When Charles Nevins Stevens was born on 29 June 1899, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Frederick Constantine Stevens, was 43 and his mother, Marie Cornelia “Mary” Esnorff, was 38. He married Letha Edith Roe on 2 September 1919, in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, United States. He lived in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, United States in 1930 and South Haven, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan Territory, United States in 1940. He died on 16 September 1970, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Lacota Cemetery, Geneva Township, Van Buren, Michigan Territory, United States.