Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 23 January 2005

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GEORGE BALINTINE (deceased) was born near Lexington, Ky., in 1793. He engaged as clerk in a store several years, and then engaged in a flouring-mill. He was married, in Franklin Township, in the same house where his wife was born, Dec. 22, 1803. They were married May 1, 1823; they had eight children, three now living—Amanda, Jane and Eliza M. In 1833, Mr. B. bought a flouring-mill in Germantown, where they resided three years, and then came to Franklin, where he bought another flouring-mill and engaged in milling eight years. This mill was situated where the Franklin Paper Mills now are. He then began building a new mill, and, just before the completion, he died. Dec. 18, 1852, his son-in-law, Mr. E. B. Thirkield, taking charge of his business. Mr. B. had a choice farm of 400 acres near the village, on a part of which the new cemetery is now situated. He was engaged in the dry goods business with Mr. Thirkield at the time of his death, owning one-half