George E. Breinig, a leading businessman, clothier, and bank director of Allentown, was born Dec 3, 1859, in Allentown. He was educated in the public schools of the city and later was graduated from the Allentown Business College. At the age of seventeen years he learned merchant tailoring and cutting and in the centennial year, 1876, he began working at the trade with Breinig & Leh. He continued in the employ of this firm until the retirement of his father, which was due to ill health, and the firm became known as H. M. Leh & Co., as chief cutter until 1888, when he and A. P. Bachman (for many years connected with the Allentown National Bank), formed a partnership and adopted the firm name of Breinig & Bachman and occupied the Old Democrat Building, located at 632 Hamilton Street. They continued business at this place until 1891, and then purchased the building then known as the "Pretz Building" from the Allentown National Bank and erected the first "B & B Building", which stood until Friday, October 13, 1893, when a disastrous fire totally destroyed this and three other building, incurring a loss of $250,000. A week following this disastrous fire the firm of Breinig & Bachman again resumed business at 632 Hamilton Street and continued there until the tall of 1894, when they erected the five-story building of dimensions 40 x 113 feet at Sixth and Hamilton Streets. This firm employs forty-five people and is one of the largest and best established houses in the Lehigh Valley. During their career the firm erected fifty-five residences in this city and is one of the most progressive and public-spirited business houses of Allentown.

Mr. Breinig is a director of the Citizen's Deposit & Trust Company since 1911, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a Republican in politics and from 1908 until the commission form of government was instituted in 1913, served as a member of the city council from the Seventh Ward. He is active in religious affairs and since 1885 is the esteemed superintendent of the Zion's United Brethren Church Sunday school, located on Linden Street. He has now held this office for more than a quarter century. He takes a deep interest in the administrative affairs of the church and served as a member of the trustees and official board for many years. He also serves as a trustee of Lebanon Valley College at Annville, Pa. since 1900.

In 1882, he was married to Celia E. Weber, a daughter of Solomon Weber, who died on July 12, 1899. They had no children. He was married (second) to Alice nee Weber, a sister of his first wife, then the widow of Rev. Charles S. Seaman, who died in 1890, survived by three children, viz: Mary, Edna and Charles.