George B. Shaw was born in Bridport, Vermont. Like his father, George B. had an excellent memory and was an intense listener. George B. married Ann in 1956. George G's widow Almeda lived with Ann and George B. and their son John and daughter Erin, first in Bridport, Vermont, and then Scottsdale, Arizona. Writing courses at the Scottsdale Community College were instrumental in his compiling his father's memories into the handwritten manuscript which his daughter Erin typed c. 1980. George B. died in 1995.