When Melvin Eunomious French was born on 24 July 1881, in Moody, South Dakota, United States, his father, Andrew J French, was 28 and his mother, Ida Allen, was 30. He married Mary Fern Odell in 1905, in South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 29 November 1965, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.