When Orville E Adams was born on 7 June 1892, in Henry, Kentucky, United States, his father, James Henry Pastell Adams, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Albert Morton, was 27. He married Altie Mae Overcast on 25 July 1912, in Henry, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Civil District 1, Henry, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and McKenzie, Carroll, Tennessee, United States in 1930. He died on 9 January 1955, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in South Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States.