GEORGE TABOR QUINN was born in New Jersey on January 23, 1875 to Davis Quinn and his wife, the former Estelle Abel. The family, which included older sister Violet, lived at 448 Benson Street as early as 1878 and were still there in 1888. Two younger children were born durung this time, Leila A. Quinn in 1880 and Albert Quinn in 1886. By 1890 the Quinns had moved to 450 Benson Street. The 1900 Census shows George T. Quinn had married. He was living with his wife of 1 year, Clara, at 538 Federal Street, and that he worked as a paperhanger. Fire Department records show him already to have been working as a fireman, however.

The 1906 City Directory gives Geroeg T. Quinn's address as 453 Royden Street. By April 22, 1910 George T. and Clara Quinn had relocated to 622 South 5th Street, where they stayed for at least the next 20 years. The Quinns were never blessed with children, but did raise a nephew, Charles F. Mills, who lived with them from the 1920s through the 1930s.

George T. Quinn was appointed to the Camden Fire Department at some point in the 1890s. He was serving as a ladderman with the Hook & Ladder Company, later known as Ladder Company 1, by November 1, 1898. On November 4, 1902 he was reassigned to another company, possibly the Chemical Engine Company, (later Engine Company 8) on Kaighn Avenue. He returned to Ladder Company 1 on May 1, 1903 and worked there until August 26, 1903, when he was again reassigned. George T. Quinn was serving with Engine Company 8 on March 19, 1906 when the Sixth Regiment Armory on West Street between Bridge Avenue and Mickle Street burned down, taking the lives of three Camden firefighters. George T. Quinn was in a party of eight firefighters and a civilian guide who had entered the building, were caught in a ceiling collapse. Three men, George Shields, William Hillman, and William Jobes lost their lives. Not long after this incident, George T. Quinn left the Camden Fire Department. On January 1, 1908 George T. Quinn was appointed to the Camden Police Department. He was still working as a member of the Camden Police Department as late as April, 1930.

The April 1930 Census shows George T. and Clara Quinn living at 622 South 5th Street, along with nephew Charles F. Mills, 24, who worked as a laborer in one of Camden's shipyards. Neither George or Clara Quinn is listed in the 1940 Camden City Directory.