When Deborah Dogen was born about 1766, in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States, her father, Olleyman Dodgen, was 26 and her mother, Sarah, was 24. She married David Carlile in 1784, in Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 3 October 1825, in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 59.