When Frank Edwin Phillips was born on 14 March 1903, in Illinois, United States, his father, Theodore G Phillips, was 33 and his mother, Cora May Nickloye, was 15. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Faye A. Wineinger. He lived in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 October 1979, in Lake, California, United States, at the age of 76.