When Otto Bismark Franz was born on 16 March 1879, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Eberhard Dietrich Franz, was 47 and his mother, Sophia Everdine Dietzel, was 36. He married Louise Marie Landry on 23 July 1923, in Orange, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Lamar, Prowers, Colorado, United States in 1900. He died on 1 March 1956, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States.