When George H. Pancake was born on 28 March 1884, in Milton, Cabell, West Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Pancake, was 40 and his mother, Josephine R. Higgins, was 32. He married Elizabeth K Pancake on 2 July 1916, in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States. He lived in Cabell, West Virginia, United States in 1884 and Gideon Magisterial District, Cabell, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 23 December 1949, in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States.