When Charles Y. Witte was born on 3 February 1889, in William Penn, Washington, Texas, United States, his father, Christian Friedrich Heinrich Witte, was 36 and his mother, Henriette Louise Sophie Schmedthorst, was 33. He married Annie Xxx Witte about 1925, in United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Nueces, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 4, Willacy, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 14 August 1971, in Valley Baptist Hospital, Cameron, Texas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Raymondville, Willacy, Texas, United States.