When Charles William Bowman was born on 27 April 1889, in South Weber, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Bowman, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Jane Kendell, was 25. He married Ruth Emily Bambrough on 12 January 1915, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Sterling, Bingham, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and Sterling Election Precinct, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 25 June 1952, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.