When Harris Arsene Adam Sr was born on 30 December 1899, in Grand Isle, Jefferson, Louisiana, United States, his father, Henry Adam, was 33 and his mother, Emelie Eve Plaisance, was 26. He had at least 1 son with Isabelle E Adams. He lived in Ward Four, Lafourche, Louisiana, United States in 1900. He died on 31 December 1989, in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 90.