Biographical and historical record of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana : Containing portraits of all the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with accompanying biographies of each : a condensed history of the state of Indiana : portraits and biographies of some of the prominent men of the state : engravings of prominent citizens in Adams and Wells counties, with personal histories of many of the leading families, and a concise history of the counties and their cities and villages, pt. 2, Part 24

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Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 948


USA > Indiana > Adams County > Biographical and historical record of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana : Containing portraits of all the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with accompanying biographies of each : a condensed history of the state of Indiana : portraits and biographies of some of the prominent men of the state : engravings of prominent citizens in Adams and Wells counties, with personal histories of many of the leading families, and a concise history of the counties and their cities and villages, pt. 2 > Part 24
USA > Indiana > Wells County > Biographical and historical record of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana : Containing portraits of all the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with accompanying biographies of each : a condensed history of the state of Indiana : portraits and biographies of some of the prominent men of the state : engravings of prominent citizens in Adams and Wells counties, with personal histories of many of the leading families, and a concise history of the counties and their cities and villages, pt. 2 > Part 24


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listed in the defense of his country in the early part of the war, and was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, a member of Com- pany G, Twelfth Indiana Infantry. After serving seven months he was honorably dis- charged in May, 1862. Ile again enlisted in October, 1864, in Company B, Fifty-third Indiana Infantry, serving in the Seventeenth Corps, which he joined at Chattanooga. His corps marched with Sherman to the sea, and Mr. Weaver was in line at the grand review of Sherman's army at Washington City. He was discharged at Lonisville, Kentucky, July 21, 1865, when he returned to his home in Lancaster Township. In politics Mr. Weaver affiliates with the Republican party, but in this as well as religion and in all things he is a liberal minded intelligent citizen. Hle has been one of the most active men in Lancaster township in pushing forward pub- lie improvements, and the fine graveled turn- pike from Bluffton to Murray was built largely through his efforts and personal influ- enee. Ilis father, Lewis Weaver, was born in Franklin County, Virginia, in 1509, and was reared to manhood in his native State. When twenty-three years of age he in com- pany with his brother David came to Indiana and made his home in the then wilderness of Wayne County. He was married in that county to Miss Mary Howell, who died in 1843, leaving three children -- Branson, our subject; Elizabeth, married to George Lind- sey, by whom she had three children, Mary, Clara and Lewis W., and died in Lancaster Township, October 22, 1874; John R., the youngest, was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in August, 1862, in Company B, One Hundred and First Indiana Infantry and died while in the service of his country. The father was married the second time to Miss Naney Galyean, and to this union were born two children -Thomas, who


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died in Lancaster Township aged twenty- three years, and Jacob L., who died at the age of fifteen years. The father died in No- vember, 1876. He was a man of sterling worth, and was much respected as a neighbor and citizen. His widow survived him several years, dying in December, 1884.


- EORGE ARNOLD, son of William and Elizabeth (Townsend) Arnold, was born September 28, 1818. Ilis parents came from Newberry District, South Carolina, and settled on Caesar's Creek, Warren County, Ohio, whence they removed to Greenfield, Ohio, in 1816, where the subject of this sketch was born. William Arnold was a well-to-do farmer, became wealthy, served as county commissioner, and was a man highly respected by his neighbors. George was reared on his father's farm, and received a good common-school education, including some of the higher branches, and became a good practical surveyor, and taught school for several years in Darke and Miami coun- ties, Ohio, and in Whitley County, Indiana. Ile was married November 10, 1840, in Greenville, Ohio, to Miss Ann Maria Wetty, by whom he had three children - Henry Clay, Sarah L. and Charles A. now living. In 1543'he removed on a farm in the then wilds of Whitley County, where the settlers were few and far between. The Indians were numerous, and could be seen daily. They were the sole occupants of much of the then unsettled land. He remained on his farm on Eel River, dividing his time between sur- veying and cultivating the soil. lle was county surveyor for three years, receiving his commission from Governor Whitcomb. In 1848 he became tired of farming and re- moved to Columbia City, the county seat,


and engaged as a clerk in the store of Henry Swihart, where he remained over a year. While here he was solicited to run as a eandi- date for county auditor on the Whig ticket, but was defeated by ten votes, having run thirty-two votes ahead of his party tieket. IJe had reason afterward to be thankful for his defeat, as it would have changed his whole after-life, which might not have re- sulted as successfully in business matters, as has been the case as it is. In 1849 he bought ont Mr. Swihart and continued the dry goods trade and pork packing for a number of years, till 1856, when he removed to Bluff. ton and bought ont John Stndabaker, who had for twenty years done a large and success- ful business. Ile continued in this business with slight intervals for nearly twenty years, being succeeded by his son, Henry C., who has since done a large and successful busi- ness. It is some gratification to know that in all these years of business life neither himself nor son have ever suspended or made an assignment. In 1870 he was the Re- publican nominee for the State Senate, run- ning ahead of his ticket, but the district being Democratie, he was defeated. In 1872 he was an aspirant for nomination as Seere- tary of State before the Republican State Convention, and was the second on the list of four candidates, but was defeated. In 1877 Mr. Arnold was appointed a delegate to the National Republican Convention by the Indiana Republican State Convention, where he attended and was a participant of the ex- citing seenes in that body, resulting in the nomination of R. B. Hayes for President, giving his support for Morton as long as there was hope for him; but when that hope died he went over to Hayes. This was a time of the most intense excitement. In 1872, in his absence, he was appointed a lay dele- gate to the Annual Conference of the Meth-


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odist Episcopal church at Muncie. In 1578 he bought ont the Bluffton Chronicle, and has ever since been its editor and proprietor. Ile has greatly enlarged and improved it and widely increased its circulation, so that it is now equal, if not superior, to any paper in the county in its eireulation and general in- fluence. It might be called the organ of the Republican party, as its aim is to defend that party, as being the saviour of the country, and devoted to its redemption from Demo- cratie misrule. On January 13, 1880, Mr. Arnold was appointed, by President Hayes, postmaster of Bluffton, which position he held over four years, retaining a nominal control over the Chronicle, which during that time was edited by his son Charles, who has been connected with the paper for some nine years. Mr. Arnold is a publie-spirited man, always working for the good of the city and county; is a man of high integrity and fair ability, intelligent, courteous, amiable and of pleasing manners and fine personal presence.


R. C. T. MELSHEIMER, a practicing physician of Bluffton, Wells County, with whose interests he has been promi- nently identified since the spring of 18-14, was born in Hanover, York County, Penn- sylvania, the date of his birth being Septem- ber 29, 1819. In his youth he received excellent educational advantages, attending school at Gettysburg and Ashland, Ohio, and the Chicago Medical College. Ile was nnited in marriage March 29, 1845, to Miss Susan Ann Dwire, a daughter of Rev. William Dwire, of the Methodist Episcopal church of Ashland, Ohio. To this union were born six children, five sons and one daughter, of whom two sons and the daugh- ter survived the death of the mother, which


occurred August 3, 1878. Dr. Melsheimer was again united in marriage, to Mrs. Mar- tha Cartwright, his present wife, December 9, 1580. As before stated, the doctor set- tled at Bluffton in the spring of 1844, and since that time has been actively engaged in the practice of his chosen profession, build- ing up a large and Inerative practice. In practice he is not only progressive, but strictly conservative. In August, 1862, Dr. Melsheimer was commissioned by Governor O. P. Morton, of Indiana, First Assistant Sur- geon of the One Hundred and First Indiana Infantry, which position he filled until tail- ing health compelled him to resign. In July, 1885, he received the appointment as a mem- ber of the Board of Pension Examiners for the Eleventh Congressional District of the State of Indiana. In politics the doctor af- filiates with the Republican party. In relig- ion he is a firm believer in the fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man, and in the final salvation of every son and daughter of Adam. In 1850 Dr. Melsheimer united with the Odd Fellows order at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was a member of Harmony Lodge until October 6, 1552, when he united with the Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 114, of Bluffton, in which lodge he still retains his membership.


HIANUEL McINTIRE, an enterprising agrieulturist of Jackson Township, en- gaged in farming and stock-raising on section 34, was born in Jackson Township, Wells County, Indiana, April 1, 1855, a son of Dick and Mary MeIntire. He was reared in his native county, his youth being spent in assisting his father on the farm and in at- tending the common schools. He made his home with his parents until his marriage,


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which occurred March 1, 1879. His wife's maiden name was Olive C. Kilander, who was al-o a native of JJackson Township, Wells County, her parents, Perry and Sarah J. (Martin) Kilander, being yet residents of Jackson Township. When Mr. Melntire was married his father gave him 200 acres of land, and he and his wife began housekeeping in a one-roomed log cabin which stood on part of this land. Since then he hascleared about sixty- five acres, and has now 120 acres cleared and improved, he having put about 1.000 rods of tiling on his land. He built a fine, substantial barn in 1551, and in 1883 erected his present handsome residence at a cost of about $3,000. Mr. MeIntire is a young man of publie spirit, and has done much toward the progress and advancement of Jackson Township since starting out in life for himself, and is well respected by all who know him.


ABRAHAM J. CLARK, of Ossian, was born in Greeneastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1818. Ilis father, Walter B. Clark, was born in Frederick, Maryland, and his mother, Margaret (De Groff) Clark, was a native of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. They were married in Penn- sylvania, and settled in Greeneastle in 1811. Six children were born in that State. The names of the children are-John B., Amelia, Abraham J., Jeremiah, Catherine and Wash- ington. In 1833 the family came to Wayne County, Ohio, and settled near Doylestown. A location was made in Medina County in 1841, and the eleven years spent in that county was the severest struggle for existence the family ever experienced. Abraham and his brother Jeremiah bought 100 aeres of land, divided it equally, and began the prob- lem of carving out their destinies. Rough


fare, rongher clothing and innumerable hard- ships daunted them not, but years of toil brought a fitting reward. Five years later Abraham sold his land, purchased 100 acres, and made another beginning. A small clear- ing had been made and a small cabin was built. Having claims upon 200 acres, and having built three good log houses, in 1852 he decided to sell and emigrate to Indiana. The change was made, and his ready cash purchased a niee tract of land. During the winter of 1852 the death of the mother occurred, and after the children came to this county the father also removed here, and died February 22, 1860. Three of the brothers are living; Washington resides in Wiseon- sin, and Jeremiah and Abraham in Ossian. The marriage of the latter to Catherine Rasor, in Medina County, Ohio, occurred November 6, 1841, George Miller, Esq., per- forming the ceremony. The Rasors were natives of Westinoreland County, Pennsyl- vania, and were the first couple married in Wadsworth Township, Medina County, Ohio. They reared a large family of children, and remained in that county during their life- time, their last days being spent in the vil- lage of Wadsworth. In November, 1852, our subjeet with his wife and children came to Wells County, loeating in the woods of Jefferson Township. Hle purchased 240 acres of choice timber land on which not a stroke of the ax had been made. The first log honse was built in the spring of 1853, into which the family moved in the spring of that year; it is still standing. The eldest son, George, just developing into manhood, died June 3, 1864, and although only nineteen years of age, he was accepted hy the Government and enlisted in defense of his country's flag, be- coming a member of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Indiana Infantry. The pride of his father and joy of his mother went forth


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to do battle, but disease eut short his youth- ful vigor, and he died at Nashville, Tennes- see, in less than a year from the time of his enlistment. Ilis remains repose in the eeme- tery at Ossian. James, the third child, is the only one of the four children that is living. Ile resides on a part of the old homestead first purchased by the father in Indiana. Ile became the husband of Eliza Baughman March 3, 1870, and they are the parents of three children-William J., Charles E. and Mary E. The two daughters reached maturity. The eldest, Margaret, became the wife of John Il. Ferguson April 26, 1866. They had three children-Jennie E., Albert B. and Marion J. John Ferguson was also a hero of the late war, being a member of the Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry. Ilis wife died in the spring of 1585. Mary J., the fourth child, married Lewis Caston in Sep- tember, 1875. She also had three children -Judson B., Maggie M. and James J. The death of Mrs. Caston occurred August 20, 1882. In that year Mr. Clark erected a neat cottage in Ossian, where they have sinee re- sided. These pioneers, who have braved the summers' sun and the storms of many win- ters, have gained a competence; and yet they find consolation in the joy of the love and companionship of each other and their numer- ous grandchildren, in the veins of whom flows the blood of an ancestry which has never been sullied with dishonor. This sketch gives a brief history of one of Ossian's best families. Walter B. Clark, the father of our subjeet, was a soldier of the war of 1812, under the command of Major Wood. Ile was present at the battle of Baltimore, and passed through the remainder of that cam- paign. The history of Walter Clark was that which usually follows upon one used to an agricultural calling, although in earlier years he was a mechanic and worked at his


trade in the manufacture of saddle-trees. Of the De Groff family but little can be learned. Walter's wife was the daughter of a gentle- man who was a native of Poland, but his relatives do not remember his name. One of his sons, Abraham De Groff, was for many years proprietor of an in near Baltimore, Maryland.


OBERT ROBINSON, of Banner, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1825, son of William and Mary (Boyd) Rob- inson. The father was born near Glasgow, Scotland, and was a son of Robert and Mary (Lyons) Robinson, also natives of Scotland. In 1776 the family emigrated to County Ty- rone, Ireland, and after the close of the war of the Revolution came to America and settled in Belmont County, Ohio. They had three children-William, Elizabeth, who married Robinson Lindsey, and Hannah, wife of James Griffin. Mary Boyd was born in America and of Irish ancestry. Her parents were Benjamin and Martha (Watson) Boyd, and their children were-William, Andrew, Thomas, Benjamin, Martha, Mary and Jane. The parents of our subjeet were married about 1821 and had six children-Eleanor, wife of George Jennings; Robert, who mar- ried Eve Myers October 28, 1848; Benjamin, who died unmarried; Joshua and Joseph, twins, also died unmarried; and Matilda J., who became the wife of Samnel MeDonald. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson after their marriage removed to Lonisa County, Iowa, where Mr. Robinson purchased a farm. Three years later they returned to Ohio, settling in Frank- lin County, where they remained until the elose of the war. Mr. Robinson was a con- tractor for Government supplies during that eventful period. In 1865 he sold his farm


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in Ohio and came to Wells County, where he purchased 140 acres of land in Union Town- ship, fifteen acres being eleared. A small log cabin stood upon the site of his present home, into which the family moved. Their children are-Benjamin, George, Franklin, Leonard, Edward, Mary and Seymour. Their youngest son, Seymour, was born in that honse in 1868, and is the only unmarried child in the family. Benjamin married Sarah Kain, George married Barbara Halvy, Frank married Matilda Nicholson, Edward married Alice Raver, Mary is the wife of Joseph Hoopengarner, and Leonard married Lizzie Hatfield and resides in Elk County, Kansas. Their present house was built in 1870. Mr. Robinson has been generally successful in his business affairs; his fine farm is under exeel- lent cultivation except twenty acres. All the children have been fairly educated. George was a teacher for several years previous to his marriage. Seymour remains on the farm, and will undoubtedly succeed his father in its management. Mr. Robinson cast his first presidential vote for Lewis Cass, and from that time he has been an adherent to the Democratic faith.


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HOMAS E. SCOTT, farmer, Notting- ham Township, was born near Zanes- field, Logan County, Ohio, February 21, 1840, son of Stanton and Esther E. (Ed- mondson) Seott, of Scotch-English ancestry. His father was reared in North Carolina, his parents afterward removing to Jefferson County, Ohio, thence to Belmont County, thence to Logan County, where the parents died. Stanton was married in Clarke County to Miss Esther Edmondson, who was born in York County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Thomas and Elizabeth (Morsel) Ed-


mondson, of English-Irish ancestry. When she was eight years of age her parents re- moved to Fredericks County, Maryland, where she lived until her twenty-third year. The fiumnily then moved to Clinton County, Ohio, thence to Clarke County, where she was married in the Friends' meeting house of Green Plain, September 21, 1836. Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Scott first located in Cham- paign County, then in Logan County, and in November, 1841, they removed to Jay Coun- ty, Indiana, where Mrs. Scott's parents had preceded them in 1837; both died in Jay County. Mr. Scott had entered eighty acres of land in Wells County in 1838, and in 1845 moved to his new home in Nottingham Township. They occupied the primitive log cabin, and their nearest neighbor was a mile and a half away. Deer and wild turkeys were abundant, and often the "fretted poreu- pine" had to be driven away from their door. They traded a cow and calf for $8 worth of chairs, and then traded the chairs for the making of rails. The postoffice was at Cam- den, and they had to pay 18 cents for a letter. They had seven children, of whom two, Mary and Rebecca, are deceased; the former died February 4, 1860, and the latter September 10, 1862. Those living are-Thomas E., Nathan M., Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin L. Dewees, Joshua and Elma Jane. The father died Au- gust 24, 1855, and is buried in the MeDaniel cemetery, Nottingham Township, beside his deceased children. Ile was a consistent member of the Society of Friends, as is also Mrs. Scott. Our subject, Thomas E. Scott, the oldest living child, was but five years old when his parents came to this eounty, and he was reared amid all the scenes of pioneer life. He was married October 25, 1863, to Miss Amanda E. Chandler, of English an- cestry. Her father was from Massachusetts and her mother from Conneetient. The


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father died in Randolph County, Indiana, in 1840, and her mother is living at Long Prairie, Todd County, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have had three children, of whom one, Geneva May, died August 8, 1884. Those living are-Stanton Arthur, who resides at Long Prairie, Minnesota, and Clarence (). Mr. Scott belongs to the Society of Friends, and is a Republican in politics. Mrs. Scott is a member of the Baptist denomination. Stanton Scott was an Old-Line Whig and an Abolitionist. He was a cousin to E. M. Stanton, who was Secretary of War. Thomas E. took the census of Nottingham Township in 1880. In 1882 he was nominated for county commissioner, but declined the prof- fered honor. Ile was a delegate to and at- tended the Republican State Convention in 1856.


M INOS WINFIELD LEE, junior member of the law firm of France & Lee, of Bluffton, was born November 17, 1853, in Wayne County, Indiana, but was reared in Randolph County. Ile remained on the home farm until eighteen years of age, and up to that time had attended the district schools of his neighborhood. At the age of eighteen years he entered the high school at Winchester, Randolph County, from which he graduated in the class of 1873. In 1874 be attended the Lebanon College, at Lebanon, Ohio, and during 1875 and '76 he attended the Normal School at Winchester, and during this time read law in the evenings, under General Thomas M. Brown and Jolin E. Neff, of Winchester. Mr. Lee was married near Huntsville, in Randolph County, May 22, 1876, to Miss Phoebe E. Gaddis, a daughter of Elisha P. and Lydia E. (Macy) Gaddis. Of the three children born to this union only


one is living, named Roscoe II. Lena A. died in infancy August 27, 1879, and Arthur E. died September 16, 1882, aged over two years. Mr. Lee was admitted to the bar at Muncie, Indiana, in 1880, where he practiced law nntil 1881. He then came to Bluffton and was engaged in the practice of his chosen profession alone until 1584, when he formed a partnership with C. M. France, with whom he has since been associated under the firm name of France & Lee. In politics Mr. Lee was formerly a Greenbacker, but in 1855, seeing the inevitable dissolution of that party, he became a Democrat. In 1878 he was a candidate for Congress as the nominee of the Greenback party for the Sixth District, re- ceiving the largest vote on the Greenback ticket. In 1882 he was nominated on the same ticket for Attorney-General for the State of Indiana, receiving a very compli- mentary vote. In 1884 he was again the nominee of the Greenback party for Congress- man for the Eleventh District, which he declined to accept. Mr. Lee is a member of Muneie Lodge, No. 137, K. of P'., of Muncie. In her religious faith Mrs. Lee is a Univers- alist, and belongs to the church of that denomination at Bluffton.


FROIIN H. CRUM, Esq., of Banner City, was born near Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, January 14, 1845, son of Samuel and Mary (Brehm) Crum, also natives of Pennsylvania. John HI. was an only child, and when his mother died he was but two and a half years of age. For his second wife Samuel married Elizabeth Shupe, and in 1863 the family came to Wells Coun- ty, locating in Rock Creek Township, where the father still resides. After coming to Indiana Mr. Crum was again married, his


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third wife being Elmina Swartz, whose par- ents were natives of Pennsylvania, in which State she also was born. They have had four children, three of whom are living Eli, Emanuel and David. John was four- teen years of age when he came to this county. Ile has been educated here, and for several years has been engaged in agri- cultural pursuits, although he taught school for some time previous to his marriage. This event occurred in April, 1870, Miss Alice Gardenour becoming his wife. After marriage they came to the farm which was purchased by Mr. Crum in 1869, upon a por- tion of which the new town of Banner is located, and along which the Chicago & At- lantic Railroad passes. In 1884 Mr. Crum built his fine farm house, adjacent to the village of Banner. They have six children- Franklin, Charles, Delbert, Effie, Attie and Iva. In 1882 Mr. Crum was elected justice of the peace of his township, and re-elected in 1886. Mrs. Crum died January 9, 1887, and her remains were interred in St. John's cemetery, Union Township. For several months Mr. Crum has been engaged in the insurance business, which, with the duties of his office, keeps him busily em- ployed.


EMUEL BACHELOR, farmer, living one mile south of Bluffton, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, September 23, 1820, the eldest son of Bazil and Naney (Jefferson) Bachelor, who had a family of seven children-Lemuel, Ira, Bazil, Alonzo, Rhoda, Lucy and Alnira, all living except Ira and Almira. Of those living Bazil, Alonzo and Rhoda reside in Union County, and Lney in Franklin County, Ohio. The father was a native of Massachusetts, born


March 15, 1793, a son of Lemuel Bachelor, who was of English ancestry, and died March 12, 1869, in Wells County, Indiana. The mother was born November 21, 1795, in Rutland County, Vermont, and died March 24, 1883. She was a daughter of Jere- miah Jefferson, who was a second cousin of President Thomas Jefferson and of English descent. The parents were married in New York and moved to Ashtabula County, Ohio, November 7, 1819, where the father followed milling and farming for many years. Mr. Bachelor, the subject of this sketch, passed his early youth in assisting his father on the farm and in attending the subseription schools. Ile remained with his parents until his marriage, which occurred March 4, 1843, with Miss Louisa J. Richardson, of Cayuga County, New York, a daughter of Richard Richardson, who came to Ohio when Mrs. Bachelor was a child. Our subjeet followed farming in Ashtabula, his native County, until 1854, when he moved to Wells County, having purchased a farm in Jackson Township the year before he settled on it, and cleared and improved the farm until it was among the best in the township. He remained on this farm until he was elected county treasurer in 1874, when he left the farm and moved to Bluffton to assume the duties of his office, and at the expiration of his term in 1876 was re-elected and filled the otlice to the entire satisfaction of the people, no man ever having been more faithful to his trust. After the expiration of the four years in office he retired to his farm south of Bluff'- ton, where he and his estimable wife are enjoying the acemmulations of many years of hard labor. They have had seven children, six of whom are living-Morris, Willie, Andrew (deceased), Edwin, Mary, wife of E. A. Smith, Cassie, wife of Elias Davis, and Etta, wife of Benjamin Mendenhall. Mr.




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