mercer, North Dakota, United States.