George Gough Booth

Booth married Ellen Warren Scripps, the eldest daughter of James E. Scripps, in 1887. They had five children named James, Grace, Warren, Henry, and Florence. Their second son, Warren Scripps Booth (1894–1987), served as president of The Detroit News from 1952 to 1963. Their third son, Henry Scripps Booth (1897–1988), was a long-time trustee of the Cranbrook Foundation and an architect who collaborated on many Cranbrook buildings after studying under the noted architect Eliel Saarinen at the University of Michigan.

Booth and his wife, Ellen Scripps Booth, founded the Cranbrook Educational Community (CEC) in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. It has become one of the nation's highest ranked private schools.

In 1904, the Booths purchased the site of the present-day CEC as a place for their summer home. They hired noted architect Albert Kahn to design their country manor, Cranbrook House. As their country estate grew both in purpose and in scale, Booth had both noted architect Eliel Saarinen and renowned sculptor Carl Milles in residence for many years at CEC.

Booth was an avid student of the Arts and Crafts movement. Together with his brother Ralph, the two men were major benefactors of the Detroit Institute of Arts.