When Forn Neal Harrel was born on 20 April 1883, in Taylor, Iowa, United States, his father, John Moses Harrel, was 42 and his mother, Ellenora Ora Neal, was 37. He married Emma Angeline Allen on 22 June 1907, in Cottage Grove, Lane, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Bedford, Taylor, Iowa, United States in 1935 and Cow Creek Election Precinct, Douglas, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 6 March 1944, at the age of 60, and was buried in Cottage Grove, Lane, Oregon, United States.