George W. Weaver was born in 1868 in Lawrence County, Kentucky, to Robert and Mary A. Weaver. He married in 1888 to Elcie (Alisa) Spencer, the daughter of John H. Spencer and Ardelia Pennington. He died in 1938 in Jackson, Kentucky, while his wife Elcie died in 1933. Descendants lived in Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and elsewhere.

"Henry Goodlock (Heinrich Gundlach), born [in Germany] November 17, 1800, came to America on the Bremen Barque Weiland, which sailed from Bremen and arrived, on July 7, 1857, at the port of New York. ... Heinrich Gundlach was bringing his family to America to join his eldest daughter, Anna Barbara and his son, Henry Jr., who were already located here."--P. 1. From New York, the family went to Berlinville, Erie County, Ohio where his son Henry Jr....