When Carl Frederick Vogel was born on 12 January 1890, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, Charles Frederick Vogel, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Hannah Doenges, was 30. He married Roumania Loretta Wattleys on 19 August 1925, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in York Township, DuPage, Illinois, United States in 1930. He died on 10 February 1970, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Roselawn Memorial Park, Clear Lake Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.