When Chandler Swan Fay was born on 23 October 1826, in Newfane, Windham, Vermont, United States, his father, Curtis Fay, was 29 and his mother, Olive Knowlton, was 29. He married Julia Ann Mixer on 4 July 1849, in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States in 1880. He died on 21 May 1903, in Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 76.