When Harvey Arndt Adam was born on 6 September 1887, in Greenwich Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Henry Gruber Adam, was 47 and his mother, Massian Elizabeth Maryann Arndt, was 23. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Mary Elizabeth Kerschner. He lived in Maxatawny Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 27 September 1974, in Maxatawny, Maxatawny Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 87.