When Harry Rufus Aney was born on 27 October 1902, in Adrian, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Charles Alfred Aney, was 39 and his mother, Amelia Mildred Campbell, was 36. He married Eunice Jacobs on 27 July 1938, in Sunnyside, Yakima, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Minot, Ward, North Dakota, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 87 Sunnyside Rural 4, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 17 October 1952, in Snohomish, Washington, United States, at the age of 49.