When Ulysses Grant Liston was born in May 1863, in Ohio, United States, his father, Ezra Liston, was 25 and his mother, Amelia Cloud, was 24. He married Martha Jenene Anderson on 16 October 1890, in Cass, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in King, Washington, United States in 1900 and Auburn Election Precinct 5, King, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 28 April 1947, in Auburn, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Auburn, King, Washington, United States.