When Zebulon Vance Tise was born on 15 October 1888, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, his father, Joseph E Tise, was 21 and his mother, Carrie L Newsom, was 19. He married Minnie Bell Myers on 27 April 1919, in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Clemmonsville Township, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States for about 40 years. He died on 2 July 1964, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States.