When George Richardson Cruzen was born on 30 November 1844, in Harpers Ferry, Jefferson, Virginia, United States, his father, Richard Richardson Cruzen, was 41 and hismother, Aurelia Wayne North, was 39. He married Lucinda Mildred Elder on 4 May 1871, in Ray, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters.He lived in Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 8 June 1936, at the age of91, and was buried in Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States.