When George Emery Headley was born on 30 March 1884, in Bristoria, Richhill Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Newton J. Headley, was 39 and his mother, Anna Chess, was 35. He married Della M Pettit in 1906, in Marshall, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Richhill Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years and Aleppo, Aleppo Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 July 1955, in West Virginia, United States, at the age of 71.