When Howard Edward Amann was born on 13 November 1874, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, his father, John Felix Amann, was 39 and his mother, Mary Barrett, was 30. He married Iona Gertrude Short on 1 June 1904, in Franklin, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Linwood, Hamilton, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 11 August 1947, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Galena Cemetery, Galena, Delaware, Ohio, United States.