When Charles Henry Stephenson was born on 4 January 1862, in Staunton, Macoupin, Illinois, United States, his father, Joseph Addison Stephenson, was 29 and his mother, Anna Eliza Caldwell, was 27. He married Margaret Rogers on 11 January 1887, in Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Carlyle, Clinton, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States in 1920. He died on 7 October 1934, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Carlyle, Clinton, Illinois, United States.