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WILLIAM T. WILLIAMS, Sr., minister and farmer, P. O. Mt. Vernon, was born in Mont- gomery County, Ky., May 29, 1810, and is a son of John Williams, deceased, a native of Vir- ginia. Our subject was brought up on the farm and attended a subscription school. HIe
ROBERT A. D. WILBANKS, Clerk of Ap- pellate Court, Mt. Vernon, was born in Jeffer- son County, Ill., June 23, 1846. His grand- father, Daniel Wilbanks, was a native of North Carolina, and emigrated from South Carolina to Illinois in about 1820, and settled on Tur- , came to this county in 1840, where he has
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since resided. Ile was married to Mary A. D. , was born September 20, 1846, in Hungary. Westcott September 10, 1840, and has had four children, three living-John D., School Superintendent of this county ; William T., Jr., present County Surveyor of Jefferson County, and Mary A. Morrison. Mr. Williams owns forty-eight acres of land and resides on the southeast quarter of Section 18. He is a minister in the Christian Church, in which ca- pacity he has served for fifty years. He has always been an earnest worker in the Master's cause, and has given thousands of dollars to promote the cause.
ELISHA R. WILLIAMS, brick-mason, Mt. Vernon, was born in Hamilton County, Ill., October 20, 1842, and is a son of Wylie Will- iams, of Hamilton County, Ill., and a native of Tennessee. Our subject was reared on the farm and attended the common schools. He came to this county in February, 1882. He manufactures brick and also raises a crop each year. He served three years in the late war, in Company A, Eighty-seventh Regiment Illi- nois Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Vicksburg, Wilson's Hill, Saline Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill and others. Mr. Williams was married, December 27, 1858, to Mary Daily, by whom he had eight children, seven living-Alice L., Elisha M., Emily R., Mahala D., Celia J., Elnora and Zora Z. Mrs. Williams died June 2, 1879. He again mar- ried, September 14, 1880; this time to Margaret J. Gordon, by whom he has had two children, one living, Mary E. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and the United Workmen socie- ties, and the Baptist Church. Mr. Williams' father was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, and helped to drive the Indiaus out of the northern part of Illinois. He was tomahawked in the right arm during that campaign, not far from Vandalia, and was in the battle of Car- lough's Grove, and now draws a pension.
DAVID H. WISE, merchant. Mount Vernon. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch
and is a son of Lefko and Amalia Wise. Both the mother and father are still liv- ing in Hungary ; the father is a hotel-keeper. To the mother have been boru seven children, who are now living. Our subject was educated in the Hungarian language. When thirteen years old, he went to Pesth, the capital of that province, and there remained about five years, where he learned the trade of a tailor. In 1865, he came to the United States, and first settled in Tennessee. In that State he first made his start, carrying his goods on his back, and selling them from house to house. After four years of traveling, he became tired of wandering, and obtained a situation as salesman in Uniontown, Ala., with the firm of Edler Brothers. After a residence of three years in that city, he went to Yazoo City, Miss., where he opened a gen- eral store. In 1874, he sold out his stock of goods and went to Europe. After six mouths sojourning in that country, he returned to the United States, and came direct to Mount Ver- non. In this city he opened a clothing store, in which he still engages, now carrying a very fine stock of clothing and gents' furnishing goods. Mr. Wise was joined in matrimony, in Duquoin, in 1876, to Miss Augusta Hammer. This lady was born, in 1860, in Prussia, and is the daughter of Samuel Hammer. She is the mother of three children, viz .: Morris, born December, 1877 ; Joseph, born January, 1879, and Rosa MI., born May, 1881. Our subject is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity. In poli- ties, he is a Democrat. The youngest child, Rosa M., was burnt with concentrated lye when one year old, and exactly one year from that day she broke her left arm. Mr. Wise is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
HENRY WLECKE. proprietor of Central Hotel, Mount Vernon, was born June 5, 1837, in Hanover, Germany. His father, Ernst H. Wlecke, was also a native of Hanover, a car- penter by occupation; he died, in 1565, in
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Washington County, Ill. His father, Ernst Wlecke, the grandfather of our subject, was born and died in llanover, where he was a tailor by occupation. The great-grandfather of our subject was a native of Sweden, and came to Germany as a soldier under their beloved leader, Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, who was a Protestant, and came to Germany to assist his brethren against the Catholics in the thirty years' war. Even after his death, at Lutzen, the Swedes stayed in Germany, and many stayed after the war, marrying in that country. Among them was the great-grand- father of our subject. The mother of our snb- ject, Maria H. (Wulff) Wlecke, was a native of Hanover, born April, 1797. She died Novem- ber 20, 1882, in Washington County, Ill. She was the mother of two children, viz. : Henry and Mary Wlecke. The mother of our subject was a woman who was only known to be loved by all. Our subject was educated in the place of his birth, and, at the age of seventeen, came to the United States with his father. He worked on the farm till 1867, when he kept a saloon in
Hoyleton, Washington County, Ill, serving as Constable at the same time. He finally re- moved to Okawville, where he entered the gen- eral merchandising business, and continued it till he came to Mount Vernon, in 1881, where he now keeps the Central Hotel. Our subject was joined in matrimony, January 31, 1861, to Miss Wilmina Rolfing, a native of West Far- ling, Alswede, by Lubke. She was a resident of St. Lonis at the time of her marriage. She was born July 25, 1836, yet living, the mother of nine children, of whom five are now living, viz .: Mary, born August 2, 1863; Caroline, born April 8, 1866; Fred, born January 26, 1868; Anna, September 16, 1869, and Lizzie, born May 18, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Wlecke are members of the Evangelical Church. Mr. Wlecke has, by dint of hard toil and perseverance, succeeded in gaining enough of this world's goods to make him comfortable, and he enjoys the esteem of all with whom he comes in contact. In politics, he is identified with the Democratic party.
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CHARLES A. BAKER, operator, Belle Rive, was born August 19, 1853, in Benning- ton, Ill., son of Willaim H. Baker, a native of Boston, Mass., where he was a merchant. He came West about 1852, and engaged in the mercantile business till his death, which occurred in 1858. The mother of our sub- ject was Emily Moore Baker, a native of Ohio. She is yet living, and the wife of John Robinson. She is the mother of five children, viz., Charles A. (our subject), Mary Harvey, Effie Seely, Louella Robinson and Lunetta (deceased). Onr subject was educat- ed at Olney, Ill., where he also clerked in a
grocery store for three years. In 1872, he went to Madisonville, Ohio, where he learned telegraphy, and secured a position on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, working at Dahlgren, New Memphis and Belle Rive, where he is now following his occupation, also acting in the capacity of station agent, filling the office with tact and ability. He is an active member of the Masonic fraternity, Belle Rive Lodge, No. 696; also Good Tem- plars. In politics, he is identified with the Republican party. In the spring of 1883, the people honored him by electing him a member of the Board of Trustees of Belle Rive.
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AMOS B. BARRETT, farmer, P. O. Belle Rive. This gentleman is another type of our self-made, enterprising men. He came to this county in 1840, with his father, Joshua P. Barrett, who was a native of Illinois. He was a tanner by trade in early life. He died in Mount Vernon in 1852, being retired from active life. His father, Thomas Barrett, was a native of Hagerstown, Md. He was of English descent. The mother of our subject, Priscilla Long, was born in the same neigh- borhood that her husband was. She died in 1879. She was a daughter of William Long, born Angust 9. 1756, near Mount Vernon, the old home of George Washington. He died in 1850, in Mount Vernon, Ill., aged ninety-four years; also of English descent. He was a brave soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was one of the first to espouse the cause of the Colonies, and fought through the whole conflict. He participated in many thrilling scenes and battles, among others that of Brandywine and Germantown. He was one of Gen. George Washington's body guard. He was the father of twenty-six chil- dren. of whom twenty-two reached maturity. Thirteen with his first wife. Eleanor Ford, and thirteen with his second wife, Elizabeth Thomas, daughter of Capt. John Thomas, of Baltimore, Md , a very noted family, filling then and now some of the most important. offices in the State, one of them having been Governor of Maryland. Mrs. Priscilla Bar- rett was the mother of seven children, who reached maturity, viz., Hiram G. (deceased). Julia A. T., Eliza H .. Amos B., Cyrus A .. Horace C. (deceased) and Mary E. Our sub- ject was educated at Mount Vernon. In early life he farmed, taught school one year, and after marriage farmed again till 1859, when he again moved to Mount Vernon, where he was appointed Postmaster in 1861, filling the office four years, when he resigned in
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favor of a crippled Union soldier; after which he went to merchandising till 1877, when he bought a farm of 200 acres near Belle Rive, where he now resides, owning now 260 acres of fine land. He was married, April 11, 1852, to Helen M. Eldridge, born February 22, 1830, in Cincinnati, Ohio, daughter of Charles and Sopronia (Hinman) Eldridge. She is the mother of three chil- dren, viz., Martha C., wife of L. C. Thomp- son: Charles W., he married Nellie B Fos- ter, daughter of Judge J. Foster; Mary J., wife of George W. Meyers, a miller by occu- pation. Mr. and Mrs. Barrett are religiously connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Barrett is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity, Marion Lodge, No. 13. He has filled minor offices, and was elected to the Twenty-ninth General Assembly by the Republican party, filling the office with tact and ability. In politics, he has always been identified with the Republican party,. and is the only one living of the six men who organized the Republican party in this county in 1856.
J. W. BROUGHER, farmer. P. O. Op- dyke, was born October 17, 1827, in Jennings County, Ind., son of Jacob Brougher, a na- tive of Pennsylvania, a farmer; he died in Indiana, and was well known as an indus- trious, well-doing man. The mother of our subject, Isabella Foutz, was a native of South Carolina; she was a daughter of Louis and Sarah Foutz, natives of South Carolina, and was the mother of nine children; she died in Indiana. Our subject was educated in Jennings County, in the old- fashioned pioneer subscription schools. He has farmed all his life. In 1859, he came to Jefferson County, and here owns 310 acres of land. He is no office-seeker, and in politics he is identified with the Republican party. His wife, Nancy Hilton, born in Indiana, daugh-
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ter of James Hilton, is the mother of two children, now living, viz .. Alvin L., born September 22, 1860; Jacob C., born July 28, 1864. Mrs. Brougher is a member of the Methodist Church. He believes in no par- ticular church, but believes it right to do to others as he would have them do to him.
RUSSELL BROWN, farmer P.O. Opdyke, was born June 9, 1824, in Genesee County, N. Y., son of Samuel Brown, a native of Ver- mont. He was a farmer by occupation. He lived twelve years in this county, but is now living in Fulton County, Ill. His father, Thomas Brown, was a native of New Jersey. His four brothers were soldiers in the Revo- lutionary war, of whom three were killed- one at the battle of Yorktown. The mother of our subject, Mary E. (Burr) Brown, was born in Steuben County, N. Y. She was the mother of a large family, of whom eight chil- dren are now living. Our subject was edu- cated but little in early life. He came to Illinois one year after the Black Hawk war. He lived in Tazewell County till 1851, when he came to Jefferson County, where he has farmed ever since. In the summer of 1861, ha enlisted in the Forty-fourth Illinois Regi- ment Volunteer Infantry, Company I, as pri- vate, and after standing guard one night he was promoted to Fourth Sergeant; after a few days was promoted to First Lieutenant; for two years he was Quartermaster. He served three years and two months, being mustered out at Atlanta, Ga. He participated pated in many thrilling scenes and famous battles, viz., Perryville, Ky., Pea Ridge, Ark., Stone River. Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign and others. After the war, he came home and went to farming. He was joined in matrimony, September 22, 1853, to Miss Mary E. Bennett, born August 4, 1836, in this county, daughter of Levi and Nancy (Myett) Bennett, both natives of Tennessee.
They came here in a very early day, and were highly esteemed people. This union was blessed with four children now living, viz., Shelby C., born March 4, 1855; his twin brother. William O., being deceased; Thomas E., born October 12, 1857; Estella C., de- ceased; Gideon S., born November 18, 1865, and Rodia C., born July 4, 1868. Mrs. Brown is a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church. He has 200 acres of land, and in politics is a Republican. He is an A., F. & A. M., also an I. O. O. F. He has been Township Collector and Supervisor for many years.
JOHN E. CALHOUN, mechanic and rail- road engineer, Opdyke. Among the self-made and enterprising men on Long Prairie, we must count him whose name heads this sketch. He was born May 24, 1830, in Chittendon County, Vt. His father, Samuel Calhoun, was a native of Massachusetts, and died at Opłain River, eight miles west of Chicago, supposed to have been murdered, about the year 1833. He was a self-made, energetic man. His father, Samuel Calhoun, Sr., was a native of New England. The mother of our subject, Luthera Farnsworth, a finely educated lady and teacher, was a native of Vermont, yet living near Chicago, and the mother of eight children-of whom our subject is the only one living. Her parents, Josiah and Judith (Lynde) Farnsworth, were wealthy and high- ly respected people; they were natives of New Hampshire and Connecticut, but died in Ver- mont. Our subject was educated at Maria Four Corners, Essex Co., N. Y. In early life he clerked and farmed, and then learned the machinist trade at Rutland, Vt. This trade he followed from 1848 to 1873; then left it four years to follow milling, farming and selling goods. In 1878, he sold out, and again followed his trade for two years, after which he followed farming on account of in-
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cipient locomotor ataxia. He has dealt largely in real estate for the last twenty years, owning at present nearly 600 acres, having owned at times 1,600 acres of land in different States. Mr. Calhoun was mar- ried twice. His first wife, Fannie Peas, died in 1856. His present wife, Ellen (Dow) Calhoun, was born February 23, 1842, in Governeur, N. Y. She is a daughter of John D. and Charlotte (Hawley) Dow, natives of Vermont, and is the mother of four children, viz., John E., Jr., born November 3, 1859; Fannie D., born December 26, 1861; Char- lotte L., born October 2, 1863, and Samuel T., born January 4, 1878. Our subject is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a Royal Arch; is an I. O. O. F .; also a mem- ber of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers. In politics, he is a high tariff man, or Henry Clay Wbig. While engineering, he has filled the positions of Master Mechanic for years, and the last two years was Loco- motive Inspector for the United States Roll- ing Stock Company.
JESSE M. CATRON, farmer, P. O. Belle Rive, was born May 7, 1860, in this county. We count Mr. Catron among our thrifty young farmers on Long Prairie. He is a son of Jonathan Catron, a native of Penn- sylvania. He was a farmer by occupation, and died in Greencastle, near Nashville, Tenn., while a soldier in the late war. He went to the war with the regiment raised in Jefferson County to protect the stars and stripes. He was a gallant soldier and good citizen, participating in many thrilling scenes and battles. The mother of our subject, Martha Moore, was a native of Tennessee; she is yet living, the wifeof William Richard- son. Our subject was educated in this coun- ty. In 1872, he went to Kansas, living there till September, ISSO, when he returned to his native county, where he now cultivates
his farm of 181 acres. He was joined in matrimony, February 15, 1883, to Miss Mary Ellen Green, born March 2, 1866, in this county. She is a daughter of Wiley and Minerva (Flint) Green. Mrs. Catron is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Catron is identified, politically, with the Democratic party.
L. D. DAVENPORT, dealer in lumber and farm implements, Belle Rive. born No- vember 14, 1838, in Indiana, son of Edmund Davenport, of English descent, born in Vir- ginia, where he farmed. He came to Jeffer. son County in about 1835; he farmed till his death, which occurred in 1848. The mother of our subject, Mary Davis Davenport, a native of Kentucky, died in this county, leaving seven children, viz., Thomas, Sarah J., William, Serena, Edmund, Lorenzo Dow (our subject), Martin, Lydia C. and Eliza; of whom Sarah J., Thomas and Edmund are de- ceased. Our subject went to school mostly in Jefferson County. In early life he farmed, and then learned the blacksmith trade, which he followed twenty-five years. In 1882, he formed a partnership with William Hunter, and engaged altogether in the lumber and agricultural implement business, having, pre- vious to that time, been engaged in various occupations. He was married twice. His first wife, Mary C. Estes, died October 27. 1873, leaving five children, viz., Minnie E., born January 11, 1863; Nellie T., born De- cember 16, 1866; Mary M., born June 8, 1869; Josie C., born November 2, 1870; Lydia C., born September 29, 1873. His second wife, Louisa S. (Bunnell) Davenport, born March 12, 1851, in Ohio, daughter of Jessie and Julia F. (Stratton) Bunnell. He was married to his second wife December 24, 1874. She is the mother of three children, viz., Jessie, deceased; Otis, born December 26, 1878, and Evaline, born March 11, 1881.
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Mr. Davenport is an A., F. & A. M. In pol- itics, he is a Republican
JOHN ESTES, farmer, P. O. Opdyke was born May 28, 1826, in Osage County, Mo., sun of John Estes, Sr., farmer, a native of Tennessee; he died in Missouri. His father was also called John Estes, and lived to be one hundred and one years old. The mother of our subject, Dicy Jordan, was a native of Tennessee. She died here, and was the mother of ten children, of whom only five are now living. Our subject was reared in this coun- ty, being brought here by his mother in 1828, and has been identified with the county most of the time. He was married, in Hamilton County, Ill. - where he also lived four years -to Caroline Irvin, born in Hamilton Coun- ty, daughter of Runyon and Harriet (Allen) Irvin, and is the mother of five children, viz. : William H., Sarah F., Runyon I., James W., Delbert J. Mr. and Mrs. Estes are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has a farm of eighty acres, and in politics is a Democrat. He is a member of the Opdyke Lodge, A., F. & A. M., No. 368.
JAMES W. ESTES, merchant, Opdyke, This gentleman is a descendant of one of our old settlers. He was born January 7, 1856, in Hamilton County, Ill., son of John Estes, a native of Missouri. The mother of our subject, Caroline Estes, is a native of Illi- nois, and the mother of five children. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Jefferson County, where he farmed in ear- ly life, and in 1874, he, in partnership with his brother, Runyon J., started a general store in Opdyke, continuing in it till 1882, when they started a hardware store. Our subject was joined in matrimony, March 24, 1880, in Opdyke, to Miss Rosie L. Jones, born June 22. 1857, in Indiana. She is a daughter of George D. Jones, deceased, and is the mother of two children. viz., Harry,
born January 20, 1881, and Otto, born Feb- ruary 8, 1883. Mr. Estes is identified with the Democratic party in politics.
JUDGE JARED FOSTER, Belle Rive, was born January 25, 1807, in Ontario Coun- ty, N. Y., son of Jonathan Foster, a native of Massachusetts. He was a farmer, and died in New York. His father. Jonathan Foster, Sr., was of English descent. The mother of our subject, Elizabeth (Wright) Foster, was a native of Massachusetts She died in New York. She was the mother of seven children, of whom two are now living, viz., Riley Foster, of Indianapolis, Ind., and our subject, who was educated in Indiana, study ing law with William A. Bullock, attorney at law. At the age of nineteen, he learned and followed the trade of millwright, mostly till he came to Jefferson County in 1861. Here he farmed principally, and yet owns almost four hundred acres of good land. He was a magistrate for many years in Indiana. In 1873, he was elected County Judge in Jeffer- son County, filling the office with tact and ability for four years. He is now principal- ly retired from active life, and enjoys the quiet of his comfortable country residence, as well as the esteem of all his fellow-men. He has been married four times. His first wife, Polly Branhan, was the mother of two children, now living, viz., Jonathan and Mary E. Marsh. His second wife, Jane Branhan, a sister to his first wife, was the mother of Lucy Cornelius. His third wife, Jane Sweet, was the mother of Eli Leavett. His present wife, Orpha Ann Denison, is a native of Hamilton County, Ohio. She is a daughter of Daniel and Orpha (Sweet) Den- ison. She is the mother of eight children. living, Denison, Clark and Cornelia W., de ceased; Alice Metz, Frank E., Emily Tucker, Nellie V., Barrett and Marcus C. Judge Foster and wife and five children are mem- D
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bers of the Christian Church. He is a Royal Arch Mason and also an I. O. O. F., in high standing in both orders. In politics, he has always been identified with the Republican party. Mr. Daniel Denison was a native of Connecticut, but reared in Vermont, and his wife, Orpha Sweet, was a native of Rhode Island.
GEORGE W. GARRISON, teacher, Belle Rive. We take great pleasure, in writing the history of Jefferson County, to record in the list of young, intelligent men, him whose name heads this sketch. He was born August 4, 1847, in Hamilton County, Ill., son of Jefferson Garrison, a native of Northwestern Virginia, of Scotch descent. IIe was a farm- er and merchant by occupation, a well-known and prominent man in that country. He came to Hamilton County in 1830, where he died in 1874. The mother of our subject was Francis Drew Garrison, a native'of North Carolina, but reared in Indiana. She was of English descent, and the mother of seven children, viz., Mastin E., deceased: Caleb, John, Thomas J., all farmers; George W., our subject; Elizabeth Buck and Sarah McColgan, now resident of the Indian Ter- ritory. Our subject was educated in Bloom . ington and Southern Illinois College, then located at Carbondale. After his school days were over, he commenced to teach school, and devoted all his time to his profession till 1878, when he opened a lumber and general agricultural honse in McLeansboro; contin- ued it till the fall of 1880, when he became Principal of the MeLeansboro School, with six assistant teachers. In February, 1882, he came to Belle Rive, where he took charge of the schools, and is yet its Principal. Our subject was joined in matrimony, October 2, 1872, in McLeansboro. Ill., to Miss Letha E. Baily, daughter of Gephart and Elizabeth (White) Baily, he a native of Baden, Ger-
many, she a native of Kentucky. Mrs. Letha E. Garrison was born December 26, 1851, in Hamilton County, Ill. She is the mother of one little boy-Chalon, born March 18,1882. Mr. and Mrs. Garrison are members of the Christian Church. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Belle Rive Lodge, No. 696, and also an I. O. O. F., McLeansboro Lodge, No. 191. In politics, he is identined with the Democratic party.
S. F. GRIMES, merchant, Belle Rive, born January 26, 1838, in Gibson County, Ind., son of William H. Grimes, born 1801, a native of Frankfort, Ky. He diel February 21, 1863, in Wayne County, Ill. He was a house car- penter by occupation, coming to Wayne Coun- ty in 1850, and his father, Steven Grimes, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, the Florida war and the Black Hawk war. He was fam ous as an Indian fighter, and was scalped and tomahawked, but survived, although he lost his eyesight. He died at a ripe old age near McLeansboro, Ill. The mother of our sub. ject, who was a native of Lexington, Ky., was born 1811; she died 1872, in Wayne County, Ill. She was the mother of eleven children, of whom five are now liv. ing, viz., Mary A. Jewell, Martha Millner, Steven F. (our subject), William W. and Robert O. Our subject was educated in different counties in Illinois and Indiana. He farmed in early life; worked at the print- er's trade one year; then studied medicine three years, and then, September 15, 1861, he enlisted as private in the Forty- eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company I; was commissioned as Second Lieutenant, and after the battle of Shiloh was promoted to First Lieutenant; he was wounded, and after his recovery was promoted to Captain of Com- pany A, serving in that capacity till after the battle of Ft. McAllister, where he was wound ed a second time; and finally, at Savannah,
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