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Two of the Armington ancestors, John and Joseph, father and son, were soldiers in the war of the revolution. It is also a matter of tradition that one of them served on board of a privateer. Joseph Armington was afterwards a member of the legis- lature of the state of Vermont.
HILL FAMILY. John Hill (1), the immigrant ancestor of James F. Hill. of Warren. Massachu- setts. was born in England in 1673 and died in North Brookfield. Massachusetts. 1775, aged one hundred and two years. It is related in the North Brook- field history that the immigrant ancestor of this family was engaged to marry Hannah Turtlebee, who belonged to a distinguished London family who opposed the marriage. and who had him drafted in the navy and sent out of the country for fifteen years. After serving ten years he was discharged or deserted. But the lovers were married finally in spite of opposition. The tradition has its dates
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wrong and applied apparently to the wrong person. The North Brookfield history says that the immi- grant John Hill came over in 1725-27 and to Brook- field in 1740. But the records show that John Hill, who came to Brookfield, married at Rehoboth in 1720. There are no records showing when John Hill who was born in 1673 came to this country. In the tradition his trade was given as worsted comber.
(II) John Hill, Jr., son of John Hill (1), was born about 1700, perhaps in England. He probably came over with his parents, though if the tradition is correct he must have been born in this country. He first appears on the public records, June 18, 1720, when he declared his intention of marriage. He married (first), at Rehoboth, August 11, 1720, Esther Titus, who died June 22, 1729. Ile married (sec- ond), February 23, 1729-30, at Rehoboth, Massa- chusetts, Lydia Kendrick, of a Brookfield family of note. He married (third), November 17, 1737, Sarah Selley, of Norton, Massachusetts. The chil- dren of John and Esther: Hannah, born December 7. 1721, married, July 20, 1749, Thomas Tucker ; Mary, born at Rehoboth. March 2, 1722-23, married, May 6, 1767. Jacob Shaw ; Peter, born October I, 1725, married Sarah Woodbury, of, North Brook- field, Massachusetts, and had a large family : John, born October 17, 1726, of whom later; Saralr. born in Rehoboth, married, August 17, 1758, Nathan Fiske.
(III) John Hill, son of John Hill (2), was born at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, October 17, 1726. He married Hannah - and their children. all born at Brookfield, Massachusetts, were: Hannah, born April, 1749, married, March 21, 1771, Obadiah Rice, of Brookfield; John, born October 3, 1750, of whom later; Lydia, born March 24, 1752, married. June 27. 1771, Jason Ilamilton, of Brookfield; Nathan, born March 17, 1754, married, August 5, 1774. Rhoda Titns, of Mansfield, Connecticut : Squire, born De- cember, 1756; Lucretia, born August 15, 1757, mar- ried. April 30, 1776, Ebenezer Harrington, of Brook- field; Benjamin, born March 16, 1759: James, born January 16, 1761; Persis, born September 7. 1762, married. April 29, 1784, Joseph Hamilton, 2d: Bar- tholomew, born May, 1764; Elizabeth, born Feb- ruary 10. 1766.
(IV) John Hill, son of John Hill (3), was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts. October 3, 1750. He married, February 25, 1773, Rachel Rice. They had one son, John Hill, born at Brookfield. December 7, 1773, of whom later. He married Sarah Wood- bury, who died at North Brookfield, 1787. He died March 21. 1841.
(V) John Hill, son of John Hill (4), was born at Brookfield, Massachusetts, December 7, 1773. He settled at Western. now Warren, Massachusetts. He married Sally Lincoln. He was a blacksmith at North Brookfield. Ile made his will March 6. 1834. and it was proved October 2, 1839, at Brookfield, at a probate court there. Their children : Wash- ington. Fanny. Faulkner, of whom later.
(VI) Faulkner Hill, son of John Hill (5), was born in Warren, Massachusetts, April 17, 1812, and was educated there in the common schools. IIc became a farmer, an occupation that he followed all his active years. He died March 26. 1892. He mar- ried Rachel Fowler Dearth, born March 11, 18II, died July 10, 1880. The children: James F., born October 4, 1844, of whom later : Sarah Jane, married Nathan Moore. now deceased. and has a son, Charles B. Moore, office manager of the Pump Syndicate of Boston, and a resident of West Union: Delia Ann, married Inke Hitchcock. of Nashville, Ten- nessee. where Mr. Hitchcock died, leaving son John A. IHitchcock, hardware merchant of Nashville.
(VII) James F. Hill, son of Faulkner Hill (6), was born in Warren, Massachusetts, on the old home place. He was educated in the common schools and the high school of Warren, and then went to farm- ing on the old place. He added to his farm work the dealing in cattle, there being no better judge of stock and no more judicious buyer. Although Mr. Hill started in poverty, he advanced rapidly and acquired a fortune. He invested largely in real estate and at present is one of the largest real estate owners and has many handsome buildings. He owns his residence which is the finest house in Warren, besides an apartment house and many smaller dwell- ings. In politics Mr. Hill is an independent Repub- lican, but was formerly a Democrat; he was once candidate on the Democrat ticket for state senator and in a strong Republican district lost the election only by a very small margin. Mr. Hill is a man of large influence in the town and is held in the highest esteem. He was one of the founders of the I-Iampshire and Worcester Street Railway Company, and officially identified therewith for about five years. In religion he is a Congregationalist and attends the Warren Congregational Church.
He married, October 4, 1865, Harriet Moore, of Boston, and their children are: Ernest M., born November 13, 1869, married Emma Alden, of Wor- cester, and they have one child, Edgar Russell. Herbert Faulkner, born September 28, 1873, married Winifred Higgins, of Worcester. Ernest M. Hill is buyer for Barnard, Sumner & Putnam Company, of Worcester. Herbert Faulkner Hill is a graduate of the law department of the New York University, practicing in New York city as special associate counsel of the Fuller Construction Company.
ALFRED EDWARD GARLICK. Thomas Gar- lick, son of Benjamin Garlick, and father of Alfred Edward Garlick, of South Ashburnham, Massachu- setts, was born at Hayfield, Ililleyshire, England, October 18, 1816. He attended the public schools at Glossup in Derbyshire. In 1857 he came to America, settling at Webster, Massachusetts, where he followed his trade as weaver in the Slater cot- ton mills in the North Village. There he worked for about five years, when he removed to Stow, Massachusetts, and was employed as spinner in Gleason's woolen mill for three years; thence to Maynard. Massachusetts, where he was a spinner in the employ of the Assabet Manufacturing Com- pany. He remained there until 1873, when he re- moved to Plymouth. Massachusetts, and worked two years for the Falkner woolen mills. He returned to the mills at Maynard and worked there until his death, July, 1888. Mr. Garlick was a gifted musi- cian, especially skillful with the violin, and he played in many orchestras in various places. He was a Methodist in religion, a Republican in politics.
He married Ann Handforth, born in England, January 13, 1826, daughter of Benjamin Handforth. Their children: John Thomas, born May 21, 1856; Henry Albert, born August 13, 1858, at Webster, Massachusetts, married, June 28. 1884, Sarah Eliza Aldrich. of Lowell, Massachusetts, and they have one son, Frank Oberlin, born October 19, 1888; Al- fred Edwin, born October 1, 1860, see forward; Elijah William, born September 16, 1863, married Jennie Bond, of Waterloo, New York, now living at Rochester, New York. Benjamin Garlick, father of Thomas Garlick, was born 1791, died September 29, 1856, aged sixty-five years.
Alfred Edward Garlick, son of Thomas Garlick, was born at Webster, Massachusetts, October I, 1860. At the age of two years he removed with his parents to Stew, Massachusetts, where the family
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lived three years, and thence to Maynard, where he attended the public schools. He had one year in the high school and a course in a Boston Business College. He began at the age of ten years to learn the trade of spinner, and worked much of the time during vacations and other times when not in school. His first regular employment was in the dry goods store of W. B. Case at Maynard, Massachusetts, where he worked nearly five years. In 1885 he went into business with James H. Long, conducting a general store at South Ashburnham, Massachusetts, under the firm name of Garlick & Long. At the end of three years the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Garlick continued the business alone. In addition to this store, which is located in the lower village, Mr. Garlick opened another near the rail- road station on Center street, South Ashburnham, and is at present running both stores very success- fully. Mr. Garlick owns a beautiful home at the corner of Main and Westminister streets, formerly the residence of W. F. Whitney.
Mr. Garlick attends the People's Congregational Church. In politics he is a Republican and has served his party as delegate to various representative and state conventions. He is interested in town affairs and a citizen of public spirit. He was select- man for four years. assessor two years. He is a member of Maynard Lodge, No. 131, Odd Fellows, of which he was sercetary while living in Maynard. He was made a member of Hope Lodge, Free Ma- sons, at Gardner, January 14, 1890; of North Star Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at Winchendon, Massachusetts. December 12, 1892; of Hiram Coun- cil, Royal and Select Masters, May 22, 1895; of Jerusalem Commandery, Knights Templar, at Fitch- burg, January 21, 1895; of Worcester Lodge of Perfection, fourteenth degree, Scottish Rite, January 8. 1891; of Goddard Council, sixteenth degree Princes of Jerusalem, March 2, 1891, and of Law- rence Chapter of Rose Croix, eighteenth degree, at Worcester, March 2, 1891. He is also a member of Watatic Council, No. 1509, Royal Arcanum.
He married, May 8, 1883. at Maynard, Annie Winifred Robinson, born in Leeds, England, July 13, 1862, daughter of John and Martha ( Watson) Robinson, of Leeds, England. Her father was a spinner and later a canvasser. Children of Alfred Edward and Annie W. Garlick are: Amy Evelyn, born April 24, 1884; George Everett, December 25, 1885; Ralph Howard, January 18, 1888; Lillian Alta, November 23, 1894; Alfred Robinson, Decem- ber 14, 1899.
GEORGE SUMNER GRAHAM. Angus Gra- ham (1), the immigrant ancestor of George Sum- ner Graham and Charles Sumner Graham of Holden, Massachusetts, was of Scotch ancestry, coming with other Scotch pioneers among the early settlers of Townsend, Massachusetts. The ancestors of the Wallace or Wallis family of Fitchburg were set- tlers of the same race in Townsend. Duncan Gra- ham, another Scotch Presbyterian from the Ulster Province of Ireland, settled in Rutland, Massachu- setts, and Hugh Graham settled about 1740 in Wind- ham, New Hampshire. A fourth pioneer of the same name and quite likely of the same family was Alexander Graham who settled in Antrim, New Hampshire. ancestor of the Grahams of Lexington, Massachusetts, and Putney. Vermont, families.
The children of Angus ( Angas) and Isabel (Ez- bel) Graham, all born in Townsend, Massachusetts, except the eldest and perhaps some not known to the writer, were: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Mary, born May 31, 1743. married, January 8, 1763, Alexander McIntosh of Milestrip, New Hampshire.
3. David, born October 12, 1745, soldier in the revo- lution. 4. William, born May 10, 1748; soldier in revolution, credited to Peterboroughi, New Hamp- shire. 5. Ezbel, born June 4, 1750 (twin). 6. Eliza- beth (twin), born June 4, 1750. 7. James, born January 13, 1756; soldier in revolution. 8. David, born January 13, 1756. 9. Margaret, born Janury 29. 1759; married May 30, 1782, David Hall, of Ma- son, New Hampshire.
(II) John Graham, son of Angus Graham (1), was born about 1741. He and his brother William have their revolutionary service credited to Peter- borough, New Hampshire. John Graham was in a Massachustts regiment but called of Peterborough ; private in Captain William . Scott's company of Minute Men, Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent's regi- ment (twenty-eighth Massachusetts), in 1775. He was of Townsend when he married December 25, 1766, Margaret Sloane, of Townsend, and they lived there most of their days. All their children are recorded there, viz: 1. John, April 6, 1767. 2. Sam- tiel, born July 5. 1769, mentioned below. 5. Jane, born November 12, 1771. married Joseph Jeppson of Townsend, February 28, 1793. 4. Elizabeth, born February 28, 1774. 5. James, born May 27, 1777. 6. Robert, born December 20, 1778.
(III) Samuel Graham, son of John Graham (2), was born July 5, 1769. He was a cooper by trade and also a farmer, residing in the northeast part of the town of Townsend. He married Elima Hutchins of Carlisle, Massachusetts. Their children: I. Sam- uel, born December 20, 1795. 2. Elimah, born March 5. 1797; married Martin Bartlett of Townsend. 3. Daniel, born April 10. 1800. 4. Rev. John, born June 18, 1802. 5. Asa, born April 1, 1804: mar- ried Submit Adams. 6. Elikim, born February 13, 1807. 7. Hartwell, born February 27, 1810. 8. Mary, married Rufus Fassett of Winchester, New Hamp- shire. 9. Roxy, married Josiah Flagg of Town- send.
(II) Samuel Graham, son of Samuel Graham (1), was born in Townsend, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 20, 1795. He received a common school edu- cation, and worked during his youth with his father on the farm. He also learned the cooper's trade of his father. In fact most of the farmers of New England learned a trade which they followed during the winter months. Most of the Townsend farmers were coopers and worked in their own shops in winters. Mr. Graham in later years had a shop on his place. He sold his Townsend farm and re- moved to New York, but stayed there only one year. Before that he had worked at farming in Bedford, Massachusetts, and for Increase Sumner in Reading, Massachusetts. After returning from New York state, about 1823, he removed to Leom- inster, where he bought a farm three-quarters of a mile east of the village of North Leominster, known as the old Tom Lawrence place, containing fifty acres. Ile lived there and carried on the farm for twenty years. In 1813 he retired to his father's farm, Townsend, where he remained two years, and then bought the William Manning farm, in the north part. a mile and a half from the center of the village. This farm had one hundred and fifty acres. In 1869 he sold out and removed to Holden, Massa- chusetis, with his son. He was a member and trustee of the Methodist Church at Townsend. Orig- inally he was a Democrat in politics, but later be- came a Republican. He was road surveyor and highway commissioner of the town. He enlisted in the war of IS12 with Great Britain, but never served actively.
He married Asenath Adams, daughter of John and Asenath ( Bartlett) Adams, of Townsend. The
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children: 1. Dana, born at Townsend, May 9, 1821, married Lucy Grant, of Northfield. Vermont. 2. Ascnath, born at Townsend, April 20, 1823, married Joseph Gibson, of Leominster, Massachusetts. 3. Elima Hutchins, born at Leominster, January 9, 1828 died at Clinton, August 24, 1864; married ( first) Charles Merriam, of Leominster, Massachu- setts, and (second) T. F. Sibley, of Petersham, Massachusetts. 4. Eldridge, born at Townsend, June 4, 1825. 5. Cynthia Adams, born at Leominster, March 23, 1830, died at Centralia, Illinois, June 9, 1837 : married Alfred Seeley, of Leominster, Massa- chusetts. 6. Eliakim, born at Leominster, May 29, 1832, died February 4, 1876; married Mary Fen- niger. 7. Warren, born Leominster, November 4, 1834, died September 14, 1836. 8. Samuel Warren, born at Leominster, January 23, 1837, died Febru- ary 23, 1837. 9. Samuel A., born at Leominster, March 20, 1838, married (first) Sarah Severance, of Townsend, and ( second) Mrs. Martha Little- field. 10. George Sumner, born November 8, 1840, see forward. II. Martha Ann, born at Leominster, April 23, 1843, married, November 14, 1866, George Merriam, of Sterling; children-i. Charles D., born July 18. 1868, married Calista B. Robertson ; they have James Francis, born October 30, 1807, died August, 1898; Jessie Mabel, born February 3. 1899; Gertrude Martha, born January 15, 1903; Grace Isabel, born October 29, 1904; ii. Herbert Warren, born February 7, 1870, died June 15. 1882; iii. Alvah F., born April 7, 1876, married Helen M. Mills and they have Florence E., born May 24, 1902: iv. Elmer G., born October 17, 1880, married Evaline A. Rodgers. 12. Emily Frances, born May 26, 1846, unmarried, living at Holden, Massachu- setts.
(III) George Sumner Graham, son of Samnel Graham (2), was born in Leominster, Massachu- setts, November 8. 1840. When he was only three years old the family removed to Townsend, Massa- chusetts, and he was educated there in the public schools and in the New Ipswich Academy at New Ipswich, New Hampshire, where he studied for one year. He entered Franklin Marshall College at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but left at the end of his freshman year to enlist in the army. He en- tered Company D. Fifty-third Regiment Massachu- setts Volunteers, Colonel John W. Kimball, of Fitch !- burg. September 2, 1862. His regiment was in the Nineteenth Army Corps and served at Port Hud- son during the memorable campaign there. He was mustered out September 2, 1863; returned to col- lege, but left again to enlist July 16, 1864, in com- pany C. Fifth Massachusetts, and served for four months in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland. He was finally discharged November 16. 1864. He took a course of study at the Eastman Business College In Poughkeepsie. New York. He then came to Clinton, Massachusetts, to take a position in the counting room of Fuller & Brigham, manufacturers of wire tape, where he remained one year. He was then admitted to the firm of Sibley & Lawrence. dealers in meat and provisions, but at the end of a year the firm was dissolved and he took charge of his father's farm at Townsend for two years. In 1869 he and his father removed to Holden, Massa- chusetts, to the Alfred Sawyer farm which his father bought. It consisted of a hundred acres of landI located in the castern part of the town. When his father died, November 15, 1874. he came into possession of the farm and has since then conducted
it. He has an excellent dairy.
Mr. Graham and his family attend the Ilolden Congregational Church. In politics he is a Repub- lican. Ile has been overseer of the poor since 1891 ;
a member of the cemetery committee for twenty years; road commissioner and road surveyor. He l'as been delegate to various councillor, county and senatorial conventions. He is a member of Holden Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and has been its master two terms. He is a member of Theron E. Hall Post, Grand Army, and has been commander. He is also a member of the Worcester Agricultural Society and the Fruit Growers' Association.
Ile married, April 15, 1869, Martha Elizabeth Lewis, born March 20, 1846, at Concord, Massa- chusctts, daughter of Charles Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Gleason) Lewis. Her father was a stone mason. The children: I. Charles Sumner, born March 5, 1870, see forward. 2. Mand Elima, born November 4. 1871, married, June 7, 1893, Thomas Walter Howe, of Holden; their children-i. Alice Gertrude Howe, born August 6, 1894; ii. Edith Marion Howe, born May 27, 1896; iii. Clifford Parker Howe, born January 28, 1899; iv. Mildred Evelyn Howe, born March 5, 1903. 3. Edith Mabei, born January 25, 1874, died July 9, 1887. 4. Bertha Amanda, born April 14, 1876, married Charles B. Jordan, of Holden, and they have : i. Helen Mildred, ii. Howard Lyman, iii. Elsie Maud Jordan. 5. Agnes Mabel, born November 27. 1879, died January 3, 1880. 6. Florence Ethel, born April 17, 1882, un- married : resides in Ilolden, Massachusetts. 7. Al- bert Arthur, born January 6, 1884, is living at home in Holden, unmarried.
(IV) Charles Sumner Graham, son of George Sumner Graham (3), was born at Holden, Massa- chusetts, March 5, 1870. He was fitted for college in the Holden public and high schools, and gradu- ated in 1892 from Amherst Agricultural College, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science. Shortly after graduation he was appointed superintendent of the farm department of the Lyman State School at Westborough, Massachusetts, a position that he filled for nine years. He then bought his present farm in Holden of the heirs of Fred Condon. This farm consists of eighty-four acres of tillage and woodland, located in the eastern part of the town on Highland street, and is known as the old Abner Greenwood place. Mr. Graham has a large dairy and is a prosperous farmer. He is a Congrega- tionalist in religion and a Republican in politics. He is a member of Holden Grange, No. 78, Patrons of Husbandry, and is at present the master. He be- longs to Camp No. 122, Sons of Veterans ; the Wor- cester County Bee Keepers' Association and to the Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association.
lle married, September 16, 1896. Annie Blan- chard, born July 31, 1863, at West Windham, New Hampshire, daughter of Benjamin E. and Zoe Ann (Hills) Blanchard. Her father was a farmer and prominent citizen of Wincham, serving in many positions of trust and honor. Their only child is George Edwin, born at Westboro, Massachusetts, September 19, 1897.
JACOB P. GATES. Stephen Gates, the immi- gran ancestor of all the Worcester county families of this surname, was progenitor of Jacob P. Gates, of Ashburnham, Massachusetts. His ancestral line- age is given in this work-(Thomas. Peter. Geoff- rey. Geoffrey, Sir Geoffrey, William. Sir Goffrey, William. Thomas Gates), an ancient and distin- guished English family. Stephen Gates came from Ilingham. England. in 1638, to Hingham, Massa- chusetts. He was admitted a freeman May 14. 1656: he removed to Cambridge, Massachusetts, about 1652: he was in Lancaster in 1656 and for a few years afterward, but disagreed with some of his neighbors and left town, returning to Cambridge,
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where he died 1662. His will was dated June 9, 1662, and proved November 24, 1662. He bequeathed to his wife Ann; sons Simon, Stephen and Thomas; daughters Elizabeth and Mary Maynard. His widow married (second) Richard Woodward (see Wood- ward sketch). She died February 5, 1682. Her will was dated April 18, 1682, and proved April 9, 1683, and in it she states: "My last husband's name was Woodward, but I generally went by the name of Gates."
Children of Stephen and Aun Gates: Eliza- beth, married in Hingham, John Lasell (See Lasell family of Whitinsville) : Mary, married, April 5, 1658, John Maynard; Stephen, born 1640, sce for- ward; Thomas, born 1642, married, July 6, 1670, Elizabeth Freeman : Simon, born 1045, died April 21, 1693, at Brockton; Isaac, baptized May 5. 1646, died September 3, 1651 ; Rebecca, baptized May 5, 1646, died January, 1650.
(II) Stephen Gates, son of Stephen Gates (1), was born in Hingham, 1640, and died in Acton, Massachusetts, 1706. He settled first in Boston, but in 1673 bought a tract of three hundred acres of land on the Assabet river, in the town of Stow, and was one of the first proprietors of that town. His brother Thomas also located in Stow and the name of Gates has been very numerous in Stow. He was one of the early proprietors of the town of Preston, Connecticut, and some of his children set- tled there. He remained in Stow. His will was . dated September 5, 1701, and proved 1707. He mar- ried Sarah Woodward, daughter of George and Han- nah Woodward, of Watertown. Their children : Stephen, born July 17, 1665: Simon, born June 5, 1666, see forward : Thomas, born December 31, 1669, . died 1740, at Preston; married, December, 1695, Margaret Geer, of Preston; Isaac, born 1673, died November 22, 1748, at Stow; Nathaniel, born 1675; Sarah, born April 27, 1679, at Marlborough: Re- becca, born July 23, 1682, at Marlborough ; Daniel, born April 23, 1685, at Marlborough.
(III) Simon Gates, son of Stephen Gates (2), was born in Stow, Massachusetts, June 5, 1666, mar- ried there, May 4, 1688, Hannah Benjamin, of Stow. Children. named in his will: Simon, Joseph, mar- ried, 1728, Prudence Hamlin; Benjamin, married. 1727, Bethsheba Rice, born March 24, 1704; Elisha, Israel, Amos, see forward; Hannah, married Heald: Mary, married Haynes; Susanna, married Fletcher ; Elizabeth, married
Wheeler.
(IV) Amos Gates, son of Simon Gates (3), was born in Stow, Massachusetts, about 1710. He was the ancestor of most of the Gates families of Gard- ner, Westminster and Ashburnham through his sons. He may have been a proprietor of land in that vicinity himself. His children: Oliver, born about 1734, see forward: Amos. Jr., born at Stow, April 15. 1735, died 1804, aged sixty-nine years ; married, 1771, Elizabeth Laws, of Littleton; she died April 18, 1825: he bought land in Westminster and settled there; Simon, died September 1, 1833, aged eighty- eight years, at Gardner ; married Susannah Reed, of Stow; Abraham, settled in Ashby, soldier in revolution, 1775 and 1777; Asa; Jacob; Isaac, born October 22, 1746, died February 17, 1831, aged eighty-four years, soldier in revolution.
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