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cle was then worth thirty cents per ounce, and business was done on credit, Mr. Winter knew he would soon return. His wife sent him immediately back, and he took the four ounces home. November 2, 1844, Samuel Carpenter, Jr., married Susan Welch, daughter of George W. and Polly Welch, of Royalton, Fulton county, Ohio, by whom he has had two children, as follows: Syl- vester M., born in Royalton, September 10, 1845, a farmer, and lives at home; George S., died at the age of two years. Mrs. Susan Carpenter was born in Royalton, Orleans county, N. Y., March 9, 1826, came to Michigan with her parents in 1833, and settled in Royalton, Ohio.
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ALLAM RICHARDS was born in Windsor, Windsor county, Vt., February 26, 1807, where he resided until he was fourteen years old. In 1821 his parents, Thomas and Clarissa Richards, removed to Lisle, Broome county, N. Y., where a farm was purchased, and where Hallam lived for several years. The genealogy of the family has been traced back to one John Richards, a sea-faring man, who owned a vessel and traded between the Colonies and England. About the year 1634 or '44 John Richards sold his vessel in Boston, and settled there, where he raised a family. The family afterward became scattered through Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Vermont, and subsequently into New York. The record says the family in this country sprung from John Richards, who settled in Boston; 2d his son Guy, who also lived in Massachusetts; 3d, Charles; 4th, David; 5th Daniel W., who lived in Connecticut, and was a Rev- olutionary soldier, disabled in the service; was a tailor by trade, and after his disability got a government contract for clothing, made a little money, with which he purchased a hotel in New Lon- don, which was burned by the British; 6th Thomas, born in Connecticut, learned the trade of clothmaker in New Haven, serv- ing seven years, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and emigrated to Vermont, settled in Windsor, where he established the first fac- tory and manufactured the first cloth in Vermont. He resided there until 1821, when he sold out and emigrated to Broome county,
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N. Y. About the year 1800 Thomas Richards married Clarissa Woods, of Windsor, Vt., by whom he had six children, Hallani being the second child. Thomas Richards died in Lisle, Broome county, N. Y., at the age of forty-nine years. . His wife died in Alle- ghany county, N. Y., being over seventy years of age. Hallam Richards, when a young man, went to Monroe county, N. Y., where he followed carpentering and farming until after he was married, when he went to Chautauqua county and purchased a farm, only remaining there a short time, and in 1830 came to Michigan, settling in this county. He first found employment with Addison Comstock at carpenter work, and assisted in erecting many of the first buildings in Adrian. In the spring of 1831 he brought his wife on from New York, and first lived in a log house, which stood on the old Gifford farm, near the present Oak- wood cemetery, paying $1.50 per month rent. In 1834 he took up a farın in the present town of Fairfield, residing there until 1838, returning to New York, remaining there until 1848, when he re- turned to Michigan, and has resided in Adrian most of the time since. The Richards family have all been patriots, having served their country in all its wars, with the exception of the one with Mexico. Hallam Richards was a soldier in the Black Hawk and Toledo wars. August 29, 1829, he married Catharine Zilpha. Wilcox, daughter of Joel and Catharine (Randall). Wilcox, of Monroe county, N. Y., by whom he had six children, as follows : Emily M., born in Palmyra, this county, September 1, 1831, now the wife of Micajah Vaughn, of Mason, Ingham county, Mich .; James M., born same place, October 20, 1833, now a resident of Oil City, Pa .; Thomas J., born in Fairfield, this county, Febru- ary 26, 1835, was a soldier in the great rebellion, and member of the Fifth Michigan Cavalry, now a resident of Detroit; Susan C., born same place, November 2, 1837, died October 29, 1852; Catharine M., born in Rushford, Alleghany county, N. Y., August 8, 1842, now the wife of Joel M. Randal!, of Adrian City; Ran- som S., born in Adrian village, March 21, 1851, a resident of Detroit. Mrs. Catharine Z. Richards was born in Genesee county, N. Y., December 20, 1811, and died in Mason, Ingham county, Mich., October 1, 1879. Her ancestors were English and Scotch, first settling in Rhode Island. Hallam Richards now resides with his daughter, Mrs. Vaughn, at Mason, Ingham county. One cir- cumstance of which Mr. Richards feels proud is that the family have, without a single exception, been followers of the Jeffersonian doc- trine since the formation of the Democratic party ; but a few years ago his son, Thomas J., went over to the Republican party, which is the first break in their political faith.
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OHN B. DRAKE was born in Allamuchy, Warren county, N. J., May 3, 1812. His father, Adam Drake, was a native of Sussex county, N. J., was a farmer, and lived there until 1835, when he came to Michigan and settled in Orion, Oakland county, where he purchased a new farm and resided until his death, which occurred in October, 1874, aged eighty-four years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. In 1811 Adam Drake married Sarah Boils, daughter of John and Amy (Hart) Boils, by whom he had' ten children, John B. being the oldest. Mrs. Sarah Drake was born in Green, Sussex county, N. J., January 12, 1794, and died there January 13, 1835. John B. Drake lived in New Jersey until 1837, when he came to Michigan and settled in Cam- bridge, this county. He learned the mason's trade in New Jersey, and followed it there for five years, previous to coming to Michi- gan. He has worked at his trade for over thirty years in this county, erecting the first brick house in the village of Tecumseh. The house was built for a lawyer, Andrew Backus, during the fall and spring of 1838-9. Mr. Drake did a large amount of work in Tecumseh and Clinton, building the stone foundation for the first grist mill in Clinton. In 1839 he purchased forty acres of land of Francis Dewey, on section 18, in Cambridge, where he now resides.
It is situated on the west side of Dewey's lake, and his house faces the lake. He has added to his first purchase until he at one time owned 300 acres in one body. He has cleared and improved over 200 acres, and built a frame house and barns. His farm lies between three beautiful lakes, and in early times, before the country was cleared up, it was an enchanting place. Mr. Drake built his first house of tamarack. logs, on the bank of Dewey's lake, only a few rods from the water's edge. At that time the water in the lake was at least four feet higher than it is at the present time, and the lake is not more than one-half as large as it was when Mr. Drake settled on its shore. The lake has been drained by ditching, out- lets having been made at both the east and west ends. November 26, 1836, John B. Drake married Clarissa Sheeler, daughter of William and Catharine Sheeler, of Newton, Sussex county, N. J., by whom he has had eight children, as follows: William S., born August 19, 1837, died May 22, 1838; Sarah C., born April 7, 1839, now the wife of George F. Knapp, of Cambridge; Ann E., born October 10, 1841, now the wife of Alfred Dodge, of Mont- calm, Montcalm county, Mich .; Lydia J., born July 30, 1843, now the wife of MeKinzie Johnston, of Cambridge; Anthony W., born August 31, 1846, a farmer of Cambridge; Emily C., born December 29, 1848, at home; John J., born January 18, 1851, at. home; George W. died in infancy. Mrs. Clarissa Drake was born
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in Newton, Sussex county, N. J., September 7, 1814, and came to Michigan with her husband in 1837. Her parents were natives of Sussex county, and died there. The ancestors of the Sheeler family were Germans, and it is believed that the ancestors of the Drake family were also Germans.
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OHN KERR was born in Crankill, Antrim county, Ireland, May 19, 1827, where he resided until the spring of 1852, sailing from Belfast for America on the evening of the 24th of June that year. After a voyage of thirty-five days from Liv- erpool he landed in New York eity, and left that city the same day for Michigan, arriving in Adrian August 9th. His brother Matthew then lived in the village of Palmyra, where John went and soon found employment with O. M. Rood, who was then engaged in ballasting the track on the Erie and Kalamazoo rail- road, the T rail having just been laid. During the first three years of his residence in this eounty he was sick with ague and chill fever for eleven months. During the fall of 1853 he again worked three months for O. M. Rood, on the Jackson branch, in constructing the Raisin bridge near Asa Sutton's. In December, the same year, he went to Kendallville, Indiana, and for about one year worked on the Air-line railroad. In the spring of 1855 lie was employed by the Michigan Southern railroad at Adrian, and had charge of a gang of men. That fall he was made section boss, and had charge of nine miles of track on the Jackson branch, with headquarters at Lenawee Junction, remaining in that position for over nine years. In the spring of 1864 he leased John Richard's farm in Raisin, remaining there one year. In the spring of 1865 he purchased a farm of eighty acres on section 22, in Cambridge, where he has resided ever since. He has added to his farm until he now owns 120 aeres of land, has ereeted a very fine frame house, built good barns, and made a very desirable home. August 15, 1856, John Kerr married Betsey E. Sherrard, daughter of James and Margaret Sherrard, of Tecumseh, by whom he has had nine children, as follows: David T., born August 24, 1857, died October 11, 1863; John J., born in Palmyra, this county, July 8, 1860, died April 10, 1863; John J. 2d, born sanie
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place, August 6, 1863; David T., born in Cambridge, August 1, 1865, died August 3, 1868; Matthew H., born same place, April 15, 1867; Edwin D., born same place, January 9, 1868: Charles A., born November 30, 1870; Herbert B., born same place, June 11, 1873; Robert F., born same place, June 12, 1877. Mrs. Betsey E. Kerr was born in Killeycowan, Antrim county, Ireland, in 1838, came to America with her parents in 1848, and settled in Cambridge, this county. Her parents were natives of Antrim connty, Ireland, their ancestors being Scotch. Her father died in Cambridge, in 1851, and her mother is still living in Cambridge, on the farm her husband purchased there. John Kerr has been an active man during his residence in Cambridge, and has taken an interest in the general welfare of his township. He came to America a poor boy, but by constant labor and economy has man- aged to make a very desirable home, and provide all the comforts of life. [For the history of his parents and ancestors see Matthew Kerr's record on another page of this volume.]
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F REDERICK MEDICK was born in Easton, Pa., February 12, 1816. He resided there until 1823, when his parents, Peter and Sarah Medick, moved with their family to Lodi, Seneca county, N. Y. Peter Medick, soon after his removal to Seneca county, was severely injured by being thrown from a horse, and never recovered from it, being paralyzed in the left side. This was a great misfortune to the family, as Mr. Medick was forever after incapacitated for work or any kind of business, and had a family of nine small children. He lived for thirty-five years in that condition, and died in Hector, Schuyler county, at his daugh- ter's, June 12, 1853, aged seventy-three years. About the year 1800 he married Sarah Bird, of Easton, Pa., by whom he had nine children, Frederick being the seventh child. Mrs. Sarah Medick was a native of Easton, and died in Lodi, Seneca county, N. Y., June 14, 1850, aged seventy-one years. Frederick Mediek's boyhood days were not the most pleasant, as he com- menced working by the month when he was about eight years old. He first received two dollars per month and board. He worked by the month for over seventeen years, and the best wages he ever received was thirteen dollars per month and board. When he was
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twenty-five years old he was married, when an agreement was entered into between Frederick and his brothers, George and John C., to provide a comfortable home for their parents during their life time. Frederick worked a rented farm in Lodi for thirteen years, saved two thousand dollars in money, and in the fall of 1855 he came to Michigan, thinking he could purchase a good farm here with his money. He first settled in Ridgeway and rented a farm for one year, and put in large erops, including thirty-five acres of wheat to be harvested the following season. In the spring of 1857 he rented another farm and put in large spring crops, all promising well. He then had invested about all of his money in buying tools, living and putting in his crops. All promised well, however, and he was elated with his prospects. It was about the 1st of July, on Friday, when he was getting ready to commence harvest- ing on the following Monday, when one of the most terrific hail storms occurred that has ever been known in this section of country. The storm took in a scope of country about six miles long and one mile wide, destroying all kinds of crops and fruit. There was no glass left facing the storm in any of the houses, all kinds of stock were seriously injured in the fields, and the hail almost ruined the roofs of buildings. All of Mr. Medick's crops were nearly destroyed. On thirty-five acres of good wheat he only got sixty- five bushels, his oats, corn and potatoes amounting to nothing. This great calamity left Mr. Medick nearly penniless. But he was not discouraged, as he was determined to live and have a home besides, and in the spring of 1858 he moved to Adrian township, and resided on one farm fourteen years. He purchased a farm of James E. Curtis, but after a few years sold it and purchased other land. In the spring of 1870 he, in company with W. M. Stone, purchased the old Allen Chaffee farm, adjoining the city limits of Adrian on the north. This was one of the finest and most valua- ble farms in the county in point of location and productiveness. Mr. Medick has resided there during the past eight years. In the spring of 1880 he sold to the State of Michigan forty aeres of the farm for the site of the State Reform School for Girls, the beautiful spot being selected by the committee appointed by the Governor, in preference to any other location offered in the State. The price paid by the State for the land per acre was $187.50. January 5, 1841, Frederick Medick married Jane Kelley, daughter of Joseph C. Kelley, of Lodi, N. Y., by whom he had five children, as follows: Joseph W. born in Lodi, Seneca county, N. Y., November 22, 1843, a resident of Adrian; Alice M., born same place, June 14, 1846, now the wife of T. J. Kennedy, of Raisin; George M., born same place, May 30, 1849, died June 14, 1849; Clarence S., born
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same place, June 17, 1850, a resident of Toledo; Charles V., born same place, December 8, 1852, at home. Mrs. Jane Medick was born in Lodi, N. Y., October 14, 1817, and died in Adrian, Jan- uary 10, 1874. April 2, 1878, Mr. Medick married Mary J. Young, daughter of William and Jane Young, of Adrian. Her parents are natives of Dublin, Ireland. They settled in Adrian in 1858, and still reside there. Mrs. Mary J. Medick was born in Brockport, Monroe county, N. Y., July 4, 1840.
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OSEA J. CORBUS was born in Cleveland, Ohio, October 9, 1828, but only resided there until he was nearly four years old, when his parents, James G. and Nancy M. Corbus, moved to Detroit, After a residence there of about two years, in the spring of 1833 the family moved to Sand Creek, in Hillsdale county, but in 1834 a farm was purchased of the government, on section 13, in Quincy township, in Branch county, where Hosea was brought up and resided until he was twenty-two years old. In the spring of 1850 he went into the employ of the Michigan Southern railroad as section foreman. In the spring of 1854 he was elected treasurer of Quincy township, and about the same time mnade conductor of a construction train, with headquarters at Cold- water. April 1, 1857, he was appointed roadmaster from White Pigeon to Adrian, and in the spring of 1858 his division was extended from Elkhart to Toledo. He remained on that division until the spring of 1865, when he was appointed division super- intendent of the East Tennessee and Georgia railroad, then under military rule, with headquarters at Loudon, Tenn. He remained there until the spring of 1866, when he returned to Michigan, and April 1st, that year, he was made roadmaster of the Jackson and Monroe branches of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, which position he continued to hold until November, 1880, when he gave up the Monroe branch, and now has charge of the Jackson and Fayette branches and the main line, from Adrian to Air-line Junction, with headquarters at Adrian. Mr. Corbus is one of the oldest employees of the Lake Shore road, having been engaged in some capacity for twenty-nine years. December 30, 1857, Hosea J. Corbus married Margaret J. Hall, daughter of
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Andrew and Nellie Hall, of Coldwater, by whom he has had one laughter, Adell L., born in Coldwater, January 1, 1859. Mrs. Margaret J. Corbus was born in Beekman, Dutchess county, N. Y., October 24, 1830, and came to Michigan with her parents in 1842, and first settled in Leoni, Jackson county, and resided there about one year. From there the family moved to Albion, residing there also about one year, and then moved to Allens, Branch county, and purchased a farm, residing there for nine years, when Mr. Hall sold and subsequently resided in Coldwater until his death, which occurred October 7, 1872. In 1823 he married Nellie Con- over, daughter of John and Margaret Conover, of Fishkill, Dutchess county, N. Y., by whom he had seven children, Mrs. Corbus being the fourth child and oldest daughter. Mrs. Nellie Hall was born in Fishkill, in 1803, and still resides in Coldwater. Hosea Corbus' father, James G. Corbus, was born in Detroit, in 1804. He married 1st Isbel Eddy, who died about two years after her marriage, leaving an infant daughter, now Mrs. Abel Coon, of Quincy village, Branch county. In 1827 Mr. Corbus became a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, and during that year he married 2d, Nancy M. Moore, whose parents were pioneers of Cleveland, by whom he had three children, Hosea being the oldest. Mr. Corbus was a prominent man in Quiney, kept a hotel on the old Chicago turnpike for several years, made an overland journey to California in 1858, and again made the journey by water in 1859. He was the second treasurer elected in Quincy township, and occupied many other official positions, He died in Quincy village in 1870. His wife still survives him, and lives in Quiney. She is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and is in her seventieth year.
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ONATHAN B. KEENEY was born in New Lyme, Conn., March 15, 1815. His father, Joseph Keeney, was also a native of Connecticut, and was brought up a farmer, but after he was married he engaged in the mercantile business in New Lyme, and remained there until 1817, when he went to Le Roy, Genesee county, N. Y., where he purchased a new farm. He cleared up his farm, erceted good buildings, and made a desirable home, residing there until his death, which occurred in 1842. The turnpike, which was constructed from Buffalo, cast through
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Batavia and thence to Avon, etc., passed his house. He was a prominent man in his township, and a member of the Baptist church, being one of the organizers of the society in Le Roy. He married Mary Bishop, of New Lyme, by whom he had ten children, six sons and four daughters, Jonathan B. being the seventh child. Mrs. Mary Keeney was born in New Lyme, in 1783, and died in Le Roy, in March, 1877. Jonathan B. Keeney lived at home until he was twenty years old, and was reared a farmer. In the spring of 1835 he came to Michigan and settled in Franklin, this county, on sections 21 and 22. He resided on this farm until 1849, when he sold to his brother, John W. Keeney, and purchased another farm on section 16, in Cambridge, where he now resides. Mr. Keeney has been a very active, industrious man since his residence in Michigan. He cleared sixty acres of land in Franklin, besides putting up comfortable buildings, and has cleared 160 acres on his present farm, besides erecting a fine brick house, good barns, sheds, etc. His farm is situated on the La Plaisance Bay turnpike, one and a half miles west of Springville, and consists of 180 acres. Mr. Keeney has never been a politician or office-seeker, always finding enough to do on his own premises, thinking it far more profitable to work for himself, exercise his privileges at the polls, and leave other folks to do as they choose. He was in politics first a Whig and then a Republican. He was for many years a member of the Baptist church of Franklin, assist- ing in its organization. May 1, 1839, Jonathan B. Keeney mar- ried Amanda Mallery, daughter of Dr. Zalmon and Anna Mallery, of Franklin, this county, by whom he has had thirteen children, as follows: Mary Ann, born in Franklin, August 25, 1840, died February 4, 1850; Ellen Amanda, born same place, August 21, 1842, now the wife of James Ferguson, of Jackson, Mich .; Nancy S., born same place, September 30, 1844, now the wife of J. D. Holmes, of Riley, Clinton county, Mich .; Joseph Z., born same place, September 23, 1846, a farmer of Cambridge; Albert A., born same place, October 3, 1848, died January 26, 1850; James A., born in Cambridge, November 14, 1850, a resident of Riley, Clinton county, Mich .; John W., born same place, February 16, 1853, also a resident of Riley; Nicholas B., born same place, Feb)- ruary 7, 1855, a resident of Petoskey, Mich .; Alanson M., born same place, December 19, 1856, a resident of Jackson; Edward C., born same place, March 19, 1859, at home; Charles E., born same place, December 21, 1861, died April 17, 1862; Carrie A., born same place, July 25, 1863, now the wife of F. Groger, of Cambridge; Marshall H., born same place, February 28, 1.865, died April 5, 1865. Mrs. Amanda Keeney was born in East
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Hampton, Hampshire county, Mass., March 27, 1822, came to Michigan with her parents in the spring of 1836, and settled in Franklin, this county. Her father was born in Montgomery, Hampshire county, Mass., February 10, 1784, was reared a farmer, but after he was twenty-one he studied medicine, and was a success- fill physician for many years. After coming to Michigan he gave his attention exclusively to farming. He died in Morenci, this county, February 18, 1855. He married July 10, 1811, Anna Gould, daughter of John and Mary Gould, of Russell, Hampshire county, Mass., by whom he had five children, Mrs. Keeney being the youngest. Mrs. Anna Mallery was born in East Haddam, Conn., March 4, 1780, and died in Cambridge, this county, Sep- tember 6, 1850.
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ANIEL B. PRATT was born Farmington, Ontario county, N. Y., August 15, 1816, where he resided and followed farming until he was seventeen years old. In the fall of 1833 he came to Michigan with his father, Charles Pratt, and settled in Adrian township. Charles Pratt was born in Cheshire, Berkshire county, Mass., where he resided until he was about twenty-five years old, when he went to Ontario county, N. Y., and purchased a farm and resided until 1833, when he came to Michigan. About the year 1812 he married Sally Allen, of Cheshire, Mass., by whom he had two children, Daniel B. being the youngest. Mrs. Sally Pratt died in Farmington, in 1816. Mr. Pratt subsequently mar- ried Betsey Arnold, widow of Jacob Arnold, of Farmington, N. Y., by whom he had five children. Charles Pratt died in Adrian, in December, 1851. Mrs. Betsey Pratt died in Adrian, in 1864. Daniel B. Pratt has resided in Lenawee county for forty-seven years, and has always followed farming. He lived with his father until he was twenty-one. He worked by the month and job until 1841, when he purchased eighty acres of land on section 8, in Dover. It was wild land at that time, with- out any improvements whatever. He has cleared and improved the land, built good buildings, and made a good home since that time. He has done most of the work with his own hands, not being able to hire help. He thinks the present and coming gener-
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ations can never realize what it is to go into a new country and make a good farm from land covered with heavy timber, without money or assistance. The pioneers of Lenawee county will never be given the credit due them for the incessant toil and hardships they underwent in the first settlement here. There is not a locality in the United States to-day so isolated and inaccesible as Lenawee county was fifty years ago. Railroads and steamboats penetrate almost every point now, and supplies and necessarie's are easily obtained. December 24, 1845, Daniel B. Pratt married Mary E. Hathaway, daughter of Asher and Phebe M. Hathaway, of Dover, this county, by whom he has had four children, as follows: Phebe Mariam, born in Dover, January 10, 1847, died in infancy ; Mariett, born same place, April 6, 1849, died June 14, 1868; Charlotte B., born same place, December 27, 1850, now the wife of J. W. Torbron, of Clayton; Charles, born same place, April 3, 1854, at home. Mrs. Mary E. Pratt was born in Varick, Seneca county, N. Y., November 27, 1825, came to Michigan with her parents in 1837, and settled on section 19, in Dover. Her father, Asher Hathaway, was born in Varick, Seneca county, N. Y., in 1800, was the son of Jacob and Betsey Hathaway, who were mar- ried in New Jersey, and started immediately on horseback for Seneca county, N. Y., where they settled. Asher Hathaway mar- ried in 1824 Phebe Mariam Smith, of Orange county, by whom he had four children, Mrs. Pratt being the oldest. Asher Hatha- way died in St. Johns, Clinton county, Mich., November 24, 1875. Mrs. Phebe M. Hathaway died in Varick, N. Y., in October, 1833.
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