When Eric Charles Fegley was born on 29 December 1887, in Churchtown, Caernarvon Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Charles R. Fegley, was 39 and his mother, Lillie E. Teter, was 23. He had at least 1 daughter with Helen Kline. He lived in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and West Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. He died on 8 June 1970, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.