When George Washington Forshee Sr was born on 22 March 1825, in Monroe, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Forshey, was 55 and his mother, Anna Agnes Weston, was 50. He married Elizabeth Woods in 1846, in Monroe, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 31 December 1903, at the age of 78, and was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Hopewell, Washington, Missouri, United States.