When Edward Herman Beshears was born on 26 December 1901, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, his father, Heggerson Hamilton Beshears, was 21 and his mother, Zora Lucretia Miller, was 19. He married Flora B. Walsh on 2 April 1922, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Reddies River Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States in 1978. He died on 19 August 1978, in North Carolina, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Purlear, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States.