When George Everett Adams was born on 27 September 1845, in Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, his father, James L Adams Jr, was 39 and his mother, Louisa Hephzibah Gowing, was 31. He married Elenora Martin Learned on 5 August 1873, in Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1880 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1910. He died on 10 December 1919, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States.