When Charles Jacob Peterson was born on 18 June 1892, in Cheboygan, Cheboygan, Michigan, United States, his father, Jacob Alfred Peterson, was 30 and his mother, Wendla Karolina Karlsdotter, was 27. He had at least 2 sons and 4 daughters with Blanche Gertrude Woodard. He lived in Grand Portage, Cook, Minnesota, United States in 1920 and Cook, Minnesota, United States in 1930. He died on 27 June 1949, in Grand Marais, Cook, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Grand Marais, Cook, Minnesota, United States.