When Herman A. Aney was born on 6 November 1863, in Adrian, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Samuel Aney, was 35 and his mother, Ruth M. Gibbs, was 34. He married Jane E "Jennie" Henry on 8 June 1884, in Monroe, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 3 November 1944, in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States.