George Shreve was born in Pennsylvania, in 1820 and was raised by Quakers. George married Elizabeth Shadd, the daughter of Harriet (Parnell) and Abraham Doras Shadd Between 1848-1850, he served as the first Grand Master of the first Grand Lodge of New Jersey. In 1851, George authorized the formation of a Black Masonic Lodge in Canada. George, his wife and their children (Felix, Victor, Harriet, Abraham, Joseph, Esther, George, John, Emma, William & Amelia) made the journey to Canada West, with the Shadd's and other families. Initially, George and his family lived on land owned by his father in-law. However, eventually they moved to their own land on the Fifth Concession, known as Raleigh Plains. George donated an acre of land for the founding of School Section # 4 Raleigh, of which he was appointed a Trustee. George was widowed in 1890 with the death of Elizabeth and he remarried Mrs. Nall, a school teacher. George Shreve died on January 15, 1896.
To this day there are descendents of George Bolivar Shreve in Buxton and local communities.
