Commemorative biographical record of Middlesex County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, Part 65

Author: Beers (J.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Chicago : Beers
Number of Pages: 1502


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(XX) Jeremiah Markham, the fourth of the above family, was born in Middletown, and was a blacksmith in ship iron work. He mar- ried in Enfield, in 1733, Sarah Meacham, who was born about 1709. Jeremiah died in 1753, and his widow, March 30, 1787. They were the parents of twelve children, viz .: Jeremiah, born January 20, 1734; Sarah, born May 15, 1736, was married May II, 1756, to Daniel Dunham; Deborah, born August 27, 1737, was first married to Sylvanus Moore, and next to Josiah Beeman; Ruth was born October 21, 1741 ; Keziah, born November 28, 1742, was married to John Ward, July 8, 1784; Eunice, born April 6, 1744, was married to Dudley Holldridge, of Canaan; Dorcas was born July 5, 1745; Samuel, born October 3, 1746, was grandfather of Col. William Markham, of Atlanta, Ga., the latter being known as the "Father of Modern Atlanta;" Ezekiel was born February 5, 1748; Ebenezer, born May II, 1749, married Dorothy John- son ; Jael was born February 21, 1751; and Anna, born July 9, 1752, was married to Jep- tha Brainerd.


(XXI) Jeremiah Markham (2), the eldest of the above named children, was born in Mid- dletown, was reared a blacksmith in iron work for ships, and was a sergeant in Cook's regi- ment under Gen. Gates. He fought in all the battles, from Ticonderoga to the second engage- ment at Bemis Heights, and in the latter was


shot through the head, but recovered. He mar- ried April 20, 1769, Amy Deming, who was born in Wethersfield, September 4, 1743, a daughter of Ebenezer and Amy ( Bunce) Dem- ing and died March II, 1825, being followed to the grave by her husband, November 17, 1827 .- he, dying at Plymouth. Jeremiah and Amy ( Deming) Markham were the parents of eleven children, viz. : Amy, born June 20, 1770, was married to John Driggs; Jeremiah, born July 13, 1771; Hester, born in January, 1773, was married to Obediah Bowe; Lois, born April 14, 1774; John, born November 28, 1775, married Almira Holley, the aunt of Amanda Holley, "Josiah Allen's wife," the well-known story writer; Margery, born No- vember 8, 1776; Hannah, November 22, 1778; Levi, born January 1, 1780, married Rosanna Rowe; Rhoda, born March 3, 1781, was mar- ried to Daniel Potter; Sarah, born July 7, 1782, was married to Levi Scott; and Lydia, born January 6, 1784, was married to Luther Downes.


(XXII) Jeremiah Markham (3), the sec- ond of the above family, was born at Middle- town was a blacksmith and miller and the own- er of Markham's mills. He married Sally Clark, who was born in Haddam, in 1776, a daughter of Oliver and Sarah ( Pelton) Clark. He died in 1853, and she died February 19, 1866. They had a family of seven children, viz .: John, born March 5, 1797, married Pol- ly Clark, of Middlebury; Oliver, born Janu- ary 29, 1798, died in 1825: Ebenezer, born April 13, 1801, married Phebe Daniels; Rus- sell, born April 20, 1803, died unmarried; Jo- hanna, born April 14, 1806, was married to Harris Lyon; Jacob, born February 16, 1814, died single, and Horace, born January 12, 1823, married Elizabeth Crandell.


(XXIII) John Markham, eldest child of Jeremiah and Sally (Clark) Markham, was also born in Middletown, was a blacksmith and gunmaker, and was the last owner of Mark- ham's mills. He was married September 15, 1819, to Polly Clark, who was born Septem- ber 8, 1795, a daughter of Daniel and Abigail ( Northup) Clark. Daniel Clark served in the Revolutionary war, was wounded and was granted a pension. Polly (Clark) Markham died August 17, 1873, and John Markham, Au- gust 24, 1874, the parents of eleven children, namely: George T., now deceased, was born


Oliver Markham


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April 2, 1820, and married Adeline Roberts: Augustus, also deceased, was born Oc- tober 29, 1821, and married Lucia Coe, of Middlefield: Sarah Maria, born August 23, 1823, was married to Cyrus Johnson, and is now deceased ; Oliver, father of Dr. Ernest A., was born July 17, 1825, and died February 7, 1902, at Jacksonville, Fla .; Russell, born March 14, 1827, died young ; Mary E., born December 23, 1828, was married to Henry Ashton, and died August 20, 1898; Jane, also deceased, was born May 31, 1830, and was married to William Caughey; Russell (2), born May 18, 1832, married Elvira A. Walker, and resides in Chicopee, Mass. ; Ellen A., born November 2, 1833, is the wife of George Wells and is living in Boston, Mass .; John, Jr., born March 3, 1836, married Hester J. Clark and resides in Middletown, Conn .; Theron C., born October 28, 1838, married Almira Banning, and is living in Middletown, Connecticut.


(XXIV) OLIVER MARKHAM, father of the Doctor, was born in Middletown, was a gun-smith by trade, was a contractor in Sharp's armory during its entire existence in Hartford, and was also the inventor of parts of the famous rifle. While a resident of Hartford he was elected a member of the city council, in 1862. At the time of his death he was a di- rector in and vice-president of the Central National Bank, of Middletown, but led a retired life, spending each winter in Jackson- ville, Fla., and each summer in Middletown, Conn. He married July 23, 1848, Sarah Ann Clark, who was born July 8, 1825, and whose ancestral history is given in full on succeed- ing pages. The marriage of Oliver Markham has been blessed with two children : Revilo C., born August 3, 1849, married Marion Palmer, president of the Central National Bank, of Middletown ; and Dr. Ernest Arthur.


Dr. Ernest Arthur Markham, when but four years old, was taken by his parents to Hartford, where his early education was ac- quired at the South school on Wadsworth street, and in the high school. The family re- moving to Middletown, he there attended the high school, from which he graduated in 1871. He took special courses in physiological and agricultural chemistry, doing a great deal of extra study in the latter work, and the first State Agricultural Station was established on the experiments of his class. After his grad-


uation from the Wesleyan University, 1875, degree A. B .. he went to the New York Ec- lectic Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1877, and in 1878 he took a post- graduate course. He then went to Glaston- bury, remained a few months, and in the fall of 1878, he settled in Durham, where he has since stood at the head of his profession. In the winter of 1885-86, he had charge of a class in chemistry, in the Eclectic Medical College, in New York, returning to- Durhamn in the spring. He is a member of the New York City Eclec- tic Medical Society, resident student of the Ph. D. of Illinois Wesleyan University. Dur- ing its existence he was a member of Middle- sex Lodge, No. 31, K. of P., of Middlefield. He is a member of the Connecticut Historical Society, the Middlesex County Historical So- ciety, and of the sons of the American Revo- lution; likewise a charter member of Cogin- chaug Council, No. 62, O. U. A. M. He is quite a genealogist, and furnished the pub- lishers of this work with the data for the Markham and Clark family histories, as they here appear. He is a leader in all historical matters, and is taking an active part in com- piling a new history of Durham.


Dr. Markham was a representative from the Durham district in the State Legislature in 1895 and served on the Labor committec. He has been auditor and justice of the peace. has filled many minor offices, and is now a notary public and health officer.


On April 21, 1876. Dr. Markham married Anna Derring ( Brown) Martin, a native of Sag Harbor, Long Island, N. Y., and a daugh- ter of Addison and Mary .A. ( Willcox ) Brown. Four children have been born of this union, viz. : Oliver I., who was born February 3. 1877, was graduated from Yale Business Col- lege in 1897, and is now engaged in the jew- elry business ; Leonard B., born September 1, 1878. was also graduated from Yale Business College with the class of 1807, is with the Columbia Trust Company, and resides under the parental roof: Maud M .. born December 15, 1870. is a graduate from Doan's private school, in Durham, and is still at home: and Ernest Arthur, Jr., born October 31. 1882, lied at the age of three years. The Doctor and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church, of which he is a warden, and the children are also of the same faith.


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The maternal ancestors of Dr. Markham trace their line of descent to John Clark, who was born in Ipswich, County of Suffolk, Eng- land, in 1612. He came to Boston, Mass., in 1634, in the ship "Elizabeth," came thence to Connecticut in the same year, was among the first to form a civil government at New Haven, and was clerk of the militia in 1648. Tradi- tion has it that he married a daughter of Capt. George Lamberton, of the ship "Phantom."


John Clark, son of John the immigrant, was born in New Haven, in 1637, came to Mid- dletown, and was known as "Plain John," there being numerous other John Clarks in the town, who held office, and were recognized by the title pertaining thereto. "Plain John" Clark married Abigail Cheney, who was the daughter, probably, of William Cheney, a rep- resentative in 1660-1663, and many times af- terward. To their marriage came five chil- dren: Anne, born November 5, 1690; John, April 12, 1693; Ambrose, March 25, 1696; Cheney, October 8, 1698; and Eunice, August 27, 1700.


Ambrose Clark, above mentioned, owned a tract of land in the West part of Middletown, eighty rods wide, and extending a little over four miles from the Durham line northward. He erected his dwelling in Long Hill, which dwelling was famous for its very large timbers. Hle was known as "Lord Am." He married April 21, 1715, Elizabeth Ward, who was born November 1I, 1694, a daughter of James and Elizabeth ( Rockwell) Ward. Ambrose Clark died March 18, 1764, the father of ten chil- dren, viz .: Anne, born March 22, 1716; Elizabeth, April 21, 1718; John, September 30, 1720; Ambrose, April 30, 1723; Eunice, April 27, 1724; Sarah, October 15, 1726; Samuel, May 26, 1729; Lamberton, August 24, 1731 ; Mary, June 21, 1734; and William, June 29, 1737.


Lamberton Clark, of the above family, mar- ried Rebecca Jones, of Saybrook, June 14, 1753, and to this marriage were born three children: John, March 1, 1754; Mary, Feb- ruary 15, 1756, died September 15, 1759; and Thomas, June 18, 1758, died December 30, 1759. Mrs. Rebecca Clark died July 4, 1758, and Lamberton Clark married, August 29, 1759, Sarah Foster, and to this union were born ten children in the following order : Lam-


berton, June 26, 1760; Samuel, December 8, 1761; Ambrose, December 2, 1763; Stephen, August 19, 1765; George, March 23, 1768; Daniel, February 20, 1770; Enoch, July 4, 1772; William, February 26, 1775; Michael, July 2, 1777 ; and Seth, May 4 1779.


Ambrose Clark, of the above family, re- sided in the Newfield District of Middletown, and owned the land now occupied by John- son's brickyard. On March 26, 1787, he mar- ried "Allis" or 'Alice Ransom, of Salisbury, a daughter of Peleg and Sarah (Foster) Ran- som. To this marriage were born seven chil- dren in the following order : Sally, January 26, 1788. who died young; Peleg R., January 23, 1789, who served in the war of 1812; Daniel; William, who also served in the war of 1812; Polly, who was married to Parley Bidwell; Ambrose, born in 1793; and Sally, who died when eighteen years old.


Ambrose Clark, grandfather of Dr. Mark- ham, married, in 1823, Minerva Root, who was born in Scipio, N. H., in 1807, a daughter of Obediah and Susannah (Wilcox) Root, the latter a daughter of Comfort and Consider Wilcox. This marriage was blessed with three children, namely: Sarah Ann, born July 8, 1825, became the mother of Dr. Ernest A. Markham; Eliza D., who was born in 1827, was first married to Philip Simonds, and next to Henry Murfey; and Hester Jane, born in 1829, married John Markham, Jr.


HON. PHINEAS M. AUGUR (de- ceased) was during a long and active life very prominent in the agricultural affairs of the State of Connecticut, and vitally interested in the Prohibition movement, consenting to the use of his name as a candidate for govern- or at the last election prior to his decease.


Mr. Augur's birth occurred in Middlefield, Middlesex Co., Conn., February 8, 1826. He was the sixth generation from Robert Augur, his first American ancestor, who came from England to the New Haven Colony, and was a relative of Nicholas Augur, physician and trader, at New Haven. Robert Augur was married November 20, 1673, to Mary, daugh- ter of Deputy Gov. Mathew Gilbert. John Augur, son of this marriage, born in 1686, mar- ried Mary Bradley. Isaac Augur, son of John, married Eunice Tyler, and their children were :


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Eunice, Justus, Isaac, Prosper, Lois, Felix, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Joseph, Eleazer and Prudence.


Prosper Augur, son of Isaac, born in 1756, married in 1781 Thankful, daughter of Deacon Giles Miller, of Middlefield, Conn. Deacon Miller was a prominent man of that commun- ity, a descendant of Thomas Miller, who came from Massachusetts to Middletown, Conn., soon after its settlement, and located at South Farms. The children of Prosper and Thank- ful Augur were : Elizabeth, born in 1782, mar- ried Comfort Johnson, and died in 1849; Sally, born in 1784, married Luman Wetmore, and died in 1850; Polly born in 1786, died in 1849; Phineas is mentioned below. The par- ents settled in Middlefield. Mr. Augur was a man of excellent parts, known for his integrity of character and great usefulness in the Con- gregational Church. His death took place in 1836, and he was buried in the North burying ground.


Phineas Augur, only son of Prosper, was born August 11, 1788, and in 1821 married Esther Kirby, of Upper Houses, now the town of Cromwell. At the age of sixteen years he commenced teaching school, and at the close of his first examination, before Dr. David Dud- ley Field, of Haddam, the learned doctor quoted Timothy, "Let no man despise thy youth." After teaching very successfully for several years Mr. Augur died, November 18, 1825, leaving one son, Phineas Miller.


Phineas Miller Augur was born February 8, 1826, in that part of Middletown now known as Middlefield, three months after the death of his father. Before the end of his ninth year liis mother married Capt. Samuel Burgess, of Guilford, Conn., and he removed with her to that place. Receiving a good common-school education, he supplemented this by an acad- emic course, and so prepared himself that he received appointments in Durham Academy, Wells Grammar School, at Hartford, and else- where. In 1846 he removed to Middlefield, Con1., and settled upon the homestead of his father, devoting himself to farming and sur- veying. In this connection Mr. Augur made a map of Middlefield, with its necessary post routes, which was used successfully at Wash- ington in securing the establishment of a post- office at Middlefield, and later, when the place


was set off as a town, he was made the assess- or, in 1866. Mr. Augur was a selectman and for many years a justice of the peace. For thirty years he was a deacon in the Congre- gational Church. In 1869 he was sent as a representative to the General Assembly; was the county member of the State Board of Ag- riculture for three years; and held the office of pomologist from 1872 until his death. In 1876 he was delegated by the State Board of Agriculture to make a collection of Connecti- cut products for the Centennial Exhibition, in Philadelphia, and this was regarded as among the very best in its excellence, extent and variety, being especially remarkable for the great number of fruits of Connecticut origin. Mr. Augur was a life member of the Massachu- setts Horticultural Society, and vice-president of the committee of the American Pomologi- cal and Horticultural Societies, and he was a frequent contributor to agricultural publica- tions.


Mr. Augur took an active part in all mat- ters of public interest or improvement, and endeavored to promote sentiment on the right side of public issues. A strong anti-slavery man, he served at several different times as an assistant to fugitive slaves in their escape to freedom. Always an abstainer from intoxi- cants, he was a stanch advocate of temperance reform, leaving the Republican party in 1884. and thereafter giving his influence and his vote to the Prohibition party. In 1886 he was the candidate of that party for lieutenant governor, and in 1890 for governor.


Phineas M. Augur was married May 7. 1846, to Lucy Eliza Parmelee, who was born July 15, 1825, daughter of Jonathan Parmelee and Maria Dudley, both of Guilford. The death of Mrs. Augur took place in 1895, from cancer. 'A beautiful testimonial from her daughter tells of her patience and unquestion- ing faith : "Her loving spirit and holy influ- ence will linger long in the homes of her chil- dren." Children as follows were born to Mr. and Mrs. Augur: Edwin, born January 31, 1847. married Susan Buell Case in 1860: he was for many years city surveyor of Middle- town. Lucy Elizabeth, born in 1849. married in 1872 Charles Abraham Dudley, of Guilford. Conn. Mary Eliza, born in 1852. married. in 1874. Horace Francis Dudley, of Guilford.


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Alfred H., is mentioned below. Charles Par- melee, born in 1857. married in 1880 Ida Eula- lia Bradley, of Westfield.


The death of Mr. Augur came suddeuly, of heart disease, July 14, 1891, in his sixty- sixth year, bringing with it regret to the com- munity. In manner he was courteous, cordial and unassuming; his hospitality was free- handed, his nature sympathetic. Wherever he met little children he became their friend, al- ways noticing them, their innocence and art- lessness possessing a charm for him. As a friend he was faithful, and he was a wise coun- selor. He was a social factor whose influence was ever on the side of morality.


ALFRED H. AUGUR is a very popular and well-known clerk and treasurer. His birth oc- curred February 5, 1855, in the north-western part of the town, on the site of the present "Higby Mountain Reservoir." Mr. Augur was an apt pupil in the district schools, and later at- tended the Durham Academy, from there en- tering the office of Joel H. Guy, of Meriden, Conn., to become initiated into the details of business life. After sixteen months' experience in real-estate and insurance methods Mr. Au- gur took a course at the National Business Col- lege, in New Haven, graduating from that in- stitution in 1874. Returning to his father's home in Middlefield, he became associated with his distinguished father and his younger bro- ther, Charles P., in fruit and berry growing and the sale of nursery stock, under the firm name of P. M. Augur & Sons, continuing thus until the death of Phineas M. Augur, when the firm name was changed to P. M. Augur's Sons.


On May 25, 1880, Mr. Augur was married to Anna E. Camp, of Middlefield, who was born in Durham, daughter of Charles E. and Elizabeth (Hart) Camp, and the following children have been born of this union : Nellie H., who was graduated from the Middletown high school, and is now teaching in East Wall- ingford; Frank C., deceased; Ernest A .; and Rose L.


After the death of the father of our subject, and the assumption of the business by the two brothers, they erected their present green- houses, Charles P. Augur superintending that part, and our subject retaining his residence on the home farm, until September, 1897, when he sold the same for water purposes and came


to his present location, erecting his present home.


Since 1895 Mr. Augur has most efficiently filled the offices of town clerk and treasurer, is also treasurer of the town deposit fund, is a notary public, and has served in many of the local offices. Socially he is connected with Middlefield Grange, No. 63, and is past master of the same, having been master for a term of three years. His wife and oldest daughter are members of the Congregational Church of Middlefield, and Mr. Augur is superintendent of the Sunday school. He is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Middlefield.


JOSEPH LORD HAYDEN (deceased) was a member of one of the old families of Middlesex county, and his ancestral history may be found elsewhere under the name of James M. Hayden, of the town of Essex.


Samuel M. Hayden, the grandfather of Joseph Lord, was born in 1772, and died in 184I. Elizabeth Master, his wife, was born in what is now Wisconsin in 1780.


Ulysses Hayden, the father of Joseph Lord, and the second son of Samuel and Eliz- abeth Hayden, was born in 1802 in Essex, Conn., where he died August 3, 1842. He married Elizabeth Lord, and became the fa- ther of the following family: Elizabeth, who married Calvin Ely, of Hamburg, and is now deceased ; Joseph Lord ; and Aurelia, the wife of E. O. Reynolds, of Lyme, Conn. Mrs. Hayden's second husband was a Brockway, and by that union she had one son, Ulysses H., now a resident of Hartford.


Joseph Lord Hayden was born in Essex, Middlesex Co., Conn., July 11, 1837. When a boy he lived in Lyme, where the Lords also lived. He obtained his education in the home schools and in Williston Seminary, at. East Hampton, Mass. When a young man he was a clerk in a general store at Lyme, and when a little older engaged in the hotel business, at Avon, N. Y. Later, returning to Connecticut, he became connected with the Valley railroad, then in process of construction, and was one of its first conductors. From the Valley line he went to the Old Colony road, as assistant to purchasing agent Giles Ward, and on the death of that gentleman succeeded to his po- sition. When the road was absorbed by the


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"Consolidated," a place was found for Mr. Hayden in the general offices at New Haven, where he remained for a year. He spent a few quiet years in Saybrook, where he died in his sixty-third year, after a mysterious ill- ness of ten days, which began with a swelling on the arm, and developed rapidly into an ag- gravated case of pneumonia.


Mr. Hayden was twice married. By his first wife, Louise Johnson, daughter of Tim- othy Johnson, of Lyme, he had two sons, one of whom, Frank, is deceased ; the other, Harry, is living in the West. Mr. Hayden's second wife, who survives him, was Miss Lucy Bell Ward, daughter of Giles Ward, with whom Mr. Hayden was associated on the Old Colony Road. There were two sons by this marriage, Giles Ward, who is in an insurance office in Springfield, Mass .; and Joseph Lord, Jr., a resident of Saybrook.


Mr. Hayden was a man of integrity and manifest business ability, and was very popu- lar with all classes. At the time of his death he was chairman of the board of education, and in 1897 he represented the town in the State Legislature, where he did good service on the Railroad committee. In religion he was a member of the First Congregational Church, where his devotion, high spirit, and fraternal feeling made him a most esteemed member. He was a Republican, but quite as popular with the Democrats. Fraternally he was a Freemason.


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The record of the Ward family in this part of the State begins with John Ward, grandfather of Mrs. Hayden, who was born and reared in the city of New York. He mar- ried Rebecca H. Blague, who came of an old English family, and late in life moved to the West, where he died. To John and Rebecca H. Ward were born: John B., who lived in Norwich, and died in Old Saybrook; Ann Sophia, who died in Saybrook, unmarried ; Giles F .; and Edward, who married Susan Chadwell, and died in Newark. N. J., leaving two daughters, Eliza W. and Ellen R.


Giles F. Ward, the father of Mrs. Joseph Lord Hayden, was born in the city of New York October 24, 1812. When he was a young child the family moved to Saybrook. Conn., but he returned to his native city as soon as he reached his majority, and there spent the great part of his life as a merchant.


In the later years of his life he became con- nected with the Consolidated railroad as pur- chasing agent, a position he was filling at the time of his death, which occurred in Old Say- brook, February 27, 1885. He was a stanch Republican, and in religion a member of the Congregational Church. In his business ca- reer he met with large success.


Mr. Ward was married December 22, 1836, to Lucy Bell Babcock, who was born March 30, 1815, daughter - of Paul and Lucy (Bell) Babcock, and is now living with Mrs. Hayden; she retains her faculties to a remarkable degree. To Mr. and Mrs. Ward came two children: Giles Frederick, born February 22, 1845, completed his military schooling at Sing Sing in 1860, and when the Civil war broke out felt it his duty to go to the front ; he died in the service in North Carolina, January 28, 1865. Lucy Bell was born April 4, 1847.


The Babcock family history begins in this State with Dr. Josiah Babcock. His son, Col. Harry Babcock, was born in Westerly, R. I., in 1736, and died in Stonington in 1800. He entered Yale when twelve years old, and took his degree in course four years later. Col. Babcock served in the French and Indian war, and at the age of twenty-one was made a colo- nel in the Colonial forces. He commanded the Rhode Island regiment in the attack on Ticon- deroga, participated in two campaigns in the Revolutionary war, and at one time was seri- ously considered as a candidate for the posi- tion of commander-in-chief, to succeed Gen. Washington, at a time when the Revolution- ary movement was at its lowest ebb. Col. Babcock was appointed by the State Legisla- ture commander of the forces at Newport, R. I. The British ship "Rose" made an attack on the fort, and the colonel gallantly led the defense, loading and firing one piece of artil- lery with his own hands. He traveled in Eu- rope when twenty-five years old, and he was received at court with marked attention. A portrait of him, when he was twenty years old, painted by Blackburn, showing the costume of a gentleman of that day. is highly prized by his descendants, and is preserved in the city of New York. Mrs. Hayden owns an excellent copy. Col. Babcock married Mary Stanton December 2, 1764. She was born in 1740, and died in April, 1819. To them were born :




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