Bartley Crum was born on 28 November 1900 in Sacramento, California, USA. He was married to Anna Gertrude Bosworth. He died on 10 December 1959 in California, USA.
His son, Bartley Cavanaugh Crum, Jr. (B: March 14, 1935) while a freshman at Reed College in 1953, committed suicide with his grandfather's .22-caliber rifle on December 6, 1953.