When John George Croushore was born on 26 April 1800, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George Kraushaar, was 34 and his mother, Magdalene Margaret Meyer, was 34. He had at least 7 sons and 5 daughters with Margaret Baughman. He died on 4 November 1848, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.