When George Cyrus Temple was born on 12 February 1887, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, George Richardson Temple, was 35 and his mother, Florence Aurilla Aldrich, was 23. He married Isabella Carson Barnes on 22 February 1919, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Richmond, Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States in 1940 and New Dorp, Richmond, New York, United States in 1942. He died on 3 July 1975, in Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States.