When Charles Heinrich Batteen was born on 22 May 1889, in Postville, Allamakee, Iowa, United States, his father, August Battien, was 51 and his mother, Helena Lena Rothermel, was 37. He married Eunice Jane Warner on 6 June 1919, in Waukon, Allamakee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. He died on 31 August 1954, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.