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USA > Iowa > Audubon County > Biographical history of Shelby and Audubon counties, Iowa. Containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States from Washington to Harrison, with accompanying biographies of each; portraits and biographies of the governors of the state; engravings of prominent citizens in Shelby and Audubon counties, with personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families. A concise history of the counties, and the cities and townships > Part 71
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but convicted, and finally sentenced to the State's prison at Fort Madison for a term of twenty years, at hard labor, by Judge Loof- bourow.
At the same term of court parties belong- ing to the noted "Crooked Creek " gang, named Huntley and Ileath, were senteneed each twenty months for stealing cattle. Sinee justice has been meted ont in a proper man- ner by the courts of the county, but little crime has been committed, and it is without doubt that no lynehing ever oeenrred in Au- dubon County where the parties were not guilty and richly deserving of such punish- ment. Innocent men have never been hung in this county, but many an innocent one brutally murdered.
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HARLES VAN GORDER, banker, Au- dubon, lowa, is a native of New York, born in Delaware County on a farm, on the banks of the Delaware River, Jan- nary 23, 1837. IIe is the fifth in a family of eleven children, eight of whom survive. His father, Simon Van Gorder, is still living, and is in his ninetieth year; he is a native of New York, born on the Delaware River, and is a farmer by occupation; his father was Lawrence Van Gorder, and his grandfather was John Van Gorder, of Hollandish descent. The mother of our subject was Miss Jane Fish, a native of Delaware County, New York, and a daughter of Isaac Fish; she was born in 1808, and died in 1882. She was a person of unnsnal merit. Charles Van Gorder passed his youth in his native State working on the farm; he received a common- school education. In 1856 he drifted west- ward to Illinois, stopping in Henry County, and afterward in Bates County, Missouri, where he remained three years. In the spring of 1860 he came to Andubon County, Iowa, and soon afterward fitted np a fine freighting team to Denver, Colorado, and at the same time engaged in the manufacture of brick;
he continued the freighting and briek-making until 1862, when he entered the Union army, in the Thirty-ninth lowa Infantry, Company B; he was sent to the front, and took part in several battles, among them Resaca and Al- toona, in the last of which he was wounded, being shot in the left foot; he was disabled for six months. Recovering from this wonnd, he was ordered to report at Washington, D. C., where his discharge papers were made out, and sent to Clinton, Iowa, where he re- ceived his pay, and final discharge. He filled every station from that of a private soldier to Captain. He then returned to Audubon, and accepted a position as clerk in a store, where he remained until 1869, when he was elected county treasurer of Andubon. He was re-elected in 1871, serving four years. After retiring from office he engaged in the real-estate business, which he continued until 1876, when he formed a co-partnership with F. II. Whitney, and organized the Audubon County Bank; this partnership continned until 1883, when Mr. Van Gorder bought out Mr. Whitney's interest in the bank; sinee that time he has operated the business alone. lle owns several good farms which he rents.
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In 1869 Mr. Van Gorder was married to Miss Lanra J. Delahoyde, of Oakfield, Iowa; she is a daughter of Thomas Delahoyde, who died when she was quite young; she was born in Ireland, and came to this country when one year old. Mr. and Mrs. Van Gorder are the parents of three children-Edwin S., Sidney L. and Lowene. Mr. Van Gorder has served as member of the city council and of the school board. He began life without any mcans, and has by tireless energy and excellent man- agement attained an enviable position in the connty.
ISAAC P. HALLOCK, JR., a leading farmer of Audubon County, Iowa, was born in Kendall County, Illinois, March 21, 1840. He is the youngest son of Isaac P. and Abigail II. (Smith) Hallock, who were among the first settlers of Oakfield, Andubon County. Isaac P. Hallock, Sr., was born in Clinton County, New York, in 1802; his father was Israel Peter Hallock, of Scotch and French extraction. Abigail II. Hallock was born in the State of Massachusetts, in the year 1800, and died in the year 1885; she was the mother of ciglit children, six of whom lived to maturity-Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Diss- more; Julia A., wife of E. D. Bradley; Rich- ard S., John A .; Sarah M., wife of J. II. Basham, and Isaac Peter, the subject of this sketch. Ile was fourteen years of age when his parents removed to Earlville, Illinois, in which place they lived two years. In the fall of 1856 they came to Andubon County, Iowa, and settled on a tract of land which is now the old town site of Oakfield, as platted by Richard S. Hallock and E. D. Bradley in 1857. Isaac P. Hallock, Sr., erected the first house in the village; soon after coming to the county he was elected judge for one term; he was then
elected justice of the peace, a position he held for several terms. He was appointed post- master of Oakfield, and held the office for many years. Mr. Ilallock is still living, in his eighty-seventh year. Isaac P. Hallock, Jr., received only the advantages of a common- school education. The school-house at Oak- field was a cabin of rude construction, which was afterward replaced by a frame building. At the age of nineteen years he assumed the care and responsibility of his father's farm, as his father was at that time afflicted with asthma. Ile was very successful in the man- agement of the place, and at the same time made some profitable trades in live-stock. He then embarked in the mercantile business at Oakfield, being associated with I. HI. Jenkins and D. W. Powers; this firm continued to transaet business successfully for five years, and at the expiration of that time Mr. Hal- loek purchased the interest of both his part- ners and carried on the business alone. After a prosperons career of several years Mr. Halloek sold his stock to T. E. Cotton, now deceased. Ile then bought a stock of goods owned by his brother, J. A. IIallock, at Exira, and managed that store for several years. At one time he also owned a stock of hardware and farm implements at Brayton, Iowa. In the early spring of 1881 Mr. Hallock opened a hard- ware store in Carson, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, having as a partner L. L. Archer; they afterward sold out and invested the proceeds of the sale in Salt Lake City real estate. Mr. Hallock is now largely engaged in fecding sheep for Chicago markets; he also feeds large numbers of cattle and hogs. Of later years he has given especial attention to the breeding of heavy draft horses. ITis landed estate now covers 2,400 acres, and with the direction of this and the care of the stoek his time is fully taken up. Mr. Hallock was married in his twenty-eighth year to Malinda A. Norton, of
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Oakfield, daughter of William C. Norton, who came to Oakfield in 1856. They have had born to them seven children, four of whom are living-Abbie H., Keese C., Alice and Isaac Percy ; three died in infancy. Mr. Hal- lock has been identified with almost every enterprise that had for its object the advance- inent and growth of the town and progress of the community. IIe was one of the origina- tors, directors and stockholders of the Atlantic National Bank at Atlantic, Iowa, and held his connection with that institution for many years. At one time he was owner of the Oakfield flouring-mills. He is a staunch member of the Republican party; has held the offices of township clerk, trustee, and been a member of the board of supervisors of An- dubon County, Iowa, and township assessor at one time.
OHIN F. CONSIGNY, one of Audubon's successful grocerymen, came to the town in its infancy and established himself in business, in which he has been actively cn- gaged ever since. He is a native of Canada, and was born April 2, 1848, in St. Cesaire, Province of Quebee, remaining there until nearly grown; here he received a good com- mnon-school education, and later was sent to the Brothers' College. His father was Dr. A. P. Consigny, a highly esteemed citizen and a successful physician, who for many years con- dueted a large and lucrative practice. Pre- vious to the division of Canada into counties, Dr. Consigny was, until his death, inspector of schools and colleges in Lower Canada. His death occurred in April, 1857. His wife, who was Miss Lney L. Goodrich, a daughter of Captain Ezekiel Goodrich, still survives him, and resides in Avoca, Iowa; her father was a Captain in the Revolutionary war. John F.
Consigny, on reaching his sixteenth year, went to the State of Vermont, and accepted a clerkship in a store containing a general stock of merchandise; he served in this capacity until 1863, when he enlisted in the First Ver- mont Cavalry, and was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. While his company (M) was doing duty as mounted provost and body gnard at Second Corps headquarters near Ilatcher's Run, Virginia, in October, 1864, he was wounded in the foot, and also received a wound on the side of the head on April 2, 1865, from the effects of which he has lost the hearing of one ear. Ile served his country faithfully for two years, and was discharged at Burlington, Vermont, in June, 1865. He then resumed the occupation of elerkship and bookkeeper. In February, 1866, he came to Dubuque, Iowa, and afterward made an cx- tended tour of several States, going as far south as Texas; he drifted back to Avoea, Iowa, and remained there for a period of two years, and thence came to Audubon and em- barked in the grocery business, as before stated. From his long experience, and honest and fair dealing he is widely and favorably known to the trading publie. Besides his grocery stock Mr. Consigny carries a full line of queen's-ware and glass-ware, etc. Mr. Con- signy was united in marriage in February, 1879, to Miss Alice Heflin, of Avoca, Iowa; she is a daughter of Marshall and Nancy (Rusk) Heflin, who are now residents of Avoca; she was born in Knox County, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Consigny have had born to them four children-Clarence P., Mabel A., J. Edward and James G. Mr. Consigny is a member of the city eouneil, having served over three years. He is a member of Veritas Lodge, No. 392, A. F. & A. M .; of the I. O. R. M .; of the Knights of Pythias, No. 163; Uni- form Rank of the Aretas Lodge, No. 396; Encampment of I. O. O. F., and of Allison
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Post, No. 34, G. A. R., having been five times delegate to the State Encampment and dele- gate to the National Encampment at Port- land, Maine, and San Francisco, California. Mr. Consigny is of French extraction on his father's side, and of English and Welsh on the mother's side.
THELBERT J. FREEMAN, of the firm of Freeman & Armstrong, bankers, real estate and loans, Audubon, Iowa, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Fayette County, September 22, 1840. The father is Mordecai Freeman, a farmer and miller by occupation, a native of Pennsylvania, now residing at West Liberty, Pennsylvania. The mother is Mary Freeman; she had two sons, of whom our subject is the eldest. The brother, Leroy Walter, was killed in the late war in November, 1864, at the battle of South Side Railroad, near Petersburg, Vir- ginia. E. J. Freeman, the subject of this notice, was educated in the common schools of his native county. In 1857 he went to MeDonough County, Illinois, and followed farming and carpentry. In 1864, May 24. he enlisted in the Sixteenth Illinois Volun- teer Infantry, Company A; he was assigned to the department of the Army of the Cum- - berland; he took part in the battles of Blue Mills, Missouri; Island No. 10, and its capt- ure; Tiptonville, Tennessee ; Farmington, Mississippi; Stone River, Tennessee, and other smallerengagements; he belonged to the Second Division, Second Brigade, and the Fourteenth Army Corps. He was honorably discharged February 5, 1863, on account of disability. He then returned to MeDonough County, Illinois, and engaged in farming. In the fall of 1867 he came to Audubon County, and settled on 160 acres, which he | erations have been born in America, the first
had purchased. In 1878 he was appointed agent for the town of Audubon, and for rail- road lands belonging to the Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, a position which he still holds. In 1880 Mr. Freeman was elected treasurer of Audubon County, and was re- elected in 1882, serving four years in all. In 1883 he formed a co-partnership with A. F. Armstrong, and continued dealing in real estate and loans; in 1885 the Citizens' Bank was established and Mr. Freeman was made cashier, and still holds this position. Sep- tember 13, 1862, Mr. Freeman was married to Miss Nancy Leighty, of McDonough County, Illinois, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Daniel Leighty, now deceased. Mr. and Mrs Freeman have eight children- Daniel, Eva, Edmond, William, Drew, Eth- elbert, John, and a babe nnnamed. Mr. Freeman was elected the first mayor of An- dubon, receiving every vote that was cast. IIe has been chief of the fire department since the starting of the town, and now he has been chosen to operate the water-works. IIe has been a member of the school board since his first residence in the county. Hle is a member of Veritas Lodge, No. 392, A. F. & A. M .; Amity Chapter, No. 92, R. A. M .; Godfrey Commandery, No. 44, K. T. Mr. Freeman has a fine residence and comfortable surroundings. He is also a member of the Allison Post. No. 34, G. A. R.
JON. RUSSELL A. STEERE was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, March 27, 1821. llis father, David Steere, was a miller by trade, and was born in Virginia, of French parentage, in August, 1786. Ilis father was Joseph Steere. The Steere family settled in South Carolina in 1700; six gen-
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settlers having been French Huguenots. The mother of Russell A. Steere was Phoebe Mil- hous, who was born in the city of Phila- delphia, where she grew to womanhood. Her father was William Milhous, a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent. Russell A. Steere passed his early boyhood in Ohio, and in 1833 went ont to Mieligar, remain- ing there until lie was eighteen years of age; he then entered Mount Pleasant College, a Quaker institution in Jefferson County, Ohio, and was graduated in 1841. He then began his career as a teacher, and taught in Mich- igan, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. In 1844 he went to Cincinnati, and was there employed in an importing dry-goods estab- lishment until 1847 when he enlisted in the Mexican war, entering Company B, Second Ohio, Charles Broughf acting as Colonel of the Regiment; lie was sent to Matamoras, and then to Vera Cruz, where many of the soldiers took the yellow fever; all of the officers and many soldiers died. Mr. Steere was sent to New Orleans, and was there placed in the hospital under the care of the Sisters of Charity. After being mnustered ont of the service he returned to Cineinnati, Ohio, and resumed his place in the wholesale house, remaining there until 1853, when he went to Minnesota, and settled in Fillmore County. In 1864, when there was a call for more men to defend the flag of this nation, Mr. Steere again shouldered his musket, and enlisted in Company A, Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry; he was sent south, and joined Sherman's army at Savannah, and took part in the pursuit of General Johnston, who surrendered at Raleigh. He was then ordered to Washington, D. C., took part in the grand review, was mustered out July 11, 1865; was paid at Fort Snelling, and received his final discharge July 20, 1865. Mr. Steere was married in December, 1855, to Miss Alice
King, a daughter of John E. King, a native of England. She was born in Illinois. Eight children were born of this marriage-Ed- mund H., Ernest K., Samuel H. (deceased), Francis V. (deceased), Lincoln, Elinor, Alice M. and David. After returning from the war, Mr. Steere began farming near Spring Valley, Minnesota, and remained there until 1867, when he removed with his family to Michigan and bought a farm in Branelı Connty, and lived upon it until 1872; he then went back to Minnesota, attended to some business, and in October, 1873, he removed his family to Audubon County, residing the first two years at Oakfield. In 1875 he moved to liis present farm, which contains 160 aeres; since his residence there Mr. Steere lias devoted all of his time to directing and improving his farm; he gives special attention to raising live-stoek. While living in Minnesota, Mr. Steere was elected a mnem- ber of the Legislature, and was appointed to the offices of county commissioner and county elerk. Ile also filled several township offices, aequitting himself in all these positions with mueh credit. He is a member of the Ma -. sonic order, and of the I. O. O. F. He is a member of the Union League, and is a stanneh temperenee man. Politically he is a Repub- liean; he was born and raised a Whig. He voted for General Harrison in 1840, and for Benjamin Harrison in 1888. He is a mem- ber of the G. A. R.
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HARLES HOWARD VAIL is a de- seendant of the sixth generation of John sło. and Elizabeth Vail, who came from Eng- land and landed at Sonth-hold, Long Island, in 1650, to enjoy freedom to worship God; they were members of the Society of Friends. They had three children-John, Samuel and
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Martha. The eldest, John, was a useful min- ister among the Friends of that remote period, and his descendants became distinguished in political life and scientific attainments. The second son, Samuel, was born October 21, 1678, and was twice married. IIe purchased a large plantation on Green Brook, near the place that is now covered by Plainfield, New Jersey; this property has been in the posses- sion of members of the family ever since-164 years. Samuel Vail died April 26, 1733. (A copy of his will is now in the possession of C. Il. Vail.) ITis eldest son, Jolin, and a brother ocenpied the Green Brook farm. In 1730 Jolin married Margaret Shotwell Laing, and they were the parents of eight sons who were all married and who had large families, whose descendants are numerous and widely scattered. The eldest son, John Vail, Jr., and great-grandfather of C. H. Vail, married Catherine Fitz-Randolph, a descendant of a large and influential family of Friends, who came from England to America in 1630, set- tling in Massaelmsetts. John, Jr, and Cath: erine had seven children-Margaret, Edward, Amos, Isaac, Phoebe, Nathan and Joel. Dur- ing the contest for American Independence, when the British forces held possession of Perth-Amboy and the adjacent country, Gen- eral Washington and staff' called at the farm residence of Jolin Vail, and asked to be guided to some prominent spot on the mountain, from which a good view of the plain below conld be obtained ; this request was granted, and the spot to which he was conducted still bears the name of Washington's Rock. Edward Vail, the second child of John, Jr., and Catherine Vail, grandfather of our subject, was born March 27, 1764, at Green Brook, New Jersey. When a young man his father gave him one of the Green Brook farms, and there he built a commodious residence. On the 26th of December, 1793, he was married to Sarah
Kinsey, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, who was born June 8, 1770, and whose family have always held an enviable position in the best society-socially, politically and religionsly. They came originally from Scotland. Edward and Sarah Vail had nine children, six of whom lived to be over seventy years of age. Their seventh son, Abel Vail, father of C. H. Vail, was born February 12, 1807, at Green Brook, New Jersey, and was married November 2, 1831, to Arletta Bristol, of Dutchess County, New York. She was born March 1, 1809. Abel Vail was a hatter for many years, but afterward went npon the old homestead and was a fariner the remainder of his days. Ile and his wife were the parents of four children, of whom C. II. Vail is the youngest. In 1853 Abel Vail moved to Indiana, settling near La Porte; he died while on a visit to New York, August 15, 1885. In the history of the So- ciety of Friends in New Jersey, it is said that there is no family name more honorably or continnonsly associated with the welfare of the society than that of the Vails. From the earliest records of the meetings it is learned that a conspicuous and important part was always taken by some of the family from the very beginning of the society. In 1687 men- tion is made of Jolın Vail, as an active mein- ber of the first meeting at Amboy, and as one of the founders of the meeting at that place. Among the numerous names of ancestral fame and honor, that of Vail was pronounced the leading one in the number hearing it. Charles Howard Vail was born February 26, 1851, near Plainfield, New Jersey. When two years of age his parents removed to Indi- ana, in which State he grew to manhood; he was educated in the district school, and spent his summers working on the farm. In 1875 he came to Audubon County, Iowa, and set- tled at Oakfield : he soon after became clerk in a general store, a position he held until
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1878, when he took charge of a branch store for R. Kemmling, at the old town of Hamlin. In the fall of 1879 he formed a copartnership with John T. Jenkins at Brayton, Iowa, in the dry-goods and general merchandise busi- ness, nnder the firm name of Jenkins & Vail; this business relation continned until 1886, when Mr. Vail was elected clerk of the dis- trict court. Ile assumed the duties of that office January 1, 1887, and in the fall of 1888 he was re-elected for the two years following, having filled the office to the entire satisfac- tion of his constituents. Mr. Vail was mar- ried March 31, 1880, to Mrs. Martha C. Reynolds, of Oakfield, Audubon County. Mrs. Vail was born in New York. They have two children-Arthur II., born in Brayton, Iowa, June 2, 1881, and Arletta, born in Brayton, Iowa, August 10, 1883. Mrs. Vail had one daughter by her former marriage- Rose G., wife of Joseph S. Grosvenor.
ENRY FRANKLIN ANDREWS, of Andubon, was born in Lovell, Oxford County, Maine, June 27, 1844. Ile is the eldest child of Jacob and Martha Phin- ney (Hamblen) Andrews. His brothers and sisters are-Dr. Charles Ilamblen Andrews, of Exira, born June 21, 1847; Isaac Stearns Andrews, a farmer, residing three miles north- east of Atlantie, Iowa, born April 25, 1849, and Sarah Kimball Andrews, born September 25, 1857, who married William Tingle, of Cass County, lowa, and removed to Bassett, Nebraska, where she died September 26, 1887. Mr. Andrews is descended in nearly every branch of his family from the earliest New England settlers. In the paternal line his first ancestor in America was Robert An- drews, who came from England with his wite, Elizabeth, and resided at Ipswich, 1
Massachusetts, as early as 1635. This was the home of this branch of the family down to the time of the Revolutionary war, through six generations, including Robert Andrews, viz .: John Andrews, and Sarah, his wife; John Andrews, and Judith, his wife; William Andrews, and Margaret Wood- ward, his wife; Solomon Andrews, and Eliza- beth Ingalls, his wife, married October 27, 1726, and Captain Abraham Andrews, born September 6, 1747, married Esther Stearns, October 19, 1773, who was descended from Isaac and Mary Stearns, who came from England and settled at Watertown, Massa- chusetts, in 1632; their son, John Stearns, and his wife, Sarah Mixer, settled at Biller- ica, Massachusetts; their son, Captain John Stearns, and his wife, Joanna (Call) Parker, of the same place, and their son, John Stearns, and his wife, Esther Johnson, and their son, IIon. Isaae Stearns, and wife, Sarah Abbott, of the same place, who were the parents of Esther Stearns. Isaac Stearns, as well as many other members of the Stearns family, was a soldier in the French and Indian wars. Captain Andrews was at the battle of Lex- ington, and. served all through the war of the Revolution. He was a Captain in the Second Regiment of Massachusetts Foot (Infantry), in 1788. With his brother-in-law, Benjamin Stearns, and wife's uncle, John Stearns, he removed to Lovell, Mainc, and made the first white settlement in the town. His son, Isaac Stearns, was born here, August 13, 1788. He married Sally Kimball, October 15, 1815. Their son, Jacob Andrews, father of H. F. Andrews, was born at Lovell, Maine, February 24, 1820. In the maternal line Mr. Andrews' first ancestor in America was James IIamblen and Anne, his wife, who came from London, England, and settled at Barnstable, Massachusetts, about 1639, where four generations of the family were born -
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their son, John Hamblen, born June 26, 1644, married Sarah Bearce; their son, Ebenezer llamblen, born May 12, 1683, married his cousin, Thankful Hamblen, May 11, 1710; their son, Gershon Hamblen, born July 19, 1713, married Hannah Alimony, Angust 9, 1739. Ile was a soldier in the French war, under General Wolf at Quebec, in 1759, and died at Barnstable some time prior to 1763. Their son, Gershom Hamblen, was born Sep- tember 16, 1745. In the year 1763 the widow of the elder Gershom Hamblen, with her children, including the son Gershom, re- moved to Gorham, Maine, and settled there upon land granted them by the Legislature of Massachusetts, for military services ren- dered by their relatives in King Philip's war of 1675. Two sons of James and Anne Ilamblen, Bartholomew and Eleazer, are known to have been members of Captain John Gorham's company, of Barnstable, and served in that war. Gershom Hamblen, the younger, married Deborah Jenkins at Gor- ham, December 17, 1774. Their son, Ichabod Ilamblen, was born at Gorham, April 11, 1791. He married Lydia Webb Fickett at Portland, Maine, October 11, 1815. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Their daugli- ter, Martha Phinney Hamblen, mother of Mr. Andrews, was born at Limington, Maine, December 25, 1818. Ex-Vice-President Han- nibal Hamlin, of Bangor, Maine, is a lineal descendant of James and Anne Hamblen, above mentioned. Of the family of Stearns, above mentioned, Hon. Onslow Stearns was Governor of New Hampshire, and Ilon. Mar- cellus I. Stearns was Governor of Florida. Hon. George Andrews, one of the present Supreme Judges of New York, and Hon. Abraham Andrews Barker, of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, are descendants of Captain Abraham Andrews. The parents of Mr. Andrews were married at Lovell, Maine,
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