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George Colburn Ballou

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George Colburn Ballou

Birth
Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
25 Mar 1876 (aged 78)
Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
Plot
R 00027
Memorial ID
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Like his father Oliver Ballou and brother Dexter Ballou, George Colburn Ballou was also a Universalist, and began his own Woonsocket spinning mill in 1829. He built up his own business, bought control of several other mills, and acquired hundreds of acres of farming lands. By the time of his death he was a millionaire.
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Marriage:
. Ruth Elizabeth Aldrich, 24 May 1825

Like his father Oliver Ballou and brother Dexter Ballou, George Colburn Ballou was also a Universalist, and began his own Woonsocket spinning mill in 1829. He built up his own business, bought control of several other mills, and acquired hundreds of acres of farming lands. By the time of his death he was a millionaire.
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Marriage:
. Ruth Elizabeth Aldrich, 24 May 1825



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