When Clarence L. Arvin was born on 23 October 1906, in Indiana, United States, his father, James E Arvin, was 36 and his mother, Mary Appolonia Farrell, was 32. He married Mary Gertrude Clements on 9 June 1930, in Daviess, Indiana, United States. He lived in Perry Township, Martin, Indiana, United States in 1930 and Loogootee, Martin, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died on 31 January 1989, in Martin, Indiana, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Loogootee, Martin, Indiana, United States.