When Clarence Curtain Bequeath was born on 13 June 1883, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Scott Bequeath, was 26 and his mother, Martha Jane Ledwidge, was 22. He married Sarah Lillian Barton on 30 January 1915, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in East Providence Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Providence Twp, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 18 December 1964, in Breezewood, East Providence Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Breezewood, East Providence Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States.