When Henry Charles Sauer was born on 18 October 1898, in Gonzales, Texas, United States, his father, Friedrich Johann Sauer, was 37 and his mother, Hulda Brieger, was 24. He married Lydia O Mueller on 24 November 1920, in Yoakum, Lavaca, Texas, United States. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Lavaca, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 11 September 1949, in Yoakum, Lavaca, Texas, United States, at the age of 50.