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ADOLPH BRUCKER, son of Francis Brucker ; was born in Alzey, Germany,
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July 21, 1836, and came to this country with his brother. Simon S., in 1853, and to Pontiac in 1857 ; he has always been engaged in the dry goods trade, and now has charge of the business in Pontiac. He was married Jan. 11, 1864, to Miss Bertha Rosenhoupt, of Peru. Ill., and has four children-Bella, Julia, Blanche and Albert.
MARTIN I. BROWER, attorney at law ; is a native of Ashtabula Co., Ohio; he was born on the 21st of March, 1847; in 1862, he came with his father's family to Livingston Co., settling on a farm in Esmen Tp. ; his father, Arlineus Brower, now resides in Pontiac, to which place he removed in 1875; Mr. Brower was edu- cated at Lombard University, Galesburg, Ill., from which institution he graduated in June, 1871; he began the study of the law in the office of Judge L. E. Pay- son, in Pontiac, in May, 1872; was admit- ted to the bar in September, 1874, and at once entered upon the practice of his pro- fession. He was elected City Attorney in April, 1875, serving one year, and is at present Justice of the Peace, to which office he was elected in May, 1877.
W. W. BERRY, dealer in wines and liquors, Pontiac; was born in the county of Cork, Ireland, in 1830; he was edu- cated in the national schools, and at the age of 20 years he went to Wales, and was employed in an iron manufactory until April, 1853, when he came to the United States ; after spending one year in New York City, he settled in Joliet, Will Co., Ill., where he followed various kinds of. busi- ness until 1863 ; he spent three years of this time in attending the Academy there ; he hauled the first load of stone for the Illinois State Penitentiary in that city; ın 1863, he removed to Chicago, and in 1865, to Pontiac, where he has resided ever since. He was elected the first Street Commissioner of Pontiac under the city organization, holding the office three years, during which time he was Assistant City Marshal. He was foreman of the Pontiac Coal Mine, and broke the first ground in the sinking of the shaft in 1867. He was married Oct. 17, 1859, to Miss Cathe- rine Hand, and has three children living- Daniel J., Charles J .. and Elizabeth A.
MRS. MARY O. BABCOCK, farming and stock raising; P. O. Pontiac; was born in Farmington, Maine, April 11, 1834;
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she was educated at Farmington Academy ; in 1862, she came to Livingston Co. and engaged in teaching. She was married on the 29th of December, 1862, to the late Joseph S. Babcock, who was born in Prattsburg, Steuben Co., N. Y., June 26, 1831. In 1850, at the age of 19 years, he entered Lima College, where he gradu- ated in 1854 ; after completing his col- lege course, he came West, and invested quite largely in land in Livingston Co .; returning East, he engaged in merchan- dising in New York City, where he remained until the Fall of 1860; he then removed his stock of goods to Pontiac, and came to Livingston Co. to reside ; after following the dry goods business for two years in Pontiac, he sold out and engaged in farming; he had been very successful as a merchant, and, after moving upon his farm, dealt quite extensively in stock ; he died July 6, 1869, leaving two children-Mary H. and Joseph S. Mrs. Babcock resides on her farm near Pontiac, where she owns 532 acres of land, valued at $30,000; she still continues in the stock business, and during the past two years has devoted a great deal of attention to fine stock ; she has erected three tenant houses on her land, and keeps a hundred head of cattle and large numbers of horses, etc.
A. L. BABCOCK, dealer in groceries, crockery, etc., Pontiac; was born in Al- bany County, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1851 ; in 1856, his father, W. C. Babcock, removed with his family to Livingston Co. and located at Pontiac, where he followed farming for about four years, and then en- gaged in the hardware business for a num- ber of years, and finally for about seven years previous to his death he was engaged in the grain and stock business ; he died Feb. 14, 1876; Mr. Babcock's mother still resides in Pontiac ; the family con- sists of three children-Albert L. and two sisters, Emma and Sadie. Mr. Babcock was educated in the public schools of Pon- tiac, and at the age of 21 engaged in the grocery trade, which he still continues. He was married Sept. 12, 1877, to Miss Nettie Packer, of Pontiac, who was born in the State of New York Jan. 20, 1854.
L. R. BANCROFT, horticulturist, Sec. 24; P. O. Pontiac ; is a native of Wayne Co. N. Y. ; he was born on the 6th day of
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May, 1814; when he was 16 years old, he was apprenticed to the tailor business, which he followed until he was about 25 years old, when he engaged in the clothing trade ; he followed that about twelve years ; his health failing, he engaged in farming and dealing in grain, stock and country pro- duce ; he came to Livingston Co. in 1861, and purchased ten acres of land in the timber, about a mile and a half east of Pon- tiae, which he cleared and set to fruit, and now has twenty acres, eight of which are under cultivation ; he raises every variety of fruit which is susceptible of cultivation in this latitude, making a specialty of small fruits and plants ; he has a fine orchard of some six hundred apple and three hun- dred cherry trees ; he sold in 1877, a hun- dred and sixty bushels of strawberries. He was married in Sept., 1838, to Miss Jane Wanzer, of Dutchess Co., N. Y., who died in May, 1857, leaving one child- Mary, now Mrs. Henry C. Jones, of Dallas, Texas. Mr. Bancroft was married again in March, 1859, to Miss Sarah H. Green of Montgomery Co., N. Y., and has two children -- James L. and Edna.
CALDWELL & SMITH, druggists, Pontiac ; dealers in drugs, medicines, books, stationery, etc., northwest corner of public square. J. A. Caldwell was born in Kanawha Co., W. Va., March 22, 1831; he has followed the drug business since he was 15 years of age; came to Pon- tiac in 1865, and established his present business, which he has followed constantly to the present time. J. W. Smith was born in Brown Co., Ohio, Oct. 17, 1832; came to Pontiac in 1858, and taught two years in the public schools, and was elected County Superintendent of Schools in 1861; he resigned the office in 1862, and enlisted in the 129th I. V. I .; was elected Second Lieut. of Co. A, and afterward promoted to First Lieut. ; was wounded at the battle of Resaca, Ga .. May 15, 1864. Returning, he spent one year in the grocery business ; en- tered the Ill. State Normal University in
1866,and graduated in 1870; taught one year of this time as Principal of the Fairbury schools ; after graduating, he taught four years as Principal of the public schools in Pontiac, and then spent a year in Califor- nia, returning in 1875 ; after teaching one year in Odell, he entered into partnership with Mr. Caldwell in the above business.
These gentleman have one of the finest stores in the county, and keep a full stock of all goods in their line.
JOSEPH F. CULVER, banker and attorney at law, Pontiac ; was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., Nov. 3, 1834; he attended the common schools until he was 14 years of age, and then spent two years in an academy ; he entered Dickin- son College, Carlisle, Penn., where he re- mained four years and a half; leaving school, he worked on the farm during the summer for two years, spending the winter months in the study of law; he after- ward removed to Ohio and spent two winters as Principal in a Normal school ; he came to Pontiac in 1859, and entered the office of the County Clerk as Deputy, continuing his legal studies at the same time. At the breaking out of the war, he entered the 129th I. V. I., as First Lieut. of Co. A, and was afterward promoted to the rank of Captain, and served until the close of the war, participating in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged. He was admitted to the bar April 28, 1866, and in the Fall of 1865, was elected Judge of the County Court, serving four years ; since which time he has been engaged in loan, real estate, insurance and banking business, and in the practice of law ; he is a Trustee of the State Reform School, of which institution he is also Chaplain ; he was President of the State Sunday School Association in 1873-74.
THOMAS CLELAND, retired, Pon- tiac ; was born near Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1814; when about 6 years old, he removed with his parents to Chautauqua Co. ; at the age of 14 years, he left home and started for himself, learning the black- smith's trade and working a year and a half in an axe factory ; his business has always been that of a blacksmith ; he re- moved to Erie Co., Penn., thence to Geauga Co., Ohio, thence to Cuyahoga Co. Here he was married Nov. 22, 1837. to Miss Mary A. Duncan ; she was born in Butler Co., Penn., Oct. 17, 1817 ; they have had six children, four of whom are living- Clara, now Mrs. J. G. Cheesebro, of Saune- min ; William H., Walter M. and Thomas O. From Ohio he moved to Mercer Co., Penn., and three years later, to Allen Co., Ohio ; in 1847, he came to Kendall Co., Ill. ; in 1850, he went California, leaving
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his family in Kendall Co .; returning in 1852, be removed with his family to Pon- tiac, and has been a resident of Livingston Co. ever since.
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WM. T. CRAWFORD, dealer in live stock and proprietor City Meat Market ; Pontiac; was born in the city of New York, on the 13th of October, 1832; at the age of about 6 years, he came, with his parents, to Harrison Co., Ohio; he was raised on the farm, and lived there until October, 1854; when he went to Scott Co., Iowa, and spent one year, returning to Ohio in 1855. He was mar- ried Feb. 14, 1856, to Miss Sarah C. Johnson, of Harrison Co., Ohio; they have six children-Elizabeth, George, El- mer E., Addie, William and Maud. In April, 1856, he removed to McLean Co., and, after three years, removed to Taze- well Co ; he followed farming there about four years, and then returned to McLean Co .; two years later, he settled in Bloom- ington, where he resided until his removal to Pontiac, in 1875. He is a man of the strictest total abstinence principles, and, although he has been engaged for the last fifteen years in buying and shipping stock in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas, exposed in all kinds of weather, and associating, often, with men of intem- perate habits, he has never bought nor drank a glass of intoxicating liquor in his life, never used tea nor coffee, nor smoked a cigar ; has never played a game of billiards and does not know one card from another, and yet he belongs to no church, temper- ance society nor order of any kind.
F. M. CAMPBELL, farmer, stock raiser and stock dealer, Sec. 9 ; P. O. Pon- tiac; is a native of Livingston County ; born in Pontiac Township, on the 16th of March, 1841 ; he is a son of James and Sarah (Graham) Campbell, who were among the earliest settlers of the county, coming from Ohio; his father died when Francis M. was but 2 years old, leaving five children, of whom Francis M. was next to the youngest. Mr. Campbell set- tled on his present farm in 1871, and owns 200 acres of land finely improved, with good buildings and valued at $10,000.
MARTIN DOLDE, manufacturer of wagons and carriages, Pontiac ; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Dec. 9, 1835 ; he learned his trade in his native country ;
came to the United States when he was 16 years of age, and after spending about four years in Ottawa, Ill., came to Pontiac in 1856, and engaged in his present business. He was married July 9, 1855, to Miss Mary Wagner, of Ottawa, Ill .; she was born in Bavaria, Germany, Oct. 28, 1836 ; they have eight children-Florinda L., now Mrs. John F. Cook, of Pontiac; Al- bert, Mary, Rosa, Gertie, Maud, Martin and Minnie. Mr. Dolde has also a wagon manufactory at Ottawa, under the charge of his son, Albert. He has served several times on the Board of Trustees and Board of Aldermen, having been one of the first Aldermen under the city organization ; he is President of the Board of Education, of which he has been a member for the past four years ; in 1875, he was the Repub- lican candidate for County Treasurer, and came within thirty-four votes of an eletion.
ISAAC T. DOWNING, furniture and undertaking, Pontiac; was born in Mi- nerva, Mason Connty, Ky., Aug. 5, 1837 ; when about 5 years of age, he went with his parents to Adams Co., near Winchester, where the family resided about ten years, and then removed to Bentonville, in the same county. There he was married June 30, 1860, to Miss Amanda J. Leedom, who was born in Adams Co., Ohio, Aug. 8, 1835 ; they have one child-Cora Dell. He engaged in mercantile business in Bentonville and continued in it until the beginning of the war, when he went with Todd's scouts, 4th Independent Bat- talion, as sutler, and afterward returned and enlisted in Co. H, 173d Ohio Vols., and served till the close of the war. Re- turning in 1865, he engaged in the whole- sale notion business through Adams and adjoining connties, and after two years came to Livingston Co. ; followed farming in Rook's Creek Tp. about three years, and then removed to Pontiac ; he spent the first year as clerk in the hardware store of W. S. Lacey, and then engaged in the clothing business, which he carried on successfully for five years. In September, 1877, he exchanged his interest in the clothing business for the furniture business in which he is now engaged. He was elected a member of the Board of Alder- men in April, 1876, serving two years.
J. E. DYE, grain and coal, Pontiac ; was born in Miami County, Ohio, Feb-
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ruary 20, 1820. He followed merchan- dising there until 1849, when he removed to Tippecanoe Co., Ind., continuing in trade there until his removal to Livingston Co., in 1856; here he opened a general store, and also engaged in the grain and lumber business ; in 1860, he disposed of his business and began dealing in stock ; in 1863, he was elected Sheriff of the county, and served as such two years. He con- tinued in the stock business until 1868, when he resumed the grain business, which he has followed ever since, with the exception of about a year and a half, dur- ing which time he superintended the Pon- tiac Woolen Mill. for Messrs. Duff & Cowan. He was married in September, 1844, to Miss Sarah Ivers, of Miami Co., Ohio; she died in 1846, leaving one child-Deborah Virginia. He was mar- ried again in 1854 to Mrs. Mary Jackson, of Dayton, Ohio, who died in 1855. In February, 1857, he was married to Miss M. A. Watson, of Jasper Co., Ind. They have three children-Carrie L., Sarah E., and Mary J Mr. Dye has served three terms as member of the City Council of Pontiac.
SAMUEL DENSLOW, of the firm of E. Reilly & Co., proprietors of the Pontiac Steam Mill, Pontiac; was born in Rich- mond, Me., October 7, 180S. He was engaged in mercantile business until his removal to Illinois. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for nineteen years. He was married in 1831 to Miss Mary A. Jeck, of Litchfield, Me .; she died in September, 1874; they had three children -Henry M., who was born May 28, 1834, became a prominent business man of his native town, and died in January, 1876; William F., now engaged in busi- ness with his father in Pontiac, born Dec. 28, 1842; and Clara M., who became the wife of James Stout, of Pontiac, and died June 13, 1866.
WM. F. DENSLOW was born in Richmond, Me., Dee. 8, 1838; he was educated at the Litchfield Liberal Insti- tute, and in 1858 came to Illinois and joined his father, who had removed west the year before, to La Salle County, where they resided until 1860. , The family then removed to Saunemin Tp., Liv- ingston County, and settled on a farm, re- maining until 1866. when they removed to
Pontiac. Mr. Denslow was engaged in running the Pontiac Sentinel one year, and in 1868 he and his father purchased a farm of 240 acres near the city, which they carried on until May, 1876; in January, 1878, they became partners in the firm of E. Reilly & Co. Mr. Denslow was married Nov. 14, 1872, to Miss Re- becea R. Gore, daughter of Wm. Gore, of Pontiac, and has one child-Carl.
D. C. EYLAR, Pontiac; Assistant Cashier Livingston Co. National Bank ; was born in Adams Co., Ohio, Sept. 26, 1846 ; at the age of 9 years, he came with his parents to Livingston Co .; his father, A. A. Eylar, still resides about a mile and a half south of Pontiac ; Mr. Eylar was edu- eated in the public schools of Pontiac, and in 1866 attended the Bryant & Stratton Business College, Chicago, completing his course in Peoria in 1867 ; he then entered the office of the County Clerk. as Deputy, un ler R. B. Harrington, remaining about two years, when he entered the office of Duff & Cowan ; on the organization of the Livingston County National Bank in 1871, he was elected to his present position.
JOHN W. EAGLE, farmer ; P. O. Pon- tiae; was born in Gallia Co., Ohio, Dec. 20, 1819, where he resided until 1850, and then removed to Meigs Co., Ohio, where he followed merchandising successfully up to 1856 ; he then came to Livingston Co., and purchased 640 acres of land, having visited the county the year before, and bought 80 aeres, and engaged in raising fall wheat ; the season of 1857 was so wet that he lost 300 aeres of wheat, and the next year 500 acres from the same cause ; this, added to a loss of some $5,000 in Ohio, so embarrassed him that he sold off all but eighty acres, and went to Pike's Peak, where he succeeded in locating two rich elaiins, which, however, were illegally taken from him by the Kansas border ruf- fians, who held sway there for some time ; returning at the end of three years, he spent the time from 1861 to 1865 in farm- ing and earpentering. He was then ap- pointed City Marshal, and held that posi- tion three years ; during two years of this time he served as Deputy Sheriff, under James H. Gaff. In 1868, he again engaged in farming, which he has followed to the present time. He was married Oct. 25, 1843, to Miss Jeannette Womeldorff, of
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Gallia Co., Ohio ; they have two children living-Mary E. (now Mrs. Charles L. Bigelow, of Pontiae) and Fannie L .; one child, George W., died in 1860.
RICHARD EVANS, farmer ; P. O. Pon- tiae ; was born in New Town, Montgomery- shire, North Wales, Dec. 3, 1811 ; he was raised to the business of a woolen manufac- turer, his father being engaged in that busi- ness ; he came to the United States in 1831, and settled in Fairfield Co., Conn., and car- ried on the manufacture of woolen goods about seven years in that county, and ten years in New Haven Co. In 1834, he revisit- ed his native country and was there married, Jan. 23, 1835, to Miss Esther Jones, of Montgomeryshire ; she was born July 10, 1810; they have had seven children, three of whom are living-Jane (now Mrs. C. W. Osborn of. Pontiac), Mary L. (now wife of Alfred Dann of Owego Tp.), and Esther S .; one son, Richard, was a member of Co. D, 20th Ill. Vols., and died in Feb., 1862, from disease contracted in the service of country. Mr. Evans removed to Ohio in 1848, and in 1854 to Livingston Co .; he resides in the city, but owns a farmi of 80 acres on Sec. 13, which he is engaged in cultivating. He was Township Trustee and Commissioner of Highways in Owego Tp., and has served several terms as Commis- sioner of Highways in Pontiac.
JOHN EGAN, Constable of Pontiac Tp., was born in Kings Co., Ireland, in 1823 ; he received a liberal education in the national schools of the city of Dublin ; he engaged in teaching for a number of years in Ireland, and in 1854 came to the United States, and settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where he resided some ten years, being the confidential elerk of the Northern Trans- portation Company for about six years ; he removed to Pontiac, in May, 1863, where he has resided ever since. In 1873, he was elected Constable of Pontiac Tp., which office he still holds ; he also served as City and Township Collector, in 1875 and 1876. He was married Jan. 22, 1864, to Miss Eliza Breen, of the Province of Ontario ; they have four children living -Thomas J., Margaret E., Mary E. and Eliza F .; one child, Martin E., died in 1874.
COL. J. G. FORD, Proprietor of Liv- ingston County Democrat, Pontiac; was born in Caldwell County, Ky., in 1831;
at the age of 12 years he left home and went to Owensboro, Ky., arriv- ing on foot in the town which was after- ward his home for thirty-three years ; hav- ing a natural taste for journalism, he learned the printing business, and in 1856 estab- lished the Southern Shield, the oldest newspaper in Southern Kentucky, which he continued up to July, 1876. We ex- tract the following from an article in the Illustrated Historical Atlas of Daviess County, Ky., published in 1875: "Ford's Southern Shield, one of the most widely circulated and influential papers of the Green River country, was established in 1856, by its present editor and proprietor, Joshua G. Ford. The claim is made for it, that it is the oldest paper in Southern Kentucky, and under the control of its editor, Col. Ford, it has been thoroughly identified with the interests of this section of the State during the score of years of its existence. Its columns have been filled with interesting reading matter, and the conduet of the paper has been marked by a freedom in the discussion of various top- ies which has made it a live newspaper in every sense of that term. The editor has not hesitated to express his own opinions fearlessly on the issues of the day, and while the local department has been main- tained in a peculiarly spicy and attractive manner, questions of State and National bearing have not been passed over in silence. It has been Democratie, of course, in politics; but, at the same time, has pre- served an independence which has done much to add to its influence." On the 22d of December, 1857, he was married to Miss Eliza Imbler, of Owensboro; they have five children-Clinton G., Charlie W., Daisy B., Frank W. and Josh. G. In 1875, Col. Ford was elected to the Kentucky Legislature from Daviess Coun- ty, receiving the unprecedented majority of 1,100 votes. In September, 1876, he removed to Marshall Co., Ill., and estab- lished Ford's Marshall County Democrat, which he published successfully until June, 1878, when he came to Pontiac and estab- lished Ford's Livingston County Democrat, which is now being conducted by him with success.
RICHARD D. FOLKS, carpenter and builder, Pontiac; was born in New York City, Oct. 25, 1835; when he was about
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17 years of age, he learned the trade of piano maker, at which he worked until he was 20 years old; he then engaged in car- pentering and stair building; came to Chi- cago in 1856, and in 1858 removed to Pontiac, since which time he has resided here, engaged in his business as a carpenter and builder; he was the contractor and builder of the second Phoenix Hotel, the Presbyterian Church, and other prominent buildings ; he also superintended the build- ing of the Methodist Church. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. G, 129th I. V. I., was promoted in September to Orderly Sergeant, and served until the close of the war; he was in every battle in which his regiment was engaged. He was married April 25, 1860, to Miss Elmira Wallen, of Pontiac, and has three children-Carrie E .. John E. and Maud.
WM. B. FYFE, attorney at law, Pon- tiae ; was born in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 19, 1822; he was raised to the mer- cantile business, and in 1844 came to Can- ada as the employe of a wholesale dry goods house in Hamilton, Ontario, remain- ing until 1849, when he came to Ottawa, Ill., and engaged in the dry goods trade in company with another employe of the Hamilton house. He was always a staunch Abolitionist ; was associated with Owen Lovejoy, James H. Collins, Ichabod Cod- ding, Chauncey Cook, Otis Richardson, John Hossack, Rev. H. H. Hinman and others in the early days of the anti-slavery movement, and while in Ottawa kept one of the depots of the Underground Rail- road. He came to Livingston County in 1856, and followed merchandising two years at New Michigan, and then went to farming ; in 1862, he removed to Pontiac and entered the law office of E. A. Hard- ing. In the Fall of the same year, he en- listed in the 129th I. V. I., Co. G, and was with Sherman on his march "from Atlanta to the Sea." On his return, he wasappointed Deputy County Treasurer and Co. Land Commissioner, and in 1867 was elected County Treasurer, serving two years, since which time he has been en- gaged in the practice of law, to which he was admitted in 1867. He was married Aug. 29, 1850, to Miss Mary M. Stark, of Glasgow, Scotland ; they have seven chil- dren living-Maggie E. (now Mrs. E. Miles of Chicago), Mary E., Alice, Hattie
B., Jessie M., William B. and Ormiston B .; one daughter, Julia, died in 1863.
JOHN A. FELLOWS, abstract and loan agent, Pontiac; was born in Tomp- kins Co., N. Y., Oct. 14, 1831 ; when he was 12 years of age, his parents removed to Walworth Co., Wis .; after their death he came to Livingston Co., to reside with his unele, Isaac Burgit, one of the early settlers of Avoca Tp .; after one year, he came to Pontiac and remained about two years, and then returned to Wisconsin ; two years later, he came again to Pontiac, which place has been his permanent home ever since ; up to the breaking out of the war he was engaged in elerking. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. G, 129th I. V. I., and served until the close of the war. On his return he was appointed Postmaster, and entered the drug business with James A. Caldwell, which he continued about thir- teen months, and then engaged in the agri- cultural implement business ; he was ap- pointed Deputy Circuit Clerk Jan. 1, 1869, and at the end of four years was elected Circuit Clerk. During his term of office, he formed a partnership with R. Olney, Esq., in the abstract business, which still continues. He was married April 10, 1862, to Miss Lueinda H. Hollingsworth, of Pontiac ; she was born in Ohio, in Oct., 1831.
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