Genealogical and biographical record of New London County, Connecticut, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the early settled families, Part 214

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Publication date: 1905
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In April, 1883, at Putnami, our subject was mar- ried, by Father Virgin, to Victellen Quarey, daugh- ter of Michael Quarey of Putnam, and they have eight children, namely : Arthur, Albina, Alferia, Eugene, Landur, Wilfred, Ector and Jean B., Jr. Three died young.


Mr. Le Claire is a trustee of the Catholic Church at Jewett City. Fraternally he is a member of the K. of C., of Jewett City, the St. Louis Society, and the St. Jolunt Baptist Society at Putnam. In politics he is a Democrat.


CHARLES RICHARDS BUTTS is descended from a family which settled in Connecticut in cails Colonial times. Members of the family down through succeeding generations have been inen of position and influence, prominent in town and State affairs, and active in religions work.


(1) Richard Butt, or as it was also spelled. But, and later Butts, is of record in Dorchester, Mass . in 1660. when he was a young man and apparenth unmarried. By his wife. Deliverance, he had later


a number of children. The admission to the church of his wife, and the baptism of several of their chil- dren, is recorded in 16,8. Richard Butt was ser- geant in the company commanded by Capt. John Withington in 1690, in the expedition to Quebec against the French. Forty-six of this company never returned from this ill-fated expedition, most of them being supposed to have lost their lives at sea. Richard Butt lived until 1721, when he die l of smallpox.


(II) Samuel Butt. one of the children whose baptism is recorded in 1678, had a wife Sarah, and a daughter also named Sarah, who was baptized at Dorchester "13-7-1702." .A son was also born to this umion "20-10-1703. Samuel Butt was the founder of the family in Connecticut, and settled near Wanungatuck in 1706. When Canterbury. Conn., was endowed with town privileges, in Octo- ber, 1703, it had but few inhabitants, only ten west side residents signing the articles of separation, but their character and circumstances made amends for the smallness of their number. Most of them were men of nieans and position and well fitted to initiate and carry on the settlement of the new townships. Eleazer Brown, of Chelmsford, bought land at Wanungatuck in 1704: Jonathan Ashley, Benjamin Baldwin and Henry Smith appear among the inhabi- tants in 1705. and in that year bought land in South Canterbury. In 1711 Samuel Butt was chosen one of three deputies for awarding a just grant of land in Canterbury : he was a deputy from that town to the General Court at the October session, 1715, and at the sessions of May and October. 1716. The Can- terbury Church was organized in 1;11, and 1712 13 Samuel Butt and his wife united with it, making the membership twenty-five. In 171; Samuel Butt was chosen one of the selectmen of the town


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Knight, who died June 12, 1824, and by whom he became the father of eight children, as follows : Sherebiah, born March 25, 1760; Asa, Jan. 15, 1762: Hannah, June 17, 1765; Capt. David, Dec. 14, 1767 ; Erastus, Aug. 29, 1771 ; Elijah, Dec. 26, 1774; Arunah, April 18, 1777 ; and Deborah, April 17, 1779.


(V) Capt. David Butts was a farmer and lived in Westminster Society, Canterbury. He took an active interest in religious matters, and was one of the organizers of the first Sunday-school in West- minster Society. The first wife of Capt. David was Lucretia Frost, by whom he had one child, Chester Frost, born Sept. 28, 1793. He married (second) Jan. 28, 1796, Nancy Dyer, and the children of this union were as follows: Hiram, born Oct. 26, 1796, died in infancy ; Lyman, born April 22, 1798, died in Lisbon, Conn .; Sally, born March 21, 1801, mar- ried Samuel Chapin, and died April 16, 1865, in Springfield, Mass .; Mary Ann, born March 15, 1803, died unmarried Sept. 17, 1891, in Springfield, Mass. ; David, born June 9, 1805, moved to Plym- outh, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa; and John D., born July 9, 1807, married Elizabeth Adams, and died in Springfield, Mass., Oct. 12, 1888 (?). Capt. David married (third) Lura (or Philura?) Leach, and his death occurred two years later, Oct. 24, 1836.


(VI) Chester Frost Butts, eldest child of Capt. David, was born in Canterbury, and there learned in all its details the business of manufacturing woolen goods. He devoted his life to this industry, and was engaged in factories in various places in Tolland, Windham and New London counties. He finally settled in Greeneville, where he lived for a number of years, and there died Aug. 10, 1842. He married, Jan. 29, 1818, Sarah, daughter of Simeon and Esther (Branch) Lathrop, who was born in Lisbon, Conn., Feb. 3, 1792. Mrs. Sarah (Lath- rop) Butts died June 1, 1880, the mother of three children, as follows: (I) Lucretia Frost, born Feb. 26, 1819, married in May, 1845, Darius Gardner. Their home is in Plymouth, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa, where they were among the first settlers. Their two children are Lena Leoti (the first white child born in Cerro Gordo county) and Henry Chester. (2) Henry Lathrop, born May 13, 1823, is mentioned below. (3) Sarah, born Oct. 1I, 1826, died May II, 1835.


(VII) HENRY LATHROP BUTTS, only son of Chester Frost and Sarah (Lathrop) Butts, was born in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Conn., and was but a small child when his parents moved from that place. He married Dec. 3, 1849, in New London, Conn., Sarah Ann Richards, who was born in Waterford Jan. 23, 1829, daughter of Charles and Emily J. (Jerome) Richards. Children as follows have come to Henry Lathrop and Sarah Ann (Richards) Butts: (I) Clara Jerome, born Feb. 27, 1853, died Oct. 22, 1871. (2) Charles Richards, born July 28, 1854, is mentioned below. (3) Matilda was born


Jan. 18, 1856. (4) Adelaide Lewis was born March 12, 1858. (5) Frederic Harrington, born Sept. 13, 1860, married June 24, 1886, Carrie M. Parker, and has four children, Frederic Marsena, Chester Cham- berlain, Anita Grant and Carolyn Parker. Mr. Butts is in the wholesale hardware business in Bos- ton, Mass. (6) George Coit, born July 31, 1865, married May 31, 1897, Adeline Robbins Hills. He lives in Norwich, Connecticut.


(VIII) Charles Richards Butts, eldest son of Henry Lathrop, was born in New London, Conn. He married Sept. 9, 1879, Hattie Lathrop Palmer, daughter of Richard and Harriet (Lathrop) Palmer, of Colchester, Conn. No children have been born to this union.


PAUL P. GLASBRENNER, a substantial young farmer of Montville, comes of good sturdy German stock. He is a native of Connecticut, hav- ing been born in Norwich Aug. 28, 1871. His par- ents were John and Christina Salzer Hartman Glas- brenner, both natives of Germany.


John Glasbrenner, grandfather of Paul P., was all his life a farmer in Germany, where he died at an advanced age. His son John was born July 26, 1832, in Wahlburg, Province of Wurtemberg, Ger- many, and learned the trade of cabinetmaker, at which he was employed until coming to the United States, in 1855. In December of that year he sailed from Liverpool, and, on landing in New York, came immediately to Norwich, where he had friends. His chief capital consisted of a readiness and will- ingness to work, and his first occupation in the new land was at farming and shoemaking. After a time he entered the J. P. Sturtevant woolen mill, working in the carding room, and later in the fulling depart- ment, remaining in the mill fifteen years. In 1881 he bought with his savings the "Dorchester farm," in Montville, near the Salem town line, consisting of 300 acres. There he was successfully engaged in farming until his death, which occurred July 5, 1896. He was a hard-working man all his life, and won the respect and esteem of the entire community. In politics he was a Democrat. He was a member of the German Lutheran Church of Norwich, of which his widow is also a member.


John Glasbrenner married, Nov. 15, 1857, Chris- tina (Salzer) Hartman, daughter of Michael and Rosena (Bower) Salzer, and widow of Frederick Hartman. The latter was a German soldier, and a stonecutter by trade, and his death was caused by a falling stone which crushed him. Mrs. Glasbrenner was born May 22, 1831, and is still living on the farm in Montville, in the enjoyment of excellent health and mental vigor. Mr. and Mrs. Glasbren- ner were the parents of the following children : (I) John Augustus, born Oct. 8, 1861, in Norwich, Conn., married Mary Arnold, of Montville. His home is in New London, where he carries on a suc- cessful blacksmithing business. His children are Robert, May, Eva, Ruth and Rose. (2) Edward,


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born Oct. 26, 1863, in Norwich, married Fannie Church, daughter of Nicholas W. Church, of Mont- ville. They have no children. He conducts a livery stable in Uncasville. (3) William, born Feb. 27, 1866, in Norwich, unmarried, carries on the home farm. (4) Lillie Louise, born Oct. 2, 1868, in Nor- wich, married John H. Turner, a liveryman of New London, who died there March 3, 1893, and she makes her home with her mother in Montville. They had no children. (5) Paul P., born Aug. 28, 1871, in Norwich, is mentioned below. (6) Martin Luther, born Nov. 10, 1873, in Norwich, is unmarried. (7) One son died in infancy. (8) One daughter deceased in infancy.


Paul P. Glasbrenner remained in Norwich until he was nine years old, when his parents moved to Montville. There he attended school in the "Round Schoolhouse," district No. 2, during the winter months, assisting in the farm work at home until he was fourteen. He then became assistant to his brother John, who had a blacksmith establishment in Uncasville. After several years in this employ- ment he spent a year at home on the farm, and then went to work for James H. Manwaring, an exten- sive farmer of Montville. He remained with Mr. Manwaring for ten years, during the greater part of which time he acted as general foreman. On March 29, 1899, he bought the Samuel Denison Bradford farm, of 140 acres, located on Raymond Hill, in Montville, and there he has ever since been suc- cessfully engaged in general farming. He is an up-to-date, progressive, enterprising and thrifty farmer, eminently a self-made man, and possessing the sturdy qualities which are characteristic of the German race.


Mr. Glasbrenner married, March 29, 1899. Julia Ann Bradford, one of the twin daughters of the late Samuel Denison Bradford, of Montville. Their children are: Pauline Ardelia, born Feb. 27, 1900, and Jennie Christine, born July 2, 1901. Mr. Glasbrenner is an adherent of the Republican party. but in town affairs votes for the man he considers best fitted for the office. He and his wife are con- sistent members and supporters of the Montville Congregational Church, and are charitable and hos- pitable people, who command the esteein of all their fellow citizens.


MAXCY SEYMOUR, warden of the borough of Jewett City in the years 1902-03, and one of its leading French-Canadians, was born Oct. 20, 1850. at St. Thomas, in the Province of Quebec, son of Henry and Mary (La Monday) Seymour.


Henry Seymour was also born in the Province of Quebec, was reared to farming life, married m the vicinity of St. Thomas, and remained then engaged in agricultural pursuits until his funk had been reared. In advanced age he and his wife removed to Jewett City, Conn., to be with them children, and here they died, and were buried in the Catholic cemetery at this place. They were must I


estimable Christian people and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew them. The three survivors of their family of eight children are: Maxcy, of this sketch; George, of Jewett City ; and Ellen, wife of Leon Raux, also of Jewett City.


Maxcy Seymour had only limited educational opportunities at St. Thomas, Ont., and started out in life for himself at the age of seventeen years. In 1867 he came to Connecticut and settled at Wauregan, Windham county, where he found em- ployment on a farm, and later became a clerk in a company store where he continued until 18;1, in which year he came to Jewett City. Here he became a clerk in the Slater Company store and continued with that firm for the succeeding twenty years, ad- vancing in the esteem and confidence of his em- ployers. He was encouraged by them when he embarked in business for himself and successfully conducted a grocery store here for ten years. Since selling his grocery interests he has devoted himself to looking after his real estate, of which he is a large owner. Careful investments and business sagacity have contributed to make him one of the borough's substantial citizens.


At Wauregan Mr. Seymour married Cordelia Langoin, a native also of Canada, and five children have been born to them, namely: Alfred and Wil- fred, both of Jewett City; Clarinda, wife of Arche Pegion, of Willimantic ; and Cordelia and Walter, at home.


Mr. Seymour and his family are all devoted members of the Catholic Church at Jewett City, in which lie is a trustee. In politics a Democrat, he has served in various offices as the candidate on that ticket, has been a member of the board of se- lectinen, tax collector, and in Jannary, 1902, was elected warden of the borough, a position of re- sponsibility, and an office he held with dignity and efficiency. He is a popular citizen, known to be honorable and upright, and he classes among his friends the leading and representative men of this section of the county.


JOHNSON. The Jolison family in Montville is ably represented by David Austin Johnson, and Samuel Newell Johnson, brothers, whit are among the most representative offices and progressive agriculturists. Their father and grandfather before them were well known and Inghh respected citizens and successful farmers, In different parts of Con- necticut.


Grandfather Benjamim | Imgen was born in Door- rah. Com, and spent his life at his chiereen operation


where he died in August, 1820 4h hits minets-second year He and his wife, Poly, wire the parents vi Bograh, and there engpgil in farming He marimi and became the father of twelve chiMifen served his country during the Civil air, of a micro


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ber of the 21st Conn. V. I. (2) David Austin, Sr., was born in Litchfield, Conn., and became the father of the subjects of this sketch. (3) Frederick H. was born in Litchfield, and is now a farmer in East Lyme. He married, and has two children, Eunice and Thankful. (4) Russell was born in Bozrah, and is now living in Mystic, Conn. He married Frances A. Smith, and they have a family of seven children. He also served during the Civil war as a member of the 21st Conn. V. I.


David Austin Johnson, Sr., was born in Litch- field, July 28, 1822, and died in Montvillle, Oct. 19, 1902, at the age of eighty. When he was a lad his parents moved to Bozrah, and there he was for sev- eral years engaged at farm work. As a young man he went to Uncasville, Montville, and for two or three years was employed in Johnson's Dye Works. He then moved to the northwestern part of Mont- ville, and was employed for several years as a farmer, by Isaac Swan. After that he leased a farm in Leffingwell, Bozrah, for one year, and then in 1860, purchased the Bill farm, near Montville Centre. This farm of 160 acres he carried on with great success until his death. In 1862 he enlisted as a private in Company F, 2Ist Conn. V. I., and served until the close of the war, in 1865, receiving a pension from the Government for his faithful service. Mr. Johnson was a Republican in politics, but never an office seeker. He was a man of me- dium height and build, active and industrious, and of a quiet, reserved disposition. He was a consist- ent and devoted member of the Montville Congre- gational Church, in the work of which he took an active part.


David Austin Johnson, Sr., was twice married, his first marriage being Feb. 17, 1850, to Mary (Dowd) Walling, who died in Bozrah, Feb. 13, 1860. To this union were born the following chil- dren : (I) Caroline, born in Montville, March 21, 1851, who married Samuel P. Bodine, a painter by trade. Their one son died in infancy, and Mrs. Bodine died Feb. 13, 1871, in Norwich. (2) Samuel Newell, born in Montville, Sept. 1, 1852, is men- tioned below. (3) David Austin, Jr., born in Mont- ville July 9, 1854, is mentioned below. (4) Daniel S., born in Bozrah, March 9, 1858, died while on a visit in Meriden, May 13, 1871. Mr. Johnson mar- ried (second) July 20, 1869, Olive W. Sterling, daughter of James Sterling, of Montville. Mrs. Johnson still resides in her native town.


SAMUEL NEWELL JOHNSON was born in Mont- ville Sept. 1, 1852, and as a boy attended school there, in district No. I. Leaving school at the age of sixteen, he remained for a year on the home farm, and then was employed as a farmer for several months, by Mrs. Caroline Chapel, widow of Capt. Chapel, of Norwich Town. During the following winter he worked in the machine shop of C. B. Rog- ers, in Norwich, and the next year was employed on the steamer "City of Lawrence," plying between Norwich and New York. Mr. Johnson then went


back to farming, finding employment for several months with Charles Spicer, of Griswold. After that he was employed for a year by Albert Brewster, of Griswold, and then, for six months, by Stephen Packer, at Canterbury. He then returned to Nor- wich, and for six months was engaged in the iron foundry of A. H. Vaughan. At the expiration of that time he went back to Montville, where he leased the John B. Rogers farm of 160 acres, ae Scholfield's Corner, which he carried on for four years. He then leased the Daniel Baker farm, of sixty acres, at Montville Centre, on which he remained two years. His next lease-hold was the Bear Hill farm, of ninety acres, which he farmed for two years, after which he leased the Noble's Hill farm, in Montville, of seventy acres, carrying it on for a year. For the next two years he again leased the Daniel Baker farm, and after that the Elisha Baker farm, of 104 acres. After two years on the latter place, he built, in 1891, his present home, on a portion of his father's farm, where he has since continued to re- side. Since the death of his father he has taken a lease of the homestead farm, which he also car- ries on. The homestead farm consists of 104 acres, and Mr. Johnson's own farm contains forty acres more, and he is very successful in the farming oper- ations on both tracts,


On March 16, 1876, Samuel Newell Johnson married Ida May Cross, of Jewett City, daughter of Charles and Harriet E. (Davis) Cross. Mr. Cross died before the birth of this daughter. Mrs. Cross died in Montville, in the winter of 1898. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are as fol- lows: (1) Harold Albertus was born Aug. 8, 1877, in Jewett City, and married, Nov. 27, 1899, Lillian Whittaker, of St. John's, New Foundland. They have one son, Harold Earl, born May 10, 1903. Mr. Johnson is foreman of one of the departments in the Brainerd & Armstrong silk mill at New London. (2) Frank Newell was born in Montville, Feb. 24,. 1879, and is engaged in farming. (3) Robin Daniel was born in Montville, Dec. 14, 1881, and married, April 29, 1903, Cyrene Smith, of New London. He is in the meat business in Groton, Conn. (4) Har- riet Emeline was born in Montville, April 19, 1888. (5) Pearl Belle was born in Montville, July 21, I889.


Samuel Newell Johnson is a Republican in poli- tics, but is not an office seeker. Fraternally he be- longs to Uncas Lodge, No. 17, A. O. U. W., of Montville, of which he is past master workman, and to Thames Lodge, No. 22, I. O. O. F., of Montville, where he has served as chaplain, and as inside and outside guard.


DAVID AUSTIN JOHNSON, JR., was born July 9, 1854, in Montville, and attended school in the Fitch Hill district No. 7, and the Centre district. When he was seven years of age he went to live with Ed- ward Fitch, and remained with him until he was eighteen, having left school two years before. His first independent position was as foreman on the


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farm of Joseph Fitch, where he received twenty- five dollars a month, and his board, in payment for his services. After a year in this place he went into the gun factory of Hopkins & Allen, in Norwich, where he was employed for six months. His next occupation was on the steamer "City of Lawrence," whose run was between New York and Norwich, but after some time he was compelled to give up that work on account of ill health. After two years on the home farm Mr. Johnson went into Palmer Brothers' quilt mill, in Montville, where for three years he was in charge of the cloth room. He then purchased the Dwight A. Baker farm of 120 acres, in Montville, which he has since carried on with great success. The farm is a good one, and under the excellent management of Mr. Johnson is kept in a high state of cultivation.


David Austin Johnson, Jr., married June 3, 1885, Jennie Belle Young, of Vermont ; she died in Montville, in the prime of life, Dec. 4, 1897, leaving five children. They are as follows : Leroy Prentice, born May 25, 1887; Merton Bushnell, born Oct. 17, 1888 ; Mary Belle, born April 13, 1890; Herman Alexander, born Sept. 5, 1891 ; and Edward Fitch, born Oct. 29, 1892; all being natives of Montville. In politics Mr. Johnson is a stanch Republican, and has served his town as grand juror for several terms. He is a member of Uncas Lodge, No. 17, A. O. U. W., of Montville, of which he is past master workman, and is also a member of Thames Lodge, No. 22, I. O. O. F., of Montville, in which he has held many offices, including those of chap- lain, and right supporter of the vice grand. He is an earnest member of the Montville Congregational Church, to whose work and interests he is devoted. He has been a member of the church society com- mittee, and has served as collector ; and since the death of Deacon Henry A. Baker, has been acting deacon of the church.


EDGECOMB. (I) Nicholas Edgecomb was actively engaged in the establishment of a settle- ment at Casco Bay, Maine, as far back as the latter half of the seventeenth century.


(II) John Edgecomb, son of Nicholas, was born Nov. 14, 1675, and he became a man of prominence in the colony at New London. He married Hannah Hempstead, and his death ocenrred April 11, 172t. (III) Samuel Edgecomb, son of John, on May 7, 1752, married Dorothy Smith, of Groton. Ilis death occurred Feb. 26, 1786. To Sanmiel and Dorothy Edgecomb were born ten children, as fol- lows: Katherine, born March 8, 1753, died March 14, 1847: Dorothy, born Dec. 8, 1754 : David, born June 8, 1756, died April 8, 1820; Elizabeth, born Jan. 15, 1758, died Jan. to, 1821 ; Sammel, Jr., born Feb. 28, 1760, died Feb. 25, 1843: Gilbert, born March 3. 1762, died Oct. 5. 1843 : Jabez, born Oct 6. 1763, died May 18, 1813 : Hannah, boru May 97. 1765, died Feb. 4. 1836; Thomas, both Jan. 20 1767, died Feb, 14, 1848; and Ast, born April 11.


1772, died Sept. 4. 1774. About 1673 Samuel Edge- comb settled in New London. In 1715 he built a brig. Records show that in 1735 he and Dr. Gay Palmer were prominent members of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. From 1735 to 1767 he served as a vestryman.


(IV) Samuel Edgecomb, Jr., born Feb. 28. 1760, was married, March 13, 1788, to Katy Wil- liams, of Stonington, Conn., who died Dec. 26, 1790, the mother of two children : Marcy, born Sept. 24, 1789, died Sept. 7, 1843; and Katherine, bern Dec. 13, 1790, died Dec. 4, 1878. On Dec. 11. 1791. Samuel Edgecomb, Jr., married for his secon ! wife, Rachel (Denison) Copp, daughter of Daniel and Rachel (Starr) Denison, born Sept. 20. 1754. and first married to Joseph Copp. To Sanmel and Rachel Edgecomb were born the following children : Julia, born Dec. 26, 1792, died June S. 1851; Samuel, born May 29, 1794, died Jan. 20. 1819; Sarah B., born Jan. 7. 1796, died Feb. 18. 1864; Albert, born Sept. 30, 1707, died luly ;. 1874: Harriet, born March 16, 1800, died March 19, 1837; Daniel, born Jan. 2. 1802, died Jan. 2 ;. 1887 ; and John, born Aug. 26, 1803, died Nov. 21. 1878. Samuel Edgecomb, Jr., participated in the defense of Fort Griswold, in 1-81, and he stated that although they poured cold shot like hail upon the assailants, the advance was hardly checked. so furious was the onslaught.


(V) Daniel Edgecomb, son of Samuel, Jr., was born Jan. 2, 1802. in District No. 2. Groton. On June 2, 1824. he married (first ) Harriet Ashley. who was born Sept. 7. 1808, and who died May o. 1826, leaving one child, Melvina, born March o. 1825, who married Dec. 5, 1844, Thomas Hl. Levent. and who died Oct. 20, 1850. On Sept. 2. 1827. Daniel Edgecomb, for his second wife, martiel Esther Standish, daughter of Nathan and Sally Standish, of Preston, born March 20. 1803 This union was blessed with seven children. naomele Harriet, born Sept. 2, 1828, died in April. 18os Gi bert, born Oct. 11, 1830, died June 24. 1843 : Emle, born June 11. 1832, mairiel. Nov. 12, 1856, San ford A. Morgan, of Huren South Dakota: Mars Esther, born Jan. 20. 1530, ched Dec 2. 1883 , Dandel Webster, born Ang. 23. 130 married. Nov 25 ISO3. Kate Calver, and reader to New York tus Edmund E , born l'eb &: 1844 nurnol July 2. and Willam Carv. 1- 11 Nije 14 1813 Daniel Folgecomb located in Avete. Com, in his ving manhood, and there engaged at his trade of cal net making. continuing y thịt liệc con 1 lòa địch He always tek a prominent part in tan sodfaire Hc




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