When Corneleus Breckenridge Gwinn was born on 31 March 1881, in Summers, West Virginia, United States, his father, Alexius Laban Martin Gwinn, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Stickler, was 19. He had at least 1 daughter with Rosa Bell Gwinn. He lived in Green Sulphur Springs, Summers, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Green Sulphur Magisterial District, Summers, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 28 January 1974, in Lockbridge, Summers, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Lockbridge, Summers, West Virginia, United States.