When Carl Franklin Anders was born on 30 December 1896, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Jasper Joseph Anders Jr, was 35 and his mother, Thursia J Bedwell, was 33. He married Mae Francis Caudell in 1918, in McDowell, West Virginia, United States. He lived in Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Fries, Grayson, Virginia, United States in 1930. He died on 16 March 1974, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States.