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(II) John (2), fourth son of John (1) and Margaret Bean, was born in Exeter, October 13, 1668, and died in 1718. He is described in deeds as a carpenter. He signed the New Hampshire petition of 1690; witnessed Ed-
ward Gilman's will, June 2, 1690; was one of the witnesses to prove it, April 12, 1692; and also witnessed two instruments March 15, 1698. He had a grant of land from the town of sixty acres, March 28, 1698; his father con- veyed to him, as before stated; also Byley Dudley conveyed to him, May 10, 1700, twen- ty-five acres of land in Exeter. He made various conveyances of land and left a com- fortable estate to his heirs. John Bean "stood on his guard" under orders from December 30, 1695, to January 20, 1696; was on a scout- ing party two days in 1710; was in Captain Gilman's company in 1710, and Captain James Davis's company in 1712. His wife's name was Sarah, and after his death she married a Robinson, of Exeter. Children: Dinah, Jere- miah, Sarah, William, Ebenezer, Joshua, sub- ject of the next paragraph.
(III) Joshua, youngest son of John (2) and Sarah Bean, was born about 1713, in Exe- ter, and lived there until 1780, when he re- moved to Gilmanton, where several of his sons had preceded him, and died in that town in 1787. Being a Quaker, he refused to sign the association test in 1776, as did his sons, Joshua, Simeon and Gideon. He married (first) Hannah, daughter of Thomas Robin- son. She died in 1757, and he married (sec- ond) 1758, Lydia Brown, born about 1730, died January 21, 1823, in Weare, New Hamp- shire. The births of a portion of his children are recorded in Exeter, and others in Brent- wood, but it is probable that they were all born upon the same homestead, Brentwood having been cut off from Exeter. They were: Hannah, Joshua, Simeon, Sarah, John, Me- hitable, Lydia, Gideon, Deborah, Rachel, and one who died at birth.
(IV) Gideon, fourth son of Joshua and Hannah (Robinson) Bean, was born March 21, 1752, in Brentwood, and settled in Gilman- ton, where he died February 21, 1823. He married (first) January 28, 1777, Margaret Fernald (Cotton), widow of James Folsom. She was born October 16, 1743, died October 10, 1807. He married (second) May 4, 1809, a widow, Jane Tibbetts. She was born De- cember 9, 1753, died November 22, 1837. The Gilmanton records, like those of most New Hampshire towns, are very incomplete. They record the birth of only two children of Gid- eon Bean by his first wife: Gideon and Ben- jamin, born in 1777 and 1780. There were probably several others.
(V) Henry, supposed to be a son of Gideon and Margaret F. (Cotton) (Folsom) Bean, was born about 1790, in Gilmanton, and
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passed his life in that town. He married Nancy Frohock, and they had children : Chauncey, Marian, Loammi, Henry, Rufus, George, Joel, Catherine, married Cleveland Cheney, and Comfort A. Loammi. Joel, Rufus and George were soldiers in the war of the rebellion.
(VI) Joel, youngest son of Henry and Nancy ( Frohock) Bean, was born at Mere- dith, New Hampshire, about 1824, died 1896. His was an active, useful career. He began work at the age of fourteen years, and was engaged on the construction of the Boston & Maine railroad (Laconia branch) ; later he learned the business connected with the great cotton industry in New England, and for many years was a trusty overseer of some of the largest cotton factories in New England. One year after the breaking out of the civil war, Mr. Bean enlisted in the United States navy, serving three years; first as a machinist on the "Mahaska" and later holding the same position on the despatch boat "Bat." He mar- ried (first) about 1842, Frances A., daughter of Stutson West, of Danville, Vermont. Chil- dren : I. Charles B., born 1844, at Meredith, New Hampshire, died in infancy. 2. Daniel F., April 22,. 1846. 3. Sarah F., 1848. 4. Charles S., about 1850. 5. Addie, died in in- fancy. 6. Carrie, died in infancy. Two chil- dren who died in infancy. Mr. Bean married (second) Lydia J. ( Morrill) Ellery, of Hal- lowell, a widow, who still survives him. Chil- dren: Allee, Joel, and two who died in in- fancy.
(VII) Daniel Frohock, son of Joel and Frances A. (West) Bean, was born at Mere- dith, New Hampshire, April 22, 1846, receiv- ing a good education in the public schools, so far as he could, up to fourteen years, at which age he went to work in the cotton mills at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, receiving but twenty-five cents a day for his faithful ser- vices, and worked full twelve hours each day. He worked at carding, at first, but worked his way up, through the various branches of the cotton manufacturing industry, being fore- man, overseer and superintendent of various mills, in New England and New York. At present ( 1908) he fills a position of trust and responsibility as agent for the Farwell Mills, at Lisbon, Maine, which factory employs three hundred persons, and has an output of six million yards of finished dress goods and sheetings each year. In April, 1862, he en- listed in the service of the United States navy, as wardroom boy on the boat "Mahaska,"
and on such took part in the battle of Malvern Hill and Charleston, during the bombardment ; also at St. John's River, Florida, and served later as acting steward. He was convoy to President Lincoln, on a trip from Washington to James river and Richmond. The "Bat" was considered the swiftest boat in the govern- ment's service, and was used in trying to cap- ture J. Wilkes Booth after he had assassinated President Lincoln. Mr. Bean is a Mason, having taken all the degrees to and including Knight Templars. He is also a member of Kora Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and mcm- ber of Pilgrim Fathers. He is a Republican in politics.
Mr. Bean married, December 25, 1866, Ella, daughter of John and Lucy ( Howe) Brown, of Hallowell, Maine. Children : I. Margie, died young. 2. Ernest, died young. 3. Lucy J., married Charles R. Seed, of Ports- mouth, New Hampshire. 4. and 5. Frank A. and Daniel F. (twins). Frank A. married Helen Tebbitts ; he is now overseer of the Far- well cotton mill at Lisbon, Maine. Daniel F. is a traveling salesman, residing in Utica, New York.
(For first generation see preceding sketch.)
(II) James, fifth son of John
BEAN Bean, was born at Exeter, New Hampshire, December 17, 1672, died January 6, 1753. He settled at Kingston, New Hampshire. He was admitted to the church September 29, 1725. He had a grant of land of thirty acres February 21, 1698, and bought and sold many parcels of land during his life. A curious order of the general court, dated October 22, 1707, recites that James and Daniel Bean are absent from home in Kings- ton and ordering them to return. Perhaps they were needed for defense against the In- dians and were away hunting. Many of the settlers spent much time in the woods getting furs. He married ( second) December, 1697, Sarah Bradley, born in 1677, died July 1, 1738; admitted to the Kingston church, Feb- ruary 6, 1726. He married (third) Novem- ber 2. 1738, Mary ( Prescott) (Coleman) Crosby, born June II, 1677, died January 3, 1740-41 ; married, November 2, 1699, Jabez Coleman, son of Tobias and Ann Coleman ; married (second) November 9, 1730, Thomas Crosby. Children of first wife, name un- known: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Ed- ward. Children of James and Sarah ( Brad- ley ) Bean : 3. Benjamin, born May 15, 1699. 4. Margaret, April 16, 1702. 5. Joseph, Oc-
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tober 17, 1704. 6. Jeremiah, April 9, 1707. 7. Samuel, January II, 1710-II. 8. Catherine, August 2, 1714. 9. Rachel ( ?).
(III) John (2), son of James Bean, was born in Exeter about 1693, died in 1747. He married Sarah He received by deed of gift twelve acres of land where his dwell- ing stood from his grandfather, who calls him "John, son of my son James," January 24,
1714-15. He sold this land February 25, 1715-16. Many deeds showing beyond ques- tion the correctness of the lineage as given here are published in the report of the Bean Family Reunion of 1899 (page 129). Chil- dren : Joshua, mentioned below ; Sinkler, Na- thaniel, Mary. Joshua Bean, then of Brent- wood, deeded land he had from his father, John Bean, to his brother, Sinkler Bean, by deed dated March 31, 1766.
(IV) Joshua, son of John (2) Bean, born in Exeter about 1713, died in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, 1787. He resided in Brentwood until 1780, when he removed to Gilmanton, where four sons and a daughter were already settled. He went with his wife and twenty- first child, on horseback. He married (first) Hannah Robinson, daughter of Thomas Rob- inson. She died in 1757 and he married (sec- ond) in 1758, Lydia Brown, who died Janu- ary 21, 1823, in Weare. Children, born in Exeter, now Brentwood, of the first wife: I. Hannah, born June 9, 1739. 2. Joshua, born May 2, 1741, mentioned below. 3. Simeon, born March 30, 1743, married Joanna Young ; died 1819. 4. Sarah, born October, 1744, married Thomas Chase. 5. John, born Sep- tember 4, 1746, married Abagail Fowler. 6. MIehitable, born February 25, 1748, married Samuel Prescott. 7. Lydia, born March. 1750, married Jonathan Dow. 8. Gideon, born March 21, 1752, married Peggy Folsom. 9. Deborah, died young. 10. Rachel, died young. II. Infant, died at birth, 1757. Children of second wife: 12. Deborah, born April 17, 1759, died 1762. 13. Mary, born May 13, 1761, died 1850. 14. Peter, born October, 1762, died unmarried 1824. 15. Elizabeth, born September, 1764, married Jonathan H. Brown, died 1815. 16. Caleb, born June 17, 1767. 17. Esther, born March, 1769. 18.
Richard, born January, 1771, died young. I9. Stephen, born April 4, 1772. 20. Ruth, born June, 1774. 21. Aaron, born February 24, I779.
(V) Joshua (2), son of Joshua (I) Bean, born in that part of Exeter which became Brentwood, May 2, 1741, died at Winthrop,
now Readfield, Maine, April 25, 1814. He was a Quaker. He signed approving the Dec- laration of Independence, and consented to be taxed, but could not conscientiously bear arms. In 1780 he removed to Winthrop, Maine, where he held numerous town offices. He was selectman in 1781-86-90: moderator fre- quently ; representative to the general court in 1787. In 1786 he was a delegate to attend a convention in Falmouth to consider the ques- tion of the separation of Maine and Massa- chusetts. He married, November 27. 1763, his cousin, Mary Bean, who died October 8, 1822, daughter of Sinkler Bean, of Brentwood. Children. the first twelve born in Gilmanton, the last two in Readfield : I. Elisha, born Sep- tember 10, 1764, mentioned below. 2. Mehit- able, born January 13, 1766. 3. Daughter, born June 10, 1767, died young. 4. Joel. born June 20, 1768. 5. John, born June 17, 1770. 6. Ruth, born June 5. 1772. 7. Reuben, born June 13, 1774. 8. Betsey, born February 23, 1776. 9. Asa, born April 13. 1778. 10. James, born March 17, 1780. II. Jeremy, born June 8. 1782. 12. Shepard, born July 16, 1784. 13. Hannah. born July 13, 1787. 14. Manley, born July 31, 1790.
(VI) Elisha, son of Joshua (2) Bean, born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, September 10, 1764, died in Readfield, Maine, August 20, 1821. He married (first) Olive Shepard, daughter of Joseph and Anna ( Sanborn) Shepard, of Epping, New Hampshire. She died January 12, 18II, and he married (sec- ond) Olive Smith. Children, all by the first wife: I. Greenlief, born July 13, 1789, in Ep- ping. 2. Sophia, born May 8, 1791, died June 17, 1792. 3. Sophia, born February 18, 1793, in Readfield. 4. Joshua, born January 7, 1795. 5. Oliver, born November 15, 1797, mentioned below. 6. John Shepard, born August 31, 1799, died young. 7. Sally, born October 17, 1801. 8. Shepard, born November 17, 1804. 9. Rania, born 1806, married Asa Pease, of Wilton.
(VII) Oliver, son of Elisha Bean, born in Readfield, Maine, November 15, 1797, died June 17, 1869. He married, March 9. 1817, Patience Nickerson. born November 20, 1794, died February 5, 1869, daughter of Moses and Patience (Bassett) Nickerson, of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Children, born in Readfield : I. Richard Nickerson, born 1818, died June 13, 1818. 2. Emery Oliver, born September IO, 1819, mentioned below. 3. Nelson Shep- ard, born December 24, 1824, died June 12, 18.43. 4. Philura Ann, born February 25,
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1828, married Joel Howard, of Presque Isle. 5. Eveline Marilla, born October 1, 1829, mar- ried Stephen W. Caldwell.
(VIII) Hon. Emery Oliver, son of Oliver Bean, was born in Readfield, September 10, 1819. His boyhood did not differ materially from that of other children of his time. A good home, with the self-sacrificing tenderness of a mother's love, united with strict parental discipline, furnished the impetus to his life of usefulness. He worked on his father's farm, when not in school, during his youthful years. Besides the district school he attended one term at Kent's Hill Seminary and several terms at Monmouth Academy, acquiring a sound, practical education of great usefulness in his later career and sufficient to stir his am- bition to continue his self-education through later years. He taught school in Mount Ver- non and Readfield, Maine, before taking his course in Monmouth Academy. He had a natural inclination for the law as a' profes- sion and he began to study in the office of Hon. Timothy O. Howe, of Readfield, accord- ing to the usual course in those days. Mr. Howe was not only an excellent lawyer, but also a natural and gifted teacher, and his pu- pil enjoyed unusual advantages from the first. Mr. Bean was admitted to the bar in August, 1843, and spent part of his first year in the practice of his profession in the office of Hon. Henry W. Paine at Hallowell. Then he was admitted to partnership by his former instruc- tor under the firm name of Howe & Bean, and continued to practice until the firm was dissolved in 1848, when Mr. Howe removed to Wisconsin. For the next twenty-eight years Mr. Bean had no partner. He enjoyed a large practice and advanced to the front rank of his profession. In 1876 he admitted his son, Fred Emery Beane, as a partner under the firm name of Bean & Beane, the father and son spelling their names differently. The firm opened an office in Readfield and in 1890 established another in Hallowell and later one in Gardiner, Maine. Judge Bean and his firms have had a greater number of cases than any other individual or firm during the years of his practice. He continued in active prac- tice until his death.
In public life Judge Bean was prominent for many years. In politics he was a Whig until the party went to pieces, and afterward always a Democrat. He represented his town in the state legislature in 1851 and was state senator in 1856. He was appointed trustee of the State College of Agriculture and Me- chanic Arts, serving in that office seven years.
In 1880 he was elected probate judge of Ken- nebec county by a plurality of six hundred on the Democratic ticket, though the county is normally Republican by two or three thousand majority. He held the office for four years and no appeal from his decisions was sus- tained in the supreme court in probate cases and only one in insolvency proceedings. Al- most every year after he came of age Judge Bean was elected to some office of trust and responsibility in his town, and he was espe- cially active in educational matters. The time and value of his public services given without compensation can hardly be estimated. He was for about fifty years a Frec Mason. In religion he was a faithful member of the Uni- versalist church. For more than forty years he was superintendent of the Sunday school. "Many young people," writes a friend, "have gone out from the little vestry, after a period of years as scholars there, and have built homes in other states and among other peo- ple, but still their hearts turn lovingly and gratefully back to the early days, the little school and the principles inculcated therein." A home-loving man, his heart does not wan- der from the lifelong scenes, but becomes more closely attached as time rolls on. His loving friends watch, with admiration, the ac- tivity which yet is his, and trust that the day is far distant when he shall go out and in no more. The same writer said: "The little cot- tage at Readfield, one-half mile from his childhood's home, where so many years of his life have been spent, and endeared to him by its associations, this, with its surroundings, is one of the most attractive homes in town, speaking well for the loving care of its in- mates."
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Judge Bean married, October 8, 1844, Eliza- beth Hunton Craig, of Readfield, born April 18, 1818, died January 22, 1892, daughter of John Orison and Sally (Turner) Craig. He married (second) June 28, 1896, Georgianna Caroline (Packard) Nickerson, born in Read- field, March 24, 1844, widow of Hezekiah Owen Nickerson, daughter of James and So- phronia (Clough) Packard. Children by first wife born in Readfield: I. Nelson Shepard, born July 18, 1845, married, July 7, 1869, Ella Frances Blanchard, born April 13, 1848, died April, 1900, daughter of Sidney and Cordelia M. (Galloupe) Blanchard ; no children. 2. Fred Emery, born May 14, 1853, mentioned below. Judge Bean died December 13, 1904.
(IX) Hon. Fred Emery Beane, son of Em- ery Oliver Bean, was born at Readfield, May 14, 1853. He attended the public schools of
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his native town, Kent's Hill Seminary, West- brook Seminary, and Tufts College, class of 1875. He took up the study of law in his father's office and was admitted to the bar in 1876. He entered partnership with his father in that year under the firm name of Bean & Beane with his offices at Hallowell, where he has since resided and practiced. He was ad- mitted to practice in the United States courts in 1890. His law firm became prominent, and Mr. Beane has continued in the front rank of his profession to the present time. He has been prominent in public life. A staunch Dem- ocrat in politics he is an influential leader of his party. He has been city solicitor of Hal- lowell for twenty years; member of the school committee for eight years; superintendent of schools in Hallowell; member of the common council and alderman of the city. He was for one year town clerk of Readfield, his native place. He was elected county attorney in 1906. He was elected mayor of Hallowell in 1891-1907 and had very successful administra- tions. He was formerly a member of Read- field Lodge of Free Masons. His father, grandfather and he were at one time members of this lodge and in attendance together. He is now a member of Kennebec Lodge of Hal- lowell. He is a charter member of the Knights of Pythias of Hallowell, and is grand chancellor of that order in the state of Maine and also holds the office of supreme inner guard. He is also a member of the B. P. O. E. of Augusta, and grand recorder of the A. O. U. W. He is a prominent member of the Universalist church.
He married, September 14, 1876, Orella Griffin McGilvery, born December 11, 1852, daughter of Captain Henry and Eleanor (Griffin) McGilvery, of Belfast, Maine. Chil- dren: I. Charles Eugene Hill, born at Read- field. February 15, 1878, graduate of Bowdoin College Medical School with the degree of M. D .; practicing at Norwidgewock, Maine. He married, May 5, 1907, Mabel Ozier, of Damariscotta. 2. Bessie Craig, born at Hal- lowell, February 5, 1879, died 1894. 3. Eleanor McGilvery, born October 10, 1880, died in 1902 at Hallowell. 4. Emery Oliver, born at Hallowell, December 23, 1883, gradu- ate of the Hallowell high school in 1901; of Bowdoin College in 1904; entered upon the study of law in his father's office and became a student in Harvard Law School, where he graduated in 1908, taking a high rank. In his examination for the bar in June, 1907, be- fore he graduated, he was one of twenty-six successful candidates, receiving ninety-two
points, five points higher than any other can- didate. He is a prominent athlete ; was cap- tain of Bowdoin football eleven in 1903 and assistant coach in 1907. He is a partner of his father under the firm name of Beane & Beane.
The family name was in early days vari- ously written Bean and Beane. The latter form was adopted more than forty years ago by Nelson S. and Fred Emery, only children of Emery Oliver Bean.
(For preceding generations see John Bean I.) (IV) John (3), third son of BEAN Joshua and Hannah (Robinson) Bean, was born September 1746, in Brentwood, and died September 5,
4, 1825. in Gilmanton, where he passed most of his life. He married (first) about 1767, Abi- gail Fowler, born about June 14, 1747, died March 21. 1789. He married ( second) De- cember 10, 1789, Hannah Leavitt, born De- cember 6, 1764, and died August 4, 1843. The children of first wife were: Joshua, Lydia, Hannah, Ruth, Levi, Elijah, John, Abigail and Miriam. The second wife was the mother of a daughter, Sarah.
(V) Levi, second son of John (3) and Abi- gail (Fowler) Bean, was born July 14, 1776, in Gilmanton, and died September 2, 1850, in Hartland, Maine. About 1797 he went to Rome, Maine, where he was employed in a tannerv, and about the time of his marriage settled in Readfield. In 1827 he removed from that town to Hartland, where he passed the remainder of his life. He married (first) Polly Jacobs, born October 8, 1779, died Au- gust 6, 1827. He married (second) Mrs. Roxy Lord, of Belgrade, their intentions be- ing published September 16, 1828, and a cer- tificate issued on the 30th of the same month. She was the mother of his youngest child, Charles, born in Hartland. The children of first wife, born in Readfield, were: Irena, Mary Jane, Ebenezer, John, Levi, Ruth and Elmina.
(VI) Levi (2), third son of Levi (I) and Polly (Jacobs) Bean, was born May 25, 1817, in Readfield, and lived for a time in Concord, New Hampshire. He was a farmer and ho- tel keeper. He also owned and operated card mills. He died in East Concord, New Hamp- shire, aged seventy-seven. He married Nancy Griffin, a native of Deerfield, New Hampshire; they had thirteen children : Lewis, Harrison, Annie, Smith, Frank, Levi. George W., Martha, Harriet, Ann, Hannah, Sally, Mary. He was a Democrat.
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(VII) George Washington, son of Levi (2) Bean, was born June 18, 1837, in Con- cord, New Hampshire, and secured a some- what limited education there and in the ad- joining town of Loudon. At an early age he went to Manchester, New Hampshire, arriv- ing there with forty-five cents in his pockets. Obtaining a position in a cotton mill, he used the forty-five cents to purchase a pair of blue overalls, and for some time worked for the princely salary of three dollars per week. His board cost two and a half dollars per week and by the strictest economy he managed to purchase the raiment necessary to wear while at work. At the beginning of the second year, his salary was raised to the amount of sixteen and two-thirds cents per day, and in the third year he received eighty-five cents per day. Having learned his trade, he now received a journeyman's wages, one dollar and a quarter per day, and on a salary of eight dollars per week, he took a wife. Soon after he received an offer from the Stark Mills in Manchester, New Hampshire, which he accepted, and con- tinued with that establishment for a period of five years. At the end of this time he received a flattering offer from the Androscoggin Mill as overseer, and for seven years was identified therewith. His thorough knowledge of every detail in the manufacturing of cotton goods, together with executive ability of a high order, attracted the attention of the management of the Great Falls Mills, Great Falls, New Hampshire, and he acted as superintendent four years, and later was with the Merchants' Mill of Fall River. July 8, 1886, he was offered the position of agent of the Androscoggin Mill, Lewiston, Maine, a po- sition which few men could successfully fill. Since that year, and under his effi- cient management, the mill has experi- enced a steady and healthy growth until it now stands among the first in the state, em- ploying eleven hundred operatives with a semi- monthly pay roll of eighteen thousand dollars. In 1872 Mr. Bean became a charter member of the National Cotton Manufacturers' Asso- ciation. He was also one of the organizers of the Lewiston Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Association. He was a member of the com- mon council in the first city government of Lewiston, and aided in placing the young city on a sound basis. For thirty years he has been a member of the Masonic Order and is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has served as noble grand of the local lodge. In 1856 he married So- phronia A., daughter of Bliss Corliss, of East
Corinth, Vermont, and they became the pa- rents of three children, all of whom are now deceased, namely: Charles, George and Wil- liam.
BEAN A branch of the Bean family ( see preceding sketches) is descended from Lewis Bane, but no records have been found which exactly settle the date of his immigration or the place where he landed. A large number of early settlers of York were Scotch, and came direct from the old country.' A section of York was locally known as Scotland, and the name still clings to it. The son of Lewis, in a legal document signed by him speaks of his father as "Lewis Bane, Gent., formerly of Scotland," and a family record of one of the granddaughters, Mary Bean, who married Hugh Barbour, of Falmouth, says that she was an ardent Stuart sympathizer, having received that feeling from her father's teachings. March 5, 1668, Lewis Bane was granted a "lott of land" by the se- lectmen of York for a homestead. His name was indifferently spelled Bane and Bean in the early records, but by the time of the sec- ond generation the spelling settled into Bean. Lewis married Mary Mills, and had five chil- dren. He died about 1677, and his widow married a Mr. Brissome for a second husband ; she died about 1694, leaving no issue by her second husband. The children of Lewis and Mary were: Lewis, Ebenezer, Joseph, James and Elizabeth.
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