When Herbert Aiken was born on 18 June 1873, in Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States, his father, Henry C Aiken, was 34 and his mother, Margaret Isabel Tawney, was 27. He married Luvena Bell Cunningham on 11 August 1896, in Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Orofino, Clearwater, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and Orofino Election Precinct 2, Clearwater, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 27 September 1964, in Centralia, Lewis, Washington, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Woodbine Cemetery, Puyallup, Pierce, Washington, United States.