When Russel Lawrence Ashcraft was born on 14 January 1922, in Coshocton, Ohio, United States, his father, Clarence Orville Ashcraft, was 30 and his mother, Nanna Campbell, was 26. He lived in Bedford Township, Coshocton, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 December 2012, in Warsaw, Coshocton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Valley View Cemetery, Warsaw, Coshocton, Ohio, United States.