When Burris Jenkins Crouch was born on 27 August 1923, in Nashville, Barton, Missouri, United States, his father, Meredith Crouch, was 38 and his mother, Arvada Belle 'Vada' Sample, was 34. He married Dorothy Lee Trotter on 18 November 1942, in Coffeyville, Montgomery, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Barton, Missouri, United States in 1935 and South West Township, Barton, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died on 15 April 1988, at the age of 64, and was buried in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States.