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OB C. WHEATON was born in Aurelius, Cayuga county, N. Y., April 28, 1814. His father, Wilbur Wheaton, was a native of Massachusetts, and was born April 11, 1787, but moved to Montgomery county, N. Y., with his parents, Robert and Catharine Wheaton, when he was a child, where he remained until he was twenty-one. He then went to Anrelius, Cayuga county, where he resided until 1825, when he sold out and went to Cambria, Niagara county, and remained there until 1835, when he came to Michigan and located a fractional one- quarter section on the bank of Evans' lake, on section 6, in Frank- lin, where he resided until his death, which occurred June 16, 1867. April 11, 1811, Wilbur Wheaton married Lucy Read, by whom he had four children, Job C. being the oldest son and second child. Mrs. Lucy Wheaton was born in Milton, Saratoga county, N. Y., November 2, 1792, and died in Franklin, this county, Jan- uary 25, 1872. Job C. Wheaton was the only son of his parents, and always lived with them, or they with him. He was a farmer, and his earliest recollections are of being in the woods in Niagara county, N. Y. He grew up with an axe in his hand, and when he came to Michigan in 1836 he was prepared and qualified to grapple with the forests. He cleared up the land his father had purchased, besides taking a job on the timbered land of efcaring twenty-five aeres. In those days the only idlers were Indians, and every white man worked for a "future existence." Mr. Wheaton
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built his house on the shore of Evans' lake, and has resided there for forty-four years. In 1836 the water in the lake was about thirty inches higher than it is at present. There is an outlet to the lake which forms quite a brook, and runs through to Tecumseh, which is called Evans' creek. About forty years ago a ditch was dug across a marsh and through a beaver-dam into the creek, for the purpose of increasing the volume of water in the creek for milling purposes at Tecumseh. The experiment was a failure, but it lowered the lake as above stated. At that time the lake was full of several varieties of fish, consisting mostly of black bass, blue gills, perch and sun-fish. For a few years Mr. Wheaton kept a seine, and would draw it for people who came along and wanted fish. He would often make a haul of five bushels, and made one haul in Stony lake of ten bushels. After a close observation of over forty years he has come to the conclusion that more fish could be caught in the lakes of Lenawee county, if the law prohibiting the use of seines was repealed. After a period of twenty years, since spearing and seining have been prohibited, there have been far fewer fish caught with a hook than during the previous twenty years, when seines and spears were in constant use. It is his belief that the large fish eat the small ones. He has caught black bass twenty inches long, and has found fish in their mouths that would weigh one pound. It is this class of fish that destroys the small ones, and the older they get the more voracious they are. Mr. Wheaton was never much of a hunter, still he has shot a number of deer and turkeys, and on one occasion he captured seven wild turkeys in a log shanty, and killed them all. In 1857 he built a stone house, in which he now lives. He got every stone 'in the structure upon his own land, and has still enough and to spare. He has a very comfortable and pleasant home, which he has wrought out with his own hands, and is now enjoying it. January 25, 1835, Job C. Wheaton married Diadama S. Saxton, daughter of Philander Saxton, of Cambria, Niagara county, N. Y., by whom he has had three children, as follows: Anna M., born in Cambria, Niagara county, N. Y., November 9, 1835, was the wife of Lyman Swift, of Blissfield, this county, and died January 8, 1874; Harriet A., born in Franklin, June 10, 1842, was the wife of William Ayers, of Franklin, and died June 18, 1863; James C., born in Franklin, July 14, 1844, a farmer of Franklin. Mrs. Diadama S. Wheaton was born in Livingston county, N. Y., Jan- uary 19, 1811, and died March 5, 1847. April 15, 1849, he mar- ried Betsey Wheaton, daughter of Ichabod and Catharine Whea- ton, who was born in Aurelius, Cayuga county, N. Y., February 13, 1820, came to Michigan with her parents in 1836, and settled
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in Adrian township, where they in August, 1840, both died within the same week, of a fever that prevailed that season. Her father was a native of Massachusetts, and her mother was born in Mont- gomery county, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Wheaton were in the grand stand that fell in Adrian during the county fair, on the afternoon of Thursday, October 2, 1879. Both were injured more or less. Mr. Wheaton was knocked senseless, but soon recovered with a few slight bruises. Mrs. Wheaton received quite serious injuries on her left side, besides a severe cut on the head. She never has and probably never will entirely recover.
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R ICHARD A. BURY was born in Albany, N. Y., February 20, 1830. He resided there only about two years, when his parents moved to Michigan, settling in Detroit in the fall of 1832, where his father, who was an Episcopal minister, was installed as rector of St. Paul's church, it being the only parish in the city at that time. After a residence in Detroit of two years Mr. Bury was called to Ogdensburg, N. Y., and resided there and in Pots- dam as rector, until 1836, when he again returned to Detroit. In 1839 he went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained seven years, and then went to Grosse Isle. Richard A. remained at Grosse Isle until 1850, when he went to Cincinnati, where he was engaged in a lumber yard, remaining there two years. In 1852 he purchased a saw mill at Grosse Isle, running it three years, when he sold out, and went to Adrian and opened a lumber yard. In 1861 J. Q. Disbrow purchased an interest in the business, and in 1863 Mr. Disbrow sold out to Benjamin Folsom, and in 1865 Mr. Bury pur- chased Mr. Folsom's interest. Subsequently D. M. Baker pur- chased an interest, and the firm of Bury & Baker existed until 1873. January 1, 1872, Mr. Bury accepted the position of lumber agent for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, which position he now holds. Since Mr. Bury's residence in Adrian he has been an active business man, and has taken an interest in all things that tended towards the growth and prosperity of the city. He has served three years on the board of education of Adrian, and has been an active member of Christ church, having served as vestryman for twenty years. He was a member of the old vol-
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unteer fire department for seven years. September 5, 1854, Richard A. Bury married Caroline L. Choate, daughter of Nathan and Louisa Choate, of Adrian, by whom he has had three children, as follows: Frank C., born September 5, 1855, married Ida Gun- solus, of Adrian, and is now a resident of Michigan City, Ind .; Louisa, born April 25, 1857; Richard A. Jr., born December 27, 1866. Mrs. Caroline L. Bury was born in Derry, N. H., April ' 29, 1832, and came to Michigan with her parents, and settled in Adrian, in 1849. Richard A. Bury's father, Rev. Richard Bury, was born in Manchester, England, November 10, 1792, came to America in 1801 with his parents, William and Mary Bury, was a graduate of Union College, N. Y., and entered the ministry about the year 1820. He married, about 1817, Mariette Gregory, daugh- ter of Dr. Uriah and Lucretia (Ely) Gregory, of Sand lake, N. Y., by whom he had nine children, Richard A. being the seventh child. Mrs. Mariette Bury was born in Connecticut, and died in Cleveland, September 5, 1861. Rev. Richard Bury died there July 21, 1875.
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ILLIAM CORNELIUS was born in Stamford, Dutchess county, N. Y., 4th month, 30th, 1801, where he learned the shoemaker's trade, and followed farming until 1823. He was married there, and in 1824 purchased a farm in Milan, the same county, where he resided until 1832. He then sold out and moved to Monroe county, and purchased a farm in the town of Rush, and lived there until 1846, when he went to Macedon and then to the village of Scottsville, where he remained until 1852, when he came to Michigan and purchased a farm in Southfield, Oakland county, but was dissatisfied there, and that fall exchanged for a farm on section 13, in Adrian township, where he got one of the most pleasant and desirable farm homes in Lenawee county. It is situated four miles north of the city of Adrian, and about one mile from the Friends' meeting-honse, with good buildings, and of the best quality of soil for general farming purposes, being a mix- ture of sand and gravel, producing all kinds of crops profitably. When Mr. Cornelius purchased the farm some of his friends and the people about were kind enough to inform him that the land
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was good for nothing, not even worth fencing in, but he paid no attention to their talk, and while some of them were delving on hard clay land, he was equally as successful on his farm with about half the labor. He soon had a desirable home, and one that attracted the attention of passers by, as it bore the appearance of taste, thrift and comfort. It is now one of the pleasantest farm homes between Adrian and Tecumseh, and would bring the highest price if it were offered for sale. Mr. Cornelius was a . thrifty man, of good judgment, and more than ordinary intelli- gence, and believed in making the world beautiful, and his family and all about him happy and comfortable. With good taste and commendable pride in keeping his premises in good order and pro- ductive, he at the same time had a high regard for his spiritual welfare and that of his family. He was a quiet, unobtrusive man, who always had a kind word for every one, with a tender, loving heart, being noted for his hospitality. About the year 1830 he be- came a member of the Society of Friends, and was ever after a consistent member of that body, having an abiding faith in its teachings, and was always active and earnest in the work. He was an invalid for several years, and gradually failed both in mind and body, until August 15, 1879, when he died, mourned and respected by a very large circle of friends and acquaintances. Sixth month, 7th, 1823, William Cornelius married Mary Ann Mead, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Mead, of Milan, Dutchess county, N. Y., by whom he had five children, as follows: Mary J., born in Milan, Dutchess county, 3d month, 16th, 1824, now the wife of Henry Rawson, of Rollin, this county; Jane M., born in the same place, 4th month, 26th, 1828, now the wife of Jona- than Green, of Raisin; John M., born in same place, 6th month, 10th, 1830, a resident of Spring Lake, Ottawa county, Mich .; Cynthia T., born same place, 5th month, 5th, 1832, now the wife of William H. Cornelius, of Raisin; Phebe Ann, born in Macedon, Wayne county, N. Y., 7th month, 24th, 1834, now the wife of Edward M. Cornelius, of Adrian. Mrs. Mary Ann Cornelius was born in Milan, Dutchess county, N. Y., 6th month, 1st, 1802, and still survives her husband in good mind and health, in her seventy-ninth year. Her father, Nathaniel Mcad, was born August 16, 1750, and was twice married. Third month, 25th, 1772, he married Hannah Lamb, who died the 15th of 5th month, 1796. Eleventh month, 28th, 1799, he married Mary Quinby, daughter of Samuel and Ann Quinby, who was born 12th month, 10th, 1757, and died 7th month, 21st, 1837, aged seventy-nine years, seven months and eleven days. Nathaniel Mead was the father of twelve children, and died 3d month, 5th, 1816.
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OSEPH SMITH, JR., was born near Syracuse, N. Y., August 12, 1817. His father, Joseph Smith, Sr., was born in Rockland county, N. Y., in 1790, and when young learned the blacksmith's trade, but afterward followed farming. He mar- ried Abigail Taylor, a native of Orange county, N. Y., who was born in 1793, by whom he had twelve children, Joseph, Jr., being the third child and oldest son. Joseph Smith, Sr., died at Mid- land, Mich., in 1868. His wife survives him, and is still living in Midland, in her eighty-eighth year. Joseph Smith, Jr., left his home when he was about twelve years old, when he commenced working by the month on a farm, and continued for two years. When he was fourteen years old he went on the Erie canal, and for nearly seven years, during the boating season, he was at work on the canal or Hudson river. When he was twenty-one; in 1838, he began to see that employment on the canal was not all that a boy or young man required, realizing that it was a pretty hard place. In July of that year he started for Michigan, coming directly to Lenawee county. He remained several years in Adrian township, and worked at farming, but in 1850 he purchased a piece of land on section 34, in Franklin, where he now resides. He now owns 106 acres of good land, with about ninety acres under good cultivation. He came to Lenawee county . with scarcely a dollar in money, without a friend or acquaintance, but he was determined to get away from the canal and river and all his former associations, and commenced life here in the woods, with the idea of making a home and becoming a useful member of society. March 28, 1840, he married Sally P. Jones, daughter of Abner and Diana Jones, of Adrian, by whom he had twelve children, as fol- lows: Theodore S., born in Adrian, October 16, 1842, now a farmer of Somerset, Hillsdale county, was a soldier in the rebellion, and member of Company F, Fourth Michigan Cavalry ; James Fletcher, born same place, August 16, 1844, now a resident of Adrian city, was a soldier in the rebellion, and member of Company F, Fourth Michigan Cavalry; Ruel W., born same place, October 1, 1847, was a soldier in the rebellion, and member of Company B, Ninth Michigan Cavalry, serving until the close of the war, but died from injuries received in the service, December 15, 1869; Alvin, born same place, August 19, 1849, and died January 12, 1879, leaving two orphan children, Clarence A. and Alba S., who are being brought up by their grandfather; John A., born in Franklin, October 10, 1851, now a resident of Franklin; Lucretia A., born same place, October 12, 1853, now the wife of Robert Powell, of Franklin; Nancy, born same place, December 19, 1858, is now the wife of Alonzo Mudget, of Wheatland, Hillsdale
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county ; Eugene and Eugenia (twins) born same place, February 3, 1861; Eugene lives in Hillsdale county ; Eugenia is the wife of William Powell, of Adrian township; Lillie Alice, born same place, June 24, 1864, at home; two children died in infancy. Mrs. Sallie Smith was born in Farmington, Orleans county, N. Y., October 18, 1821, came to Michigan with her parents in 1833, and settled in Adrian township. She died August 4, 1868. Novem- ber 16, 1870, Mr. Smith married Mrs. Elizabeth Dunn, widow of Peter Dunn, of Adrian, and daughter of Samuel and Mahala Wild, of Cambridge. Mrs. Smith was born in Connecticut, March 26, 1834, and came to Michigan with her parents in 1837.
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OSEPH A. MERRETT was born in Evesham, Worcester- shire, England, January 13, 1835, where he resided until the winter of 1849, when he went to the Isle of Jersey, on the coast of France, in the English channel, with his parents. He learned the trade of painting, paper-hanging and decorating in the city of St. Helier, and remained there until August 4, 1854, when be returned to England, and sailed from Plymouth in the packet Lady Peel, landing in Quebec October 3d. He immediately went to Toronto, arriving there on the 7th, where his parents settled. He resided in Toronto and followed his trade until March, 1858, when he came to Michigan, stopping in Detroit four or five weeks, when he went to Adrian, arriving there May 5th. He immedi- ately found employment with A. F. Mckenzie, and staved with him until the latter part of December, 1860. He then went to Geneva, N. Y., where he remained until August 3, 1861, when he enlisted in Company C, Third New York Cavalry, and served three years in the great rebellion, holding the position of sergeant. In July, 1865, he returned to Adrian, and commenced business on his own account, and has continued ever since. He now carries on an extensive paper store, together with a paint shop, enjoying the confidence and patronage of all classes of people, and stands first in the city in the line of decorative paper hanging. Much of his work exhibits a remarkable taste and skill, and for beauty and finish can not be excelled. January 1, 1861, Joseph A. Merrett married Ann Boyes, daughter of James and Elizabeth Boyes, of Orange, Schuyler county, N. Y., by whom he has had three children, as
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follows: Hattie Bell, born March 30, 1869; Joseph A., born De- cember 17, 1870; Mattie Josephine, born April 13, 1873; all born in Adrian. Mrs. Ann Merrett was born in Orange, June 26, 1836. Her father was a native of Yorkshire, England, came to America a young man, married Elizabeth Bell, a native of Ire- land, and purchased a farm in Orange, N. Y., where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1847. Her mother is still living in Orange. Joseph A. Merrett's father, George A. Merrett, was a native of Gloucestershire, England, was a butcher by trade, and carried on an extensive business in St. Heliers, Isle of Jersey, and in Toronto. He died in Toronto, in December, 1859. He mar- ried Harriet Doyle (whose grandfather was a colonel in the British army, and commanded a regiment in America during the Revolu- tionary war), of Evesham, England, by whom he had eleven chil- dren, Joseph A. being the third. Mrs. Harriet Merrett was a native of Evesham, and died in Toronto.
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LVA RAYMOND was born in Wheeler, Steuben county, N. Y., October 4, 1820. His father, Rufus Raymond, was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., in 1786, where he re- sided until he was abont twenty-one, when he went to Wheeler, Steuben county, N. Y., where he was married, and afterward went to Cohocton and purchased a farm. He resided there and carried on his farm until the spring of 1834, when he sold out and came . to Michigan, settling on section 26, in Raisin, this county, purchas- ing 160 acres of new land of Edwin Holloway, who located it. Mr. Raymond cleared up the farm and built good buildings. He was one of the very first settlers of that portion of the township, and was always foremost in all matters of public interest and im- provement. He was an industrious, hard-working, honest and much-respected man, and did much by his constant cheerfulness and hopeful trust in the happy future of the country, to inspire desponding settlers and unfortunates. When young he became a member of the Society of Friends, but in his latter years he was a member of the Presbyterian church of Raisin. In 1810 Rufus Raymond married Ruhama Alls, of Wheeler, Steuben county, N.
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Y., by whom he had thirteen children, Alva being the eighth child. Mrs. Ruhama Raymond was born April 15, 1787, in Pennsylvania, and died in Raisin, this county, in March, 1845. Rufus Raymond died in Raisin, December 25, 1865. Alva Ray- mond came to Michigan with his parents in 1834, and assisted his father in clearing up his farm, remaining at home until he was twenty-one. In the fall of 1841 he went to Grant county, Wis., and worked about the lead mines and at melting ore, until May, 1842, when he returned home, and worked his father's farm for two years. He then purchased a new farm in Woodstock, but only remained there about two years, when he sold and moved to Addison village, where he resided about two years, finally moving baek to Raisin. In 1851 he went to Augusta, Washtenaw county, where he purchased a farm. He owned his farm there for ten years, when he sold it and purchased another in the township of Ypsilanti, residing on it two years. In 1866 he again returned to Raisin, and purchased a farm on section 2, where he now resides. During eighteen years of his life he has followed mechanical employment and running saw mills. Like many other yonng men he made some "mistakes" at first; but he profited by experi- ence, and for many years he has been in comfortable circumstances. During his life Mr. Raymond has experienced two very narrow eseapes from death. When young, he dug a well on his father's farm, in Raisin, and during the operation of bricking it up it beeame necessary to bail out the water. A large iron kettle was used for a bucket, and while it was being raised, filled with water, the bail broke, letting the kettle into the well, and in its descent it struck Mr. Raymond's left shoulder, only causing a slight fracture. During the summer of 1862 he had a yoke of runaway steers. One day he fastened them by wrapping the chain around a stump. The steers were quite unruly, and when Mr. Raymond went to unhitch them they started, drawing the chain around the stump. As the chain left the stump the hook caught Mr. Raymond's left leg below the knee, and the steers dragged him several rods, tear- ing the flesh from the bone for a distance of nine inches. The steers finally stopped, and Mr. Raymond removed the hook from the flesh and muscles, and walked to the house. July 9, 1842, Alva Raymond married Mary Ann Iveson, daughter of John and Ann Iveson, of Woodstock, this county, by whom he has had six children, as follows: Elmira, born in Raisin, this county, Septem- ber 25, 1843, now the wife of F. M. Bell, of Rome; Mary Eliza- beth, born same place, January 8, 1846, now the wife of George B. Mize, of Raisin; Rufus, born in Woodstock, February 11, 1848, a farmer of Tecumseh; Laura Ann, born in Augusta, Wash-
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tenaw county, May 7, 1855, now the wife of Franklin Wood, of Raisin; . William F., born same place, July 2, 1858, at home; Walter B., born same place, August 8, 1863, at home; Mary A., daughter of Benjamin Iveson, adopted, born April 14, 1866. Mrs. Mary Ann Raymond was born at Hempstead Harbor, Queens county, N. Y., February 8, 1821. Her father was born at Has- lingden, Lancaster, England, December 22, 1790, where he lived and followed his trade of cabinet-maker until 1817, when he came to America and settled on Long Island, N. Y. He resided there until 1839, when he came to Michigan and purchased a farm in Woodstock, on section 19. After about ten years he sold out and purchased a smaller farm on section 30, where he died June 17, 1864. July 25, 1811, he married Ann Beardwood, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Beardwood, of Blackburn, Lancaster, Eng- land, by whom he had thirteen children, Mrs. Raymond being the sixth child. Mrs. Ann Iveson was born at Fennescowes, near Blackburn, August 7, 1789, and still survives her husband, in her ninety-second year, being in remarkably good health.
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HARLES W. SHEFFIELD was born in Bridgewater, Oneida county, N. Y., December 18, 1824. His father, William Sheffield, son of John Sheffield, was born in Rhode Island, near the Connecticut line, about the year 1790, and lived there until he was twenty years old, when he moved to Oneida county, N. Y., and engaged in the distillery business in Bridge- water. In 1826 he sold his distillery, and went to Utica and pur- chased a hotel, which he carried on until his death, which occurred in 1834. About the year 1819 William Sheffield married Mary E. Carpenter, of Long Island, by whom he had four sons, Charles W. being the third. Mrs. Mary E. Sheffield was born on Long Island, about the year 1798, and died in Utica, N. Y., in 1834. Charles W. Sheffield was left an orphan at the age of ten years, and was brought up by an uncle and aunt. In the spring of 1835 le came to Michigan with his uncle, James L. Austin, and settled on section 6, in Adrian township. Charles lived with Mr. Austin until he was about fifteen years old, when he went to work
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by the month, and since that time he has "paddled his own canoe." He has seen Lenawee county transformed from a howling wilderness to its present high state of cultivation and a model of beauty and civilization. He commeneed chopping and clearing land, and continued it for some years. He learned the carpenter's trade, and followed it until he was twenty-eight years old, during which time he purchased fifty acres of land on section 6, in Adrian. He has since added to this farm until he now owns 103 acres, besides owning a farın of eighty acres on section 15, in Adrian. He owns a house and lot in the city of Adrian (corner Railroad and Budlong streets), where his family reside during the school year, for the purpose of educating his children. In the fall of 1847 he enlisted in Captain Hicks' company to go to Mexico, but was finally transferred to Captain A. S. Williams' company in Detroit. The company left Detroit February 9, 1848, and after four weeks it arrived in Vera Cruz, and was immediately marched to Cordovia, and garrisoned that city until the close of the war. They returned to Detroit in August the same year. May 5, 1852, Charles W. Sheffield married Mary E. Skinner, daughter of Calvin D. and Betsey H. Skinner, of Adrian, by whom he has had seven children, as follows: Leonora H., born January 1, 1854, a teacher in the county schools; William C., died when two years and ten months old; Ward B., born April 6, 1858, a farmer of Adrian; Clara W., born March 30, 1860; Mary E., born July 13, 1861; Viola B., born November 16, 1864; Laura, born January 2, 1871. Mrs. Mary E. Sheffield was born in Galen, Wayne county, N. Y., May 25, 1829, came to Michigan with her parents in 1831 (when about two years old, riding the entire distance in a lumber wagon, sitting in a little chair), and settled on section 15, in Adrian. Her father was born in Hartford, Washington county, N. Y., October 18, 1801, and was the son of Solomon and Ruth (Simons) Skinner. Calvin D. Skinner was brought up a mechanic, and put up the first frame building in Adrian city. The building is now standing on Railroad street, and is the property of Dr. W. Owen. He married January 24, 1828, Betsey H. Scott, daughter of Lemuel and Betsey (Drew) Scott, who was born in Randolph, Orange county, Vt., May 7, 1806. They had eight children, Mrs. Sheffield being the oldest. Mr. Skinner died at Salt Lake city, en route for California, July 1, 1850. His wife died in Adrian, on the old farm, January 31, 1873.
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