When Christopher Arvin was born on 28 May 1892, in Grayson, Texas, United States, his father, Joseph Christopher Arvin, was 33 and his mother, Permelia Thetford, was 27. He married Nell. He lived in Justice Precinct 2, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1900 and Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 5 March 1961, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 68.