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GEORGE BALDIN is proprietor of a blacksmith and general repair shop at Bruin, Pennsylvania, where he has successfully engaged in business since the spring of 1897. He is widely known and comamands the patronage of many
of the leading citizens throughout this section of the county, with whom he is very popular. He was born at Brady's Bend, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1874, and is a son of Herman and Amelia (Winehart) Baldin. His parents were both born in Germany and now reside at Boyer's Post Office, in Butler County.
George Baldin was five years of age when his parents moved from Brady's Bend to Murrinsville, Butler County, and was but little older when they moved to Annandale, Butler County. There he grew to manhood and attended the public schools; he later attended West Sunbury Academy
for a time, and also the Pennsylvania State Normal School at Slippery Rock. He learned blacksmithing under his father, and was but fourteen years of age when he began shoeing; horses. He mastered his trade most thoroughly, and it is the character of his work which enabled
him to build up the large business he now conducts. He is a man of good education, intelligent and public spirited, and every worthy measure for the benefit of the community finds in him an earnest and active supporter.
September 15, 1896, Mr. Baldin was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Kepler, a daughter of the late George Kepler of Parker Township, Butler County, and they have been the parents of three children: Charlotte, who is now deceased; Pauline, and Isadore. Politically Mr. Baldin
is an unswerving Republican.
Source: 20th century history of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and respresentative citizens, McKee, James A., 1909, page 743-744.
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