When Forde Anderson Todd was born on 20 February 1881, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Albert Whitner Todd, was 24 and his mother, Martha Gertrude ANDERSON, was 24. He married Sylvia Leland Barnes on 21 June 1917, in Devon, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 5 August 1971, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 90.