When Charles Childers Akers was born on 7 October 1885, in Cass, Missouri, United States, his father, Thomas Washington Akers, was 36 and his mother, Louisa Catherine Childers, was 29. He married Elizabeth Cecil Worthington on 15 September 1912, in Rosalia, Whitman, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Oakesdale, Whitman, Washington, United States in 1930 and Grand River Township, Cass, Missouri, United States for about 5 years. He died on 6 August 1964, in Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Rosalia, Whitman, Washington, United States.