When Frederick August Arheit was born on 16 February 1898, his father, August Friedrich Arheit, was 38 and his mother, Christina Magdalena Pfattheicher, was 34. He married Lucena May Hill on 22 March 1922, in Erie, Ohio, United States. He lived in Randolph, Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1930 and Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1940. He died on 13 September 1971, in Chautauqua, New York, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Poland Center, Poland, Chautauqua, New York, United States.