When Charles Matthew Stevens was born on 2 February 1899, in Groton, Groton, Tompkins, New York, United States, his father, Walter Casper Stevens, was 25 and his mother, Jennie May Hatch, was 26. He married Grace E. Ivory on 9 June 1920, in Tompkins, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Homer, Homer, Cortland, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died before June 1977, at the age of 78.