When Justice E Ament Sr was born on 27 April 1808, in Dansville, North Dansville, Livingston, New York, United States, his father, John Viele Ament, was 24 and his mother, Eunice Lawson, was 27. He married Susan Ann Berry on 19 January 1829, in Tazewell, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Big Rock, Kane, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died on 12 December 1865, in Big Rock Township, Kane, Illinois, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Big Rock Township, Kane, Illinois, United States.