When Charles Thomas Sugden was born on 11 September 1907, in Michigan, United States, his father, William Edgar Sugden, was 41 and his mother, Florence Mae "Flossie" Snover, was 30. He married Esther Marie Henrietta Anderegg on 4 October 1930, in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States. He lived in Tuscola, Michigan, United States in 1935 and Mayville, Tuscola, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 29 March 1998, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 90.