When Charles Lamb was born on 4 December 1799, in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States, his father, Rev Shubael Lamb Sr, was 28 and his mother, Clarisa Bushnell, was 19. He married Elizabeth Grover on 15 March 1831, in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Middletown Springs, Rutland, Vermont, United States in 1850 and Vermont, United States in 1870. He died on 11 December 1876, in Middletown, Andover, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Middletown Springs Cemetery, Middletown Springs, Rutland, Vermont, United States.