When George Washington Cannon was born on 12 April 1871, in Tennessee, United States, his father, William Jackson Cannon, was 58 and his mother, Elizabeth Colyer, was 34. He had at least 3 sons and 5 daughters with Mary Edna Andes. He lived in Thomas Township, Johnston, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Spring Creek, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 22 January 1936, in Britton, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Olive Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States.