When Reverend Bartlett Linley Couch was born on 19 May 1844, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, his father, Jonathon Couch, was 31 and his mother, Eunice Gardner, was 32. He married Sarah Elizabeth Chenoweth on 4 December 1864, in Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Huntington, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Center Township, Benton, Indiana, United States in 1910. He died on 20 May 1921, in Fowler, Benton, Indiana, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, United States.