When Charles Edward Roberts was born on 7 April 1816, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Edward Roberts, was 41 and his mother, Rose Stewart, was 37. He married Susanna Fallis on 13 March 1837, in Switzerland, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Cotton Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died on 15 February 1896, in Milton, Wayne, Indiana, United States, at the age of 79.