When Charles Fobes was born on 26 November 1802, in Paris, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Amara Forbes, was 25 and his mother, Anna Eames, was 30. He married Louisa Keating in 1832, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States. He lived in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States in 1850. He died on 4 July 1889, in Deering, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States.