When Caroline Scheidemantle was born on 22 March 1858, in Muddy Creek, Clay Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johannes Peter Scheidemantle, was 46 and her mother, Elizabeth Scheel Meier, was 38. She married Martin Phillip Koch in 1876, in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Lancaster Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States for about 40 years. She died on 24 March 1950, at the age of 92.