Born in Tallmadge, Ohio, Crouse attended the common schools.

He was commissioner of Summit County in 1874 and 1875 and served as a member of the State senate from 1885 to 1887.

Crouse married Martha K. Parsons of Kent, Ohio on October 18, 1859.

He died in Akron, Ohio, January 5, 1912, and was interred in Glendale Cemetery.

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