When George Emmett Pritchard was born on 21 April 1871, in Amsterdam, Botetourt, Virginia, United States, his father, James Ivan Pritchard, was 30 and his mother, Mary Ann Johnson, was 27. He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Birtie Lee St Clair. He registered for military service in 1898. He died on 18 August 1923, in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Roanoke, Virginia, United States.