When Charles Ward Woodworth was born on 15 May 1848, in Oregon, Holt, Missouri, United States, his father, Parmenas Newton Woodworth, was 41 and his mother, Marilla Mc Donald, was 41. He lived in California, United States in 1870 and Analy Judicial Township, Sonoma, California, United States for about 40 years. He died on 16 March 1927, in Sebastopol, Sonoma, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Petaluma, Sonoma, California, United States.