When Charles Hugh Bynum was born on 18 May 1898, in Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Thomas Jefferson Bynum, was 30 and his mother, Emma Jane Smart, was 29. He married Ruby Lee Whitfield on 21 November 1919, in Indianola, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hughes, Oklahoma, United States in 1935 and Bucklucksy Township, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 25 January 1970, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 71.