When George E. Eddy was born on 14 October 1870, in Theresa, Theresa, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, Milton Eddy, was 22 and his mother, Mary A Hosner, was 18. He married Lora Root on 4 September 1900, in Rockfield, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Minetto, Oswego, New York, United States in 1930 and Clayton, Jefferson, New York, United States in 1940. He died on 31 December 1955, in Clayton Center, Clayton, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Theresa, Theresa, Jefferson, New York, United States.