When Herbert Ross Goodhart was born on 8 September 1895, in Centre Hall, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Miller Goodhart, was 24 and his mother, Lettie Agnes Ross, was 21. He married Myrtle Elizabeth Zeigler about 1916. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Lock Haven, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and South Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 31 December 1953, in Madisonburg, Miles Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 58.