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 81

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Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1568


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fter tl camp, and was engaged at such until theregime was ordered home. He was mustered ut wi the regiment Aug. 17, 1863, at Norwich nd the returned to his former position with M. Frazid who has held the place for him. Later, r. Cla bought an interest in the business, and thfirm } came Frazier & Clark, so continuing until r. Cla bought out the interest of his partner, and ontinu alone for many years. Mr. Clark had a lige tra and in managing his business with the ccess


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ned, was obliged to spend many long hours day work-an industry and fidelity that in end En permanent success, when coupled with uprist and honorable methods he employed. for ntere k, wt partner, Mr. Frazier, afterward bought and then again disposed of it to Mr. after finally disposing of the meat busi- ,was or a few years engaged in the grocery ness er. d his the building formerly occupied by his ice disposing of the grocery, he has de- me to the management of his real estate ness d the renting of tenements. n 18 Mr. Clark erected a residence at No. street, and bought land in the vicinity rethought that it would grow valuable. rchased the house immediately north of Hig the r he home r the purpose of renting it as tenement,


begi ng with the one house he has erected ral ses, bought property until now he has ty mes s


ments, including two brick blocks on eet. In 1903 he purchased his present ghtfull ome at No. 76 West Thames street. Clar structi archite t on l many · rema


has original ideas of his own in house which he carries out, never employing , his own well planned house being py ideas of his own. His treatment of lants is most humane, and some of these ed in his houses for many years. He at-


s to s property himself, makes collections elf, r edies all defects of which any complaint be rile, is personally acquainted with each nt, ar by all he is held in the highest esteem. is an Accurate appraiser of real estate, and his ions ry a great deal of weight.


oliticly Mr. Clark is a Republican in national rs, billis not bound by party ties in local af- voti: for the best man, and for the principles repr ent. He attends the Congregational ch.


In De :23, 1863, James N. Clark was married ev. D. Bond, to Anna E. Zimmerman, who was in M den, Germany, daughter of George E. Elend (Grymme) Zimmerman. Mr. Zim- lan w; a tailor by trade, and came to the ed St Afte the


s when Mrs. Clark was but two years residence of seven years in New York nily came to Norwich, and there the its di forty fifty mme:


vs : ger,


the father passing away Jan. 7, 1853, ears and his widow on Aug. 11, 1873, « years and six months. To George an and wife were born five children as na, Mrs. Clark; Lena, wife of Jacob Greeneville; Emily, widow of John B. ey, o and :, N. jo ch was and r L.,


Norwich; Henry, who resides in Nor- ugusta, wife of Frank P. Webster, of Mr. and Mrs. Clark are the parents -en : (1) Ella Louise, born May · 13, rried Jan. 17, 1883, to Wilbur A. Chap- des in Norwich ; she has two children ; rn Dec. 20, 1884; and George Nelson, Sept.1, 1888. (2) James Nelson, Jr., born


June 4, 1870, is a clerk in the employ of the L. A. Gallup Co., and resides at home; he served in the Spanish-American war as a corporal in Co. C, 3rd Connecticut Regiment.


Mr. Clark is a self-made man in the truest sense of that much abused term, and his success has attested the workings of a strong and courageous spirit, a success that is attributed in no small degree to the faithful cooperation of his worthy helpmeet, whose industry has been that of a model housewife, and has been fully equalled by her thrift and provi- dence. Mr. Clark is an entertaining gentleman, and he and his estimable wife and family command the profound respect of all their acquaintances.


ROBERT DWIGHT BRADLEY, agent for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, at West Mystic, town of Groton, has, by his upright life, good business ability and genuine worth as a man and a citizen, proved himself worthy of a long line of honorable ancestry.


The Bradleys were long known in Hampden county, Mass., and there Deacon Lyman Bradley, grandfather of Robert Dwight, was a prominent and highly esteemed resident. For many years prior to his death he was a deacon in the Baptist Church at Russell, Mass., and he was known far and wide as a strictly just and upright Christian man. He was twice married. His first wife, whose maiden name was Dickenson, bore him one son and three daughters, and his second, Dorcas Braman, of Fisher's Island, six sons and one daugh- ter. Of all, but two sons now survive. The chil- dren were reared to honorable manhood and wo- manhood, and became respected and valued mem- bers of society. Deacon Bradley died March 30, 1874, and his wife the following day. They were buried in one casket, in the cemetery at Russell. The pall bearers were five sons and one son-in-law.


Francis H. Bradley, son of Deacon Lyman, was born at Russell, Mass., Feb. 22, 1830. He received but a common school education, but he early learned the value of industry. At the age of twenty he started out for himself as a section foreman on the Boston & Albany Railroad, at Westfield, Mass. A year later he became division master of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, at Milford, Conn., where he remained seven years, at the end of that time being promoted to foreman in charge of the construction of the extension between Ston- ington and New London. At the completion of that work, he was in charge of the division for a num- ber of years, then being made chief road master between Providence and New London, a position he filled to the complete satisfaction of the company, until his lamented death, March 17, 1884, while undergoing treatment in a New York hospital. His remains were interred in Elm Grove cemetery at Mystic. He was a hard working man, and thor- ough and practical in all that he did, being looked upon by his employers as a most valuable and reli-


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able man. In his habits he was domestic, devoted to his home and his family. Politically he was a Republican, but never took any interest in politics beyond the casting of his vote. When nineteen years of age he united with the Baptist Church at Rus- sell, and when he removed to West Mystic he trans- ferred to the Union Baptist Church, and always attended its services regularly and contributed lib- erally toward its support.


On Nov. 13, 1850, Francis H. Bradley married Emeline E. Parks, who was born April 1, 1831, at Russell, Mass., daughter of Lyman and Ruhamah (Fuller) Parks. She now resides at West Mystic, and is actively interested in the work of the Bap- tist Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Bradley were born the following children: (I) Emma F., born June 15, 1852, married, Aug. 26, 1875, LeGrand G. Scholfield, of Cambridge, Md., and has one son, Frederick. (2) Jennie D., born Aug. 14, 1855, married, April 18, 1878, Carl O. Wederkinch, a civil engineer of note who had charge of the boring of the Hoosac tunnel, and who died at Honduras, while in charge of a silver mine there. They had two children, Francis, of West Mystic; and Carl O., who died at the age of seven years. Mrs. Wederkinch divides her time between Manville, R. I., and West Mystic, Conn. (3) Frank L., born July 28, 1860, married Oct. 19, 1880, Amy E. Wash- ington, and had two children, Estella and Clarence. He was tie inspector of the Consolidated Road, and he died April 26, 1900. (4) Robert Dwight was born Nov. 16, 1863. (5) Bertha R., born Dec. 23, 1864, died July 27, 1884. (6) Frederick F., born Aug. 15, 1872, died Sept. 5, 1873.


Robert Dwight Bradley spent his boyhood days in West Mystic, attending the East Greenwich academy, and later Bryant and Stratton's Business College at Providence. At the age of fifteen years, he was appointed agent at West Mystic, and has held that position since 1879. In April, 1890, he was appointed postmaster at West Mystic.


On Sept. 18, 1884, Mr. Bradley was married to Arline, a daughter of John Alden Rathbun, of Mystic, Conn. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Bradley are: Edith Fish, born July 23, 1887 ; Ber- tha Louise, born July 16, 1890; Marion Elizabeth, born Jan. 5, 1893 ; Carl Robert, born Jan. 12, 1896; Frank Harmon, born June 27, 1900. Like his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley and daughter Edith, are members of the Union Baptist Church of Mys- tic, and are among its liberal contributors.


HARLEY P. BUELL, Judge of Probate and one of the leading and influential citizens of Col- chester, is a descendant of one of the oldest Con- necticut families. The record of his ancestry is as follows :


(I) William Buell, born about 1610 in Chester- ton, Huntingdonshire, England, came to New England about 1630, and settled first in Dor- chester, Mass. He remained until about 1655-


56 and then removed to Windsor, Conn., cung there Nov. 23, 1681. He was married Novts, 1640, and his wife, Mary, died Sept. 2, 1684. children were all born in Windsor, between 41 and 1656, and they were: Samuel, Mary, Her, Hannah, Hepzibah, Sarah and Abigail. W Buell, the emigrant, was a man of position i fo- ciety, a man of property and good personal - acter.


(II) Samuel Buell, born Sept. 2, 1641, ma fel in Windsor, Nov. 18, 1662, Deborah Gris lid, born June 28, 1646, daughter of Edward Gris tid, of Windsor. "Mr. Buell in 1664 removed to Kilg- worth, Conn., where he passed the remainder ofis life, dying July 11, 1720, in that portion of the fvn now called Clinton. He was one of the pioner of the town, filled many responsible public office be- came an extensive landholder, and was a gentlan of large means. His children, all born between 63 and 1686, were: Samuel, Deborah, Hannah, try, John, Hannah (2), William, David, Josialı, Met- able, Peter and Benjamin. The mother of jese died Feb. 7, 1719.


(III) Ensign William Buell, born Oct. 18, 761, in Killingworth, Conn., married first at Har rd, Conn., about 1705, Elizabeth, daughter of J ph Collins, of Hartford. Mr. Buell removed to feb- anon about 1698, and died there April 7, 176; nd upon his tombstone it is recorded that he was „ne of the Fathers of the Town." Mrs. Buell diechec. 7, 1729, and he married April 23, 1730, MEha Smith, who died at Lebanon without issue, M: 25, 1751. For his third wife Mr. Buell married fov. 12, 1751, Mrs. Jerusha Dean. His children, al pri to the first marriage and at Lebanon, between 706 and 1728, were: William, Samuel, Timothy, Del. Elizabeth, Deborah and Mehetable.


(IV) Capt. William Buell, born Sept. 5, 06. in Lebanon, married (first) in Lebanon, Ser 15, 1727, Elizabeth Holbrook; she died Oct. 29, 31, after bearing him Elizabeth, William, and MI (ha, born in Hebron, now Marlboro, Conn., whitli the family removed in 1730. Mr. Buell married Pept. 21, 1732, Sybil Post, of Gilead, Conn., who fed, after bearing him Sybil and Daniel, Jan. 26, [37. His third wife, whom he married June 2, |'37,


was widow Elizabeth Miller, daughter of a Mr |[ol- lister of Glastonbury, Conn., who died leing Rachel, William (born April 7, 1745) and : alı. The fourth marriage of Mr. Buell took place out 1794 to Betsy Perrin, and he died Oct. 30, 17.


(V) Capt. William Buell (2), born Af|7, 1745, in Hebron (now Marlboro), married M. | II, 1766, Abigail Horsford, born Jan. 26, 1749, all to them were born, all in Marlboro and betweer 767 and 1783: William, Elizabeth, Sarah, Willian 2), Daniel and John. Capt. Buell died March 6, 319, and his wife died April 8th, of the same year


(VI) John Buell, born June 10, 1783, in arl- boro, Conn., married in Hebron, Conn., Fe 15, 1806, Mary Porter, who was born Jan. 21, 784,


Barley & Buell


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hten f Elihu and Mary (Gillette) Porter, of hest


Mr. Buell died in Marlboro Oct. 5, , wie his widow died Oct. 9, 1856. Their re : Elihu P., Mary E., John W., Abi- E., avid M., Josiah M. and Charles G., all between 1808 and 1824.


ohn W. Buell, born Nov. 4, 1812, in He- „, removed to Gilead, and there married, 36, Mary Ann Post, born Aug. 17, 1813.


ren were all born in Gilead, as follows :


| H., of bron and Tolland county, a successful ier lumberman, and is now serving as a ty co missioner (he has served as sheriff of count ; Martha, born March IO, 1845, is un- ied : 1 resides in Gilead; Harley P. is men- d bel ; Hart E., born March 24, 1855, is un- ried ak engaged in farming in Gilead.


Jarle ?. Buell was born Nov. 6, 1851, in Gilead ety, ton of Hebron, Conn., and attended the ict scuol taught by Edward S. Hinckley. From lhood e was brought up to work upon the 1, andremained at home until he was nineteen. then gan clerking for his uncle, Charles G. 1, wh had a general store at Hebron Green,


thus atinued for two years. He then came olchest, in 1872, and began working for Will- B. Ot is a clerk in his general store there. Re- ing w Mr. Otis for four years he then pur- ed the rug store of Charles H. Rogers, at its


int sit and has since been engaged in this line, ing wh marked success. He erected his nt blo: in 1890.


Ir. Bill was married in Colchester to I. ta Te who was born in Lebanon, daughter hn Te


poli Judge Buell is a Republican, and he ken an active interest in the affairs of Iway arty.


n 1902 he was a delegate from Col- e Constitutional Convention at Hart- calle or the purpose of revising the State


er to


tutior y hin


Many of the lesser offices have been


e, an


and in 1884 he was elected judge of with the exception of one term of two has cupied this office ever since. He has and has been a member of the school board of selectmen, being chairman boa ttec district No. I for the past twenty- years aking a deep and abiding interest in ional itters.


iterna he is a member of Wooster Lodge, , A. & A. M., and has been inaster of the or the ast several years. He is also a charter r of Colchester Lodge, No. 30, Ancient ed Workmen.


of U: addit e of


1 to his other interests Judge Buell incorporators of the Colchester Sav- ink a has served as a director since its or- ion. .e was also one of the incorporators Linwk d Cemetery Association, and is now er of fle same. Whether as business man,


public official or private citizen he has always done what he deemed his duty, and is justly regarded as one of the most prosperous and representative men of New London county.


SAMUEL H. CHESEBRO, one of the repre- sentative and substantial business men of Stoning- ton, Conn., comes of a long line of distinguished ancestors, whose names are connected with the early history of New England. His family line is traced to William Chesebrough, the first white man who settled in what is now known as the town of Stonington, and who was born in Boston, Lincoln- shire, England, in 1594. On Dec. 6, 1620, he mar- ried Anna Stevenson, born in 1598, in England. His death occurred June 9, 1667. By trade Wil- liam Chesebrough was a gunsmith, and worked at his calling in England and this country until he came to Stonington in 1649, when he changed his occupation to that of farming and stock raising, occupying and improving large tracts of land given him by the town of Pequot, now New London. In the early part of the year 1630, he joined a large party of emigrants who came with John Winthrop to this country. Located in Boston, Mass., he there became a member of the First Church, and in May, 1631, was admitted a freeman of the Massachusetts Colony, and in 1634, he was elected constable of Boston. Before 1640, he removed to Braintree, Mass., and in that year was elected Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts. Soon after this, he removed to Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, and took an active and prominent part in organizing that town. Notwithstanding the prominent part he took in establishing Rehoboth, and the recognition of his services by the new town, he was not treated with much favor by the General Court of the Colony, which ordered him to be arrested for an affray with an Indian by the name of Vassamequine, and harshly treated him in other respects. This led him to look further for a place of permanent abode, and in 1645 he visited Nameaug, afterward called Pe- quot, now New London, for the purpose of making it his future home, but he subsequently examined the Pawcatuck region, and finally concluded to set- tle at the head of Wequetequock Cove. He shared the friendship of Roger Williams, and was encour- aged and assisted by him in removing his habitation to Pawcatuck. In the summer of 1649, he moved his family to the new house he had built in the wil- derness, and here the marsh land bordering on Wequetequock Cove, furnished hay for his stock in abundance. With him, he brought his wife and four sons, Samuel, Nathaniel, John and Elisha. Like most of the early planters, he traded more or less with the Indians, and also with the people of Long Island and elsewhere. In March, 1651, he was required to appear before the General Court in Hartford, and give a bond of £300 not to sell fire- arms or engage in any other unlawful trade with the Indians. He was later given grants of lands


ren


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, Co . 2I, r ch rn Feb. 9, 1842, is one of the leading citi-


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amounting to about 3,000 acres. In 1658, the ter- ritory east of the Mystic river became a part of Massachusetts Colony, under the name of Souther- town, and in 1662 became a part of the Connecticut Colony, in 1665 the town being named Mystic, and in 1666 Stonington. He was a man of more than ordinary ability, and held positions of trust, in 1653-4-5-6-7 and in 1664 being Deputy to the Gen- eral Court at Hartford. He was townsman of Southertown, and first selectman of Mystic and Stonington, thus continuing until his death, June 9, 1667.


(II) Samuel Chesebrough was born April I, 1627. He married, Nov. 30, 1655, Abigail Ingra- ham, and he was buried July 31, 1673.


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(III) Samuel Chesebrough (2), was born Nov. 20, 1660. In 1690 he married Marie Ingraham, born June 26, 1666, and she died Jan. 9, 1742.


(IV) Joseph Chesebrough was born April 12, 1703, married, Jan. 1, 1739, Mrs. Thankful ( Hinck- ley ) Thompson.


(V) Samuel Chesebrough was born March 25, 1743, married, Jan. 10, 1765, Submit, daughter of Nehemiah and Submit Palmer. He died Sept. 9, 18II, and she died Dec. 12, 1835.


(VI) Samuel Chesebro, thirteenth child of the above mentioned Samuel, was born Nov. 25, 1788, married Dec. 25, 1814, Sally Robinson, who died April 23, 1830. They had children as follows : John Robinson, born Nov. 7, 1815, married Almira Bur- dick ; Dudley R., born May 28, 1818, married Jane Tinker, of Lyme, and died in 1879; Ann Elizabeth, born Sept. 23, 1820, married George W. Ashley ; Frances May, born Sept. 13, 1822, married Ichabod Dickinson, of Stonington ; Samuel, born April 29, 1826, died Sept. 9, 1830; Sarah Jane, born April 29, 1829, married (first) Marcus M. Swazey, and (sec- ond) Albert Wolf, and now resides at Mystic. Samuel Chesebro married for his second wife, Dec. 5, 1830, Mrs. Harriet (Haskell) Pollard, born in Preston, Aug. 3, 1796, and died Dec. II, 1855. Their children were: Harriet, born Sept. 13, 1831, died Sept. 29, 1831; Samuel and Harriet, twins, born Aug. 2, 1836, died Sept. 22d of same year, and Sept. 15th, same year, respectively; Samuel Henry, born Dec. 8, 1838. Samuel Chesebro, fa- ther of this family, in early life was a clock and wagon maker at Glastonbury and Marlboro, Conn. Later he engaged in contracting and building for some years in Stonington, whence he removed about 1817. He embarked in a grocery business in about 1837, and continued in it for twenty-one years, or until 1858. Politically he was a Democrat, and was especially active in party work in the town of Ston- ington, being generously rewarded by being made a selectman of the town, and he was sent to the Lower House in 1832 and 1836. His death occurred May 24, 1858, in Stonington, where he was held in high- est respect and esteem and beloved by all who knew him.


(VII) Samuel Henry Chesebro was borr lec. 8, 1838, at his present home in Stonington. ]fat- tended the public schools of Stonington until I gras thirteen years of age when he began to cle: for his father in the grocery store and soon aft the death of his father in 1858, he took up the bu Hess on his own account, and he has continued mos fur- cessfully since. The present place of business avas erected by the father in 1836, when the land but it was merely rough pasture land. It is now the very central part of the business section. In Eiti- cal faith, Mr. Chesebro is a stalwart Democra find five has taken an active part in the affairs of his town. In 1871-77-78, Mr. Chesebro served as wn selectman ; in 1874, he was a member of the rate Legislature, and while there served on the cc fait- tee on Female Suffrage. In 1899 upon the o fini- zation of the Wequetequock Burying Groun As- sociation he was made president, and has nce served as such. He has been president of the on- ington Building Company, since its organizate in 1892. Mr. Chesebro is in every respect an tive and influential man of affairs, and an excellen lusi- ness man, whose straightforwardness and in frity in all business matters, together with his cha fable a nature, command for him the highest estee and respect of the entire community.


On Sept. 26, 1865, Mr. Chesebro marrie Lu- cretia Maria, daughter of Elias and Lucretia Da- vis) Babcock. One child has been born totheir union, namely : (VIII) Pauline, born A} 3, 1879, at home.


Mrs. Chesebro is a descendant in the eightgen- eration from : (I) James Babcock, born ir [610, who first appears in Portsmouth, N. H., ir 642. He was a blacksmith and gunsmith, and fro1 1656 to 1659 was a commissioner. Soon after 1(., he removed to Westerly, R. I. He died June 12 His wife's name was Sarah. 679.


(II) John Babcock, born in 1644, married lary, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Hazard Law- ton.


(III) Capt. John Babcock, born in W :erly, about 1669, died March 28, 1746. In 1700 1 wed- ded Mary, daughter of William and Mary Bab- cock) Champlin.


(IV) William Babcock was born in W terly, April 15, 1708, and died Jan. 15, 1752. C Aug. II, 1730, he married Sarah Dennison, of Sa rook, Connecticut.


(V) Christopher Babcock, born Sept. 1: 1734, married Mehitable Chaucer, of Saybrook, Conecti- cut.


(VI) Stephen Babcock, born Feb. 27, 72, in Westerly, R. I., married March 22, 1801 Phebe Burtch, born November 2, 1774, daughter ofIenry and Mary (Irish) Burtch ; she died Nov. I. 1837.


(VII) Elias Babcock, born March 19, 18|, died March 19, 1881. He married Lucretia, dau ter of Clark Davis. Their children were :


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Lucretia Maria, wife of our subject ; and married Alice D. Hancock, and died in


LESTER CHAPMAN. There is not bly i he State of Connecticut a better known in h line of business than Mr. Chapman ; eithes there in Norwich a business that has built p as rapidly from a most humble be- ng tometropolitan proportions, as that owned ondtfed by him. Mr. Chapman comes from of theold families of Ledyard, Conn., where as bin July 28, 1860. In maternal lines ne ofrescent is traced back into the Lester, , and.yman families, all of whom have been or le prominent in the town of Ledyard for nber generations.


habo Chapman, the paternal grandfather of in L. ng. lapman, lived in Ledyard, and followed e married Mary Lamb, and in their y of oldren was a son, William E., the father r sub t.


Tillian


E. Chapman was born in October, 1828, Conn., son of Ichabod and Mary pman. He had the country district


edyarl- b) C ling his time, and was reared as were er boy of that period. When a young man ent o a whaleship, with his brother-in-law, Johr Bolles, the husband of Nancy Chap- his side. During the gold excitement in Cali- , he rele the voyage around Cape Horn, with y tha vas made up of Connecticut men. He two three years in California at this time. ning Connecticut he took up the trade arpen under Jonathan Crandall, and


d near


it together with conducting the


Allyn's Point. It was on this farm le we to housekeeping after his marriage, he w living there at the time of his nent : service in the Civil war. He en-


Sept. 0, 1862, in Company D., 26th Conn. and as mustered in Oct. Ioth following. 'is winded at Port Hudson, La., May 27, and 1 died May 31, 1863, and was buried howe


r, his gravestone stands in the ceme- Gale Ferry, Connecticut. Ch Dem


man, at the time of becoming a voter at, later he joined the Know Nothing


ent, 1 at the organization of the Republi- rty 1 became a member of it. His death vidor and two children. In July, 1854, in d, by le Rev. Timothy Tuttle, he was mar- Miss


arah M. Lester, born Aug. 23, 1836, aughter of Asa Lyman and Mariah ester, the former a well-to-do farmer


yard ster) day, he lip


d a well known citizen, in Ledyard, i on the old Lester homestead for-


occup [ by his father Asa. The two chil- ft at r. Chapman's death were: Mariah who ied at the age of eighteen ; and Ly-


man Lester. The widow of Mr. Chapman after- wards married William Bailey, of North Stoning- ton, and after his death married Lucius L. Gardner whom she survived. Mrs. Gardner now resides in Norwich. Her only children were those by her first marriage.




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