When Henry Aiken was born on 22 November 1902, in Dacusville, Pickens, South Carolina, United States, his father, Jasper Julius Aiken, was 40 and his mother, Lucinda Zilpha Ann Crain, was 42. He married Edith Elvira Snipes on 14 June 1921. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Greenville Township, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 29 January 1968, in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 65.