When Seawell Carr Burke was born on 10 January 1901, in Chatham, North Carolina, United States, his father, George Washington Burke, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Emma Coggins, was 33. He married Olive Marie Pike on 14 November 1924, in Chatham, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Township 9 Thompson, Alamance, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and Graham, Alamance, North Carolina, United States in 1976. He died on 23 July 1976, in Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Graham, Alamance, North Carolina, United States.