George Maher was born in Mill Creek, West Virginia, but, as a small boy, moved with his parents, Pennsylvania-born Sarah Landis and Virginia-born chemist Theophile Maher whose father had immigrated from France, to New Albany, Indiana, where he attended public schools.
George Maher was born in Mill Creek, West Virginia. As a child, he moved with his family – his mother, Sarah Landis, from Pennsylvania, and his father, Theophile Maher, a chemist who had come from France – to New Albany, Indiana, where he attended local schools.