When Charles Duke Butler was born on 19 September 1904, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Isaac Stanley Butler, was 30 and his mother, Icy Villa Graves, was 23. He married Bertha Lue Cook about 1921, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States for about 25 years and Glendale Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 28 October 1998, in Auburn, Placer, California, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in New Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Placer, California, United States.