When George Austin Everest was born on 7 March 1875, in Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States, his father, Hiram Augustus Everest, was 28 and his mother, Emma Jane Coffin, was 34. He married Ethel Bourland on 24 December 1910, in Grangeville, Idaho, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in White Bird, Idaho, Idaho, United States in 1935 and White Bird Election Precinct, Idaho, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 10 July 1966, in Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States.