When Zipprian Carpunky was born on 23 August 1877, in Calhoun, Illinois, United States, his father, William Carpunky, was 43 and his mother, Marie Claude Josephine Gaudard, was 33. He married Tisha Rush on 5 September 1905, in Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois, United States. He lived in Richwood Township, Jersey, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Piasa Township, Jersey, Illinois, United States in 1920. He died on 8 September 1963, in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States.