Born: May 10, 1857, St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
Died: November 22, 1908, Astoria, Illinois.
Buried: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Bridgewater, Virginia.
George was the son of Joseph H. Holsinger and Rebecca Blackburn, and husband of Sarah Kagey (married August 19, 1884).
He was music director of Bridgewater College, Virginia (1882–98), and music editor for the Church of the Brethren Publishing House in Elgin, Illinois (1898–1908).