When George Washington Kountz was born on 17 March 1860, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Michael Kountz, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Heist, was 28. He married Sarah Margaret Hixenbaugh on 19 January 1881, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Monaca, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 23 February 1933, in Bridgewater, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Monaca, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States.