When Eugene Liter was born in June 1881, in Trimble, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Jackson Liter, was 32 and his mother, Rebecca Bowman, was 34. He married Ida Mae Means on 21 December 1904, in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Jefferson, Indiana, United States in 1935 and Smyrna Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died on 29 December 1968, in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87.