The history of Polk County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., biographical sketches of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, Part 120

Author: Union Historical Company, Des Moines, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Des Moines, Iowa : Union Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 1074


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CHAFFEE, D. N .- Farmer, section 3, J'. O. Altoona. Was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, April 16, 1837, and at the age of eighteen moved to Carroll county, Illinois, where he lived for one summer. In the year 1856 he came to this county and has made it his home since. Owns one hundred and eighty acres of land, small fruit and various other im- provements. Was married July 4, 1863, to Miss Melissa A. Hardin, a na- tive of Mercer county, Illinois. They are the parents of three children: Fannie (born October 30, 1864), Lorian (born November 3, 1863), and Nellie (born January 23, 1878). All living at home.


D ARLAND, G. W .- Farmer, section 5, P. O. Greenwood. Was born in Parke county Indiana, November 29, 1826, and when fourteen years of age moved to Warren county, Illinois. From there he came to this State, settling in Mahaska county in 1850, and there he resided for sixteen years. In the spring of 1865 he moved to this county, and is now the owner of one hundred and forty-four acres of improved land. His marriage was on the thirty-first day of January, 1856, when Miss Sarah A. Clark of Wayne county, Indiana, became his wife. They are the parents of seven children: five now living. One daughter, Alice E., is now the wife of Joseph Elliott of this county.


DAVIS, MRS. R. J .- Farmer, section 8, P. O. East Des Moines. Was born in Highland county, Ohio, July 12, 1835, and in 1855 moved to Ken- dall county, Illinois. From there she came to this county in the year of 1868. She was married the first time, December 6, 1854, to John A. Ruth- erford, a native of Pennsylvania. He died November 20, 1871, leaving six children; three living, and three deceased. She was married the second time, February 20, 1873, to Benjamin Davis, a native of Knoxville, Tennes-


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see, born in 1812. He died October 9, 1879, leaving two children. His first marriage was to Mary Elliott, a native of South Carolina, who died, leaving nine children: Eliza J. (wife of Cyrus F. Thornton), Henry A., Andrew, B. F., Joseph A. and Amanda, living; and three deceased. These children were all born in this county and were one of the first families of the township.


E LLIOTT, F. E .- Farmer, section 5, P. O. Greenwood. Was born in Perquimons county, North Carolina, October 16, 1825, and when six years of age moved to Vermillion county, Illinois, where he lived until 1847. He then came to Iowa, settling in Polk county, in July, 1847, on the place where he now resides. He came by ox team and was about one month on the road. He had no means when he landed but had about two months' provisions. In 1848 he sold his piece of land in Illinois and bought land warrants. He now owns 540 acres of land, 120 of which were entered from the government. He was married to Miss Martha A. Braz- elton, a native of Vermillion county, Illinois, born January 14, 1847. They have nine children now living: John F., Francis M., Albert W., Joseph C., Alexander B., Mary L., George, Ettie May and Clara. Lost three: Marinda (wife of T. J. Thornton), Laura and Charles W. The Union Chapel is lo- cated on Mr. Elliott's farm. It was built in 1875. There is a burying ground with the church, consisting of about two acres.


ELLIOTT, JAMES H .- Section 19, P. O. East Des Moines. Is the son of J. A. Elliott, of Des Moines, and was born in Indiana county, Penn- sylvania, November 14, 1852. Moved to this county at the age of thirteen years and has since lived here. He was married to Miss Kittie V. Patrick, a native of Rome, New York. They have one child.


LITCRAFT, G. W .- Blacksmith, section 5, P. O. Greenwood.


F Was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, August 22, 1839, and at the age of eighteen years came to Iowa, settling in Fulton, Jackson county. From there he went to Linn county in 1860, and he moved to this county in the fall of 1866. He has since resided here and is now the only blacksmith in the place. He was married to Ann Elizabeth McMeen, a native of Eugene, Indiana. They have three children: Eva (aged ten years), Theodore (aged eight years) and George F. (aged six years). August 23, 1862, he was mustered into the United States service and served until June 29, 1865. Participated in the battles of Newtonia, Missouri; Prairie Grove, Arkan- sas; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Vicksburg, Ya- zoo Pass and siege of Mobile, beside numerous skirmishes. Was wounded in the left leg by rifle shot.


H AMMER, H .- Farmer, section 10, P. O. Altoona. Was born in Madison county, Indiana, April 13, 1834, and at the age of eight years moved to Andrew county, Missouri. He resided there three years and then came to Iowa, locating in Washington county. Lived there for two years and then moved to Jasper county and fifteen years later he came to this county, settling here in 1864. Owns 120 acres of improved land. He was married to Miss Mary McKinney, a native of Hamilton county, Indiana. They have six children: N. Austin (20 years of age), William (aged 18), Edward (aged 16), George (aged 14), Rosella (aged 10 years) and Ella (aged 8 years).


HARDIN, JOSEPH-Farmer, section 17, P. O. East Des Moines. Was born in Wayne county, Indiana, April 22, 1816, and at the age of six- teen years moved from there to Marion county, same State. He resided


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there seven years, then went to Mercer county, Illinois, and remained there two years, coming to this county in the fall of 1849. He has since resided here, having entered the land upon which he now lives. Owns 290 acres of land. He was married, in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1838, to Miss Maria J. Ewing, a native of Montgomery county, Ohio. They have eight children: James F., Eliza J. (wife of Jesse Chaffee), Benjamin, Melissa Ann (wife of D. N. Chaffee, of this county), Alonzo R., Mary M. (wife of J. H. Brown, of Omaha), Joseph C., living, a.nd one deceased, an infant. JAMES F. HARDIN-Was born August 12, 1839, in Marion county, Indiana. Married Melissa J. Wilson, a native of Mercer county, Illinois. Have two children living: Charles W. and Roy D. He owns seventy acres of land on section 17.


HARVEY, STEPHEN, JR .- Farmer, section 27, P. O. Oakwood. Was born in Warren county, Ohio, September 7, 1832, and is a son of Samuel Harvey, now deceased, who came to this county in 1848. When sixteen years of age our subject moved to Shelby county, Indiana, living there un- til he came to this county, in the spring of 1848. He came by wagon and was eighteen days on the road. He was married August 25, 1854, to Miss Mary Stewart, who was born February 8, 1836. They have ten children : Dice E., Hannah (now Mrs. Ephraim Filman, of Clay township), Theodore. D., James S., Cyrus, Vera, Charles and William, living, and two deceased: John S. and Elvira. Mr. Harvey owns 181 acres of land, well improved. Has an orchard of about 700 trees, 400 of which are bearing pears.


HENRY, DWIGHT-Farmer, section 18, P. O. East Des Moines. Was born in Madison county, New York, April 30, 1832. When five years of age he moved to Defiance county, Ohio, where he resided until 1876, then coming to this county. He owns eighty acres of land, well-improved, also eighty acres in Elkhart township, on section 1. He was married De- cember 22, 1853, to Miss Catharine M. Munn, a native of Wayne county, Ohio, born November 21, 1832. They have three children living: Alva, Cassius and Grant. Lost one, Orlando, who died April 30, 1866.


HENDERSON, JONAS-Farmer, section 21, P. O. East Des Moines. Was born in Polk county, Iowa, March 22, 1852, and has been a resident of this county ever since. He received a common school education and now owns 120 acres of improved land. He married Miss Nancy E., daughter of Calvin Thornton, of this county. They are the parents of two children.


HERRING, ISAAC-Vegetable grower, section 31, P. O. Des Moines. Was born in Randolph county, Indiana, June 14, 1831, and in 1832, set- tled near Indianapolis. In 1854 he came to this State and settled in Keo- kuk county, and in April, 1871, came to this county. He owns a garden native of Wayne county, Indiana. She died in (March, 1860, leaving two of ten acres. He has been twice married: first, to Miss Lydia J. Swain, a children: Laura E. (wife of Mr. Garner, of Kansas), and Francis E., living in this county). He was married the second time, to Miss Nellie Ludlam, a native of Pennsylvania. They have one child. March 8, 1862, he was mustered in company D, Seventeenth Iowa infantry. Participated in the battles of Lookout Mountain and Tilton, Georgia, was there taken pris- oner October 14, 1864, and was in prison seven or eight months, and was the last month in Andersonville.


TOHNSON, S. D .- Farmer, section 8, P. O. East Des Moines. Was .2 born in Oswego county, New York, April 28, 1826, and lived there until eight years of age, and then moved to Lucas county, Ohio. In October,


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1863, he came to this county, and has since made this county his home. He owns a farm of eighty acres of improved land. He married Miss Mary Spaulding, a native of Maine. They have four children: Martha (wife of John A. Goble), and Cora E. (wife of O. S. Ewing, of Wabash, Indiana). The remainder are at home.


JUSTICE, JAMES-Farmer and stock-raiser, section 4, P. O. Green- wood. Is a native of Mercer county, Illinois, and was born on the 16th day of July, 1842, and in the spring of 1851 came to this county with his- parents. His father entered the present farm in 1849, and has resided upon it since '51, following farming. He also engages in stock-raising and is one of the heaviest dealers in the township. Is the owner of 280 acres- of land, well-improved and in good cultivation, and the farm is well adapted to stock purposes. Was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of John Harris, one of the pioneers of this county. He was born March 11, 1840. They are the parents of five children: Frank, Maud, Mabel, Emma and Alice.


L OVELESS, WASHINGTON-Farmer, section 33, P. O. East Des. Moines. Was born in Clark county, Ohio, November 27, 1826, and resided there until the fall of 1855, he then came to this county, and has- since resided here. September 25, 1851, he was married to Miss Nancy Simpson, a native of Greenbrier county, Virginia. She died February 18, 1876, leaving a family of eight children, six living: Dollie (wife of R. B. Scott, of Audubon county, Iowa. The eldest son lives in Cass county, Iowa. PORTER, JAMES-Farmer, section 28, P. O. Des Moines. Was born


in Dearborn county, Indiana, November 23, 1824, and lived in that State until 1854, when he came to Iowa, locating in Jasper county. He resided there until 1864. He then came to this county. He now owns a farm of 180 acres of land. He was married to Miss Sarah A. Mckinney, a native of Orange county, Indiana. They have had eight children, seven of whom are now living, all married and living in this county: Mary (wife of H. B. Mason) and Nancy Martha (wife of J. W. Combs). Mr. Porter has been a member of the board of supervisors, in all about six years.


POWELL, FRED-Farmer, section 18, P. O. East Des Moines. Was born in Delaware county, Ohio, October 18, 1827, and in 1859, moved to Da- vis county, Missouri. In the fall of 1861, he came to this county, where he. owns eighty acres of improved land. He married Miss Susan Williams, a native of Oneida county, New York, January 1, 1851. They have had five children, four of whom are living.


R EINKING, C. D .- Farmer, section 34, P. O. Oakwood Station. Was born in West Phelan, Prussia, May 2, 1820, and when fourteen years of age came to America, first settling in Philadelphia. He resided there until 1848, and then moved to this county, landing in Des Moines. with but ten dollars cash in his pocket, and five of that he had to pay to the government for entrance fees on his two land warrants. When young he learned the cabinet-maker's trade, and served a part of his early life at that business, in Philadelphia. He made the first furniture in Des Moines, and shipped the same to Iowa City and Burlington, and at one time he- sold all the coffins used for twenty miles around. He sold out his business- to Alexander D. Cross. His education was limited, as he obtained it after working hours. During this time he supported his mother until she died, and also raised his sister's family of four children, receiving help from no one. In 1855, he came upon the farm where he now resides, containing-


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400 acres, also has 240 acres in this township, forty acres in Camp town- ship and 640 acres in Nebraska, besides a block on Walnut street, Des Moines, known as Reinking's block, and other property. He was married July 8, 1852, to Miss Elenor P. Shaver, a native of Somerset county, Pennsylvania. They have two sons and two daughters, all living at home. Mr. Reinking was one of the first incorporators of the city of Des Moines. He belongs to the A. F. and A. M., and was one among the first Odd Fel- lows of Des Moines.


SI HARP, D. C .- Farmer, section 28, P. O. East Des Moines. Was born in Dayton county, Ohio, August 6, 1841, and when four years of age left there, moving to Miama county, Indiana. From there, he came to this county, in the fall of 1855, and has since resided here. May 8, 1864, he was married to Miss Hannah E. Betts, a native of Pennsylvania. They have had eight children, all of whom are living. In August, 1862, he en- listed in company I, Fifteenth Iowa infantry, and was mustered out in 1863. He re-enlisted in 1864, in company B, Fifteenth Iowa infantry. Participated in the battles of Springfield, Missouri, Newton, Fayetsville, Arkansas, White River, Arkansas, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Savannah, Geor- gia, Goldsborough and battle of Raleigh, besides others.


SIMS, W. S .- Gardener, section 32, P. O. East Des Moines. Was born in Lawrence county, Indiana, October 16, 1831, and in 1853, came to Iowa. In 1870, he came to this county. Owns a finely improved garden of twelve acres, and a variety of small fruit. He was married to Miss Sarah Bosley, a native of Tazewell county, Illinois. They have two children liv- ing. May 28, 1861, he enlisted in company E, Second Iowa infantry, and was mustered out May 28, 1864. Participated in the battles of Fort Don- elson, Shiloh and Corinth, and several skirmishes.


T THORNTON, T. J .- Farmer, section 6, P. O. Greenwood. Was born in Vermillion county, Illinois, November 13, 1844, and resided there until five years of age, when he came to this county. He received a com- mon school education. Owns 1672 acres of land. About ten years ago Mr. Thornton began improving his farm, and now he has a nice grove sur- rounding his house, a large barn, and an orchard of 125 trees, besides a great variety of small fruit. He has a never ceasing flow of water upon his land. He married Miss Almarinda Elliott, daughter of F. E. Elliott. She died October 1, 1877, age twenty-nine years, eleven months, leaving a fam- ily of four children, all living. October 23, 1861, he enlisted in company B, Fifteenth Iowa infantry, and was discharged on account of disability. Participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, and others.


TOMLEY, WILLIAM-Farmer, section 19, P. O. East Des Moines Was born April 22, 1818, in Montgomeryshire, North Wales, and emi- grated to the United States. At the age of twenty-two years, he went to Delaware county, Ohio, and remained until 1865, when he came to Polk county. Owns ninety-nine acres of well-improved land. He married Mrs. A. H. Case, a native of Delaware county, Ohio. Her maiden name was Elizabeth N. Cox. Parents of three children, two are living. Sarah E. Case, step-daughter of Mr. Tomley, is now the wife of David F. Davis, of this county.


TUMBLESON, DANIEL-Farmer, section 5, P. O. Greenwood. Was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, May 26, 1831, and at the age of nine years moved to Van Wert county, Ohio. He remained there about twenty- six years, and in June, 1863, came to this county, and has since resided


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here. October 2, 1862, he was mustered into the service in company A, Fifteenth Ohio infantry. Served until February 1, 1863, when he was dis- charged on account of disability. He was married in Van Wert county, Ohio, January 26, 1855, to Miss Indiana Smith, of Harrison county, Vir- ginia. They have six children: Susan D. (wife of W. W. Wright, of Trego county, Kansas), Virginia F. (wife of Thos. Thornton, living in Guthrie county, Iowa.


W ATTS, THOMAS-Farmer, section 20, P. O. East Des Moines. Was born in East Kent, England, February 4, 1829, and when twenty-one years of age moved to Pennsylvania, living there for five years. He then came to Iowa and to this county, and has since resided here. Has followed farming all his life and now owns 190 acres of well-improved land. March 30, 1853, he was married to Miss Agnes Cleal, of Brickport, Dorsey- shire, England. They have seven children: James, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, John F. and Ellen, living, and two deceased: William and Johnnie.


WEST, F. M .- Farmer, section 15, P. O. Altoona. Was born in Frank- lin county, Indiana, March 12, 1845, and at the age of twelve years came to this county. With the exception of five years spent in Nebraska he has re- sided here since that time and now owns eighty acres of well-improved land. He was married to Miss Jemimia, daughter of Stephen Harvey, of Clay township. She is a native of Indiana. By her he had six children : Rufus E., Perry L., Stephen O., Charlie and Susan, living, and one de- ceased, Jerry T.


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B EEKS, T. C .- Farmer, section 14, P. O. East Des Moines. Was born in Fayette county, Indiana, July 27, 1831, and was raised there up to the time that he came to this State in 1870, then located in Warren county, and remained there for ten months, and in March, 1871, came to this county. His early manhood was spent on a farm until he was nineteen years of age, and in 1850 he began an apprenticeship at the harness and saddle making trade, and followed this as his vocation until February, 1869. - Then engaged in agricultural pursuits, and has since been engaged in that business, with the exception of two years that he was in the grocery busi- ness at Des Moines. His farm consists of 120 acres. Has held the office of trustee for two terms and is the present clerk of his township. His mar- riage was at Brooklyn, Indiana, September 6, 1854, to Miss Mary E. Jack- son, a native of Indiana. They have four sons living: Charles O., Horace E., Otis E. and Ralph W. Lost two children: Ella Virginia and Theodore L.


BETTS, JEREMIAH J .- Farmer, section 1, P. O. Trent. Was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, July 19, 1818, and from there came to this county in 1856. He has made farming his occupation through life and now owns 225 acres, mostly improved. His ancestry on his father's side were natives of Pennsylvania; and on his mother's of Virginia. They were early settlers of Pennsylvania and he had to carry all his provisions from Pitts- burgh, ninety miles, on horseback, to where they had settled among the Indians in 1801. He was the eighth son of a family of twelve children, all of whom grew to maturity and married, excepting one daughter, who died. This was the first death in the family. His mother never paid a dollar for doctor bills, and at her death, which was at the age of sixty-six, she had


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sixty-five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She also spun and wove the wool and hackled the flax that clothed the family. Mr. Betts still has the hackle that she used and it is now one hundred years old. Our sub- ject was married in Pennsylvania, in 1838, to Miss Elizabeth A. Flanch, of Pennsylvania. They have a family of four sons and two daughters, living; James W., S. W., M. C., J. L., Mary L. and Hannah. Have lost nine chil- dren. The number of their grandchildren is thirty-five.


ยท BREWBAKER, JOHN-Farmer, section 1, P. O. Trent. Was born . in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, December 2, 1831, and was raised there until twenty years of age. His father being a blacksmith he learned that trade, beginning it when fourteen years of age. He followed it as his- en- tire business for sixteen years. From his native place he removed to Henry county, Indiana, in 1852, and four years later came to this State, settling in this county in 1856. Has since resided here excepting three and a half years that he spent on the Pacific coast. Is at present one of the trustees of his township. Mr. B. was married in this county December 11, 1862, to Miss Minerva A. Mercer, of Greene county, Ohio. They have a family of eight children living: Henrietta, Edward E., Orris O., Jennie F., Mary E., Nellie Jay, John M. and James R.


BUZZARD, P. H .- Farmer, section 26, P. O. East Des Moines. Was born in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1814, and resided there until six years of age, when with his parents he moved to Wayne county, Ohio. There resided until 1833, when he removed to Woods county, same State, and lived there until 1840. His father, Frederick Buz- zard, died while living in Holmes county and the subject of this sketch then went to learn the carpenter and joiner's trade at Wooster, Wayne county. He there finished his trade and followed it while in Woods county. He moved to Ottawa, Lasalle county, Illinois, and resided there about eight years, when he took up his residence for three months in Nau- voo, Hancock county; then returned to Ottawa, and after a short time went to Racine county, Wisconsin, residing there for one and a half years. In the fall of 1846 he came to this county, locating in Des Moines. About twenty- seven years ago he moved where he now lives, owning twenty-seven acres of land. He spent one year in Utah. He opened a blacksmith and wagon shop and made the first plows and wagons in the county. Mr. Buzzard went by wagon to California in the spring of 1850, on account of ill health, was four months on the road, and returned by way of Central America, reaching here in February, 1851. Was married February 18, 1835, in Perrysburg, Woods county, Ohio, to Miss Eliza, daughter of Samuel Fred- erick, of Asyp, Columbia county, Pennsylvania. She was born May 18, 1819. They have three children living: Frederick (born June 18, 1841, and now in Montana Territory), William B. (born April 14, 1846, and now in the same place), and George W. (born February 19, 1854, now in Col- orado). Lost one daughter, Rosanna (born February 14, 1849, died in September, 1850, in Des Moines).


HENEY, S. F .- Farmer, section 11, P. O. Saylorville. Was born in


C Berkshire county, Massachusetts, September 9, 1829, and was raised there up to the time that he came to this State in 1856. He settled in this county in the spring of that year and has been a permanent resident here since. For several years he held the office of township trustee. His marriage was in his native county February 1, 1855, to Miss Fannie C. Johnson, of Hardwick, Massachusetts. Their family consists of one child


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living, Lida E. They have lost five: Florence L., Hattie A., Jennie E., Albert R. and Angie L.


COY, LEVI-Farmer and stock-raiser, Saylorville. Was born June 14, 1836, in the town of Waterford, Elkhart county, Indiana, and was raised there at farming until about eighteen years of age, when he began the car- penter's trade. This he continued until he came to Iowa in 1856, locating in this county. For nine years following he engaged at his trade, and about 1861 began his present business. He owns over 107 acres of land. Has been school director and is the present township treasurer. March 11, 1858, he was married in this county to Miss Malinda Roush, of Ohio. They have two sons and one daughter living: Mary B., Ira and Frank. Lost one daughter, Ella. Mr. Coy's ancestors were all of Pennsylvania.


D' AILEY, J. I .- Farmer and saw mill and wood contractor, section 22,


P. O. East Des Moines. Was born in Lee, now Saylor township, of this county, November 6, 1846, and was raised here on the same farm on which he still resides. His homestead consists of eighty-nine acres of land. His marriage was in this county April 1, 1874, to Alfaretta Estal, of Iowa. They have one son and two daughters: Earnest, Gracie and Bertha. During the late war he enlisted in company F, Forty-seventh Iowa regiment, and served until the expiration of his term of enlistment, which was for 100 days.


DAY, J. P .- Farmer, section 22, P. O. East Des Moines. Was born in Newcastle, Delaware, August 26, 1837, and was there raised until he came to this county in the spring of 1857. He has always followed farming as his principal occupation and now owns a good farm. Was married in this county in the fall of 1860 to Miss Minerva Dailey. They have three sons and three daughters living: Helen, Newton J., Clara, James E, Edith and George W. Mr. Day's father was a native of Delaware and his mother a native of Pennsylvania.


F OOTE, W. D .- Teacher, Saylorville. Was born in Canada, January


22, 1837, but was raised in Vermont. There he remained until he reached his majority and obtained his education in Middlebury College, graduating from there at the age of eighteen years. During the following four years he studied law at Rutland, Vermont, with Foote & Hodges, and for a while practiced at Whitehall, New York. October 31, 1862, he en- listed in company B, Ninth New York cavalry, and was with his regiment until the fight at Gettysburg, when, on the second day (July 2), he was captured, kept for about nine months and returned to his regiment. Served until the close of the war, returned to New York and taught school two terms and afterward came to this State, and since that time has followed teaching, having taught at his present location twenty-nine terms, twenty- seven of them consecutively. Has been justice of the peace four years. Was married in Des Moines July 16, 1872, to Miss Mary Leggett, of Ohio. They have three daughters living: Emily N., Clara and Vinnie E. His ancestors were natives of the New England States from the landing of the Mayflower.




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