When Alton Ellerson Alderman was born on 9 October 1905, in Rural Hall, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, his father, Aurelius Hamilton Alderman, was 27 and his mother, Josie Rodoskie Spainhour, was 13. He had at least 1 daughter with Sally Victoria Kiser. He lived in Bethania, Surry, North Carolina, United States in 1920. He died on 15 January 1991, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Jefferson Church Of Christ Cemetery, Rural Hall, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States.