When George Archibald Edmonston was born on 24 July 1878, in Audrain, Missouri, United States, his father, George Washington Edmonston, was 54 and his mother, Nancy Ward Davis, was 39. He married Myrtle Elizabeth Sparks on 26 September 1906, in Kossuth, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 5 La Veta, Huerfano, Colorado, United States in 1910 and La Veta, Huerfano, Colorado, United States in 1920. He died on 30 March 1956, at the age of 77, and was buried in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States.