When Charles Arthur Brown was born on 18 March 1878, in San Joaquin, California, United States, his father, Aleck Howard Brown, was 43 and his mother, Rebecca Ann Best, was 34. He married Orilla Luella English on 31 January 1902, in Riverside, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Temescal Judicial Township, Riverside, California, United States in 1900 and Temescal, Riverside, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 3 July 1961, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Barstow, San Bernardino, California, United States.