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to A. B. Shelden, and has two children-Henry A., born December 31. 1864: and Edward J., born March 24, 1866-both of whom are attending the high school at Romeo. Mrs. Shelden became a Christian under the ministry of Rev. Z. Coleman. of the Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon, and subsequently united with the Congregational Church of Romeo; she has been actively engaged in church and Sunday school work since she was sixteen years of age; many of her scholars in Sunday school have become consistent Christians, and some of them are preparing for the ministry; her Bible class at present ineludes twenty- four persons. She owns and ocenpies the Milton Thompson farm, on Section 17. Ray Township, where her husband died.
JAMES SMITH, P. O. Romeo, was born in Yates County, N. Y . August 15, 1835; he is the son of John and Sarah Hall Smith; his father died December 8, 1838, leaving a family of eight children in rather limited circumstances, and, in 1842, Mr. Smith came to Macomb County to live with William Hall, his uncle, who was one of the first pioneers of the county, locating on Section 9 in 1827, with whom he resided until 1858; he then located 240 acres of land and several village lots in the Grand Traverse country, remain- ing two years, teaching school winters at Elk Rapids. In 1861, the war breaking out, Mr. Smith returned to Macomb, and, on August 15, 1861. was enrolled at Mt. Clemens in Company I, Ninth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Capt. William Jenny; the regiment was ordered to West Point, Ky., where Mr. Smith suffered from a prolonged attack of typhoid fever, with pneumonic symptoms, and was placed on detached duty, acting as Hospital Steward. March 25, 1862. he was ordered by Col. John G. Parkhurst, commanding post, to remove the siek to Louisville, Ky .; after the transfer of the sick, he was ordered to report to his regiment at Nashville, Tenn., where, on April 1, he was again detached, by order of Maj. Gen. Buell. to act as Captain in exchange or convalescent camp, where he remained about eight months, when the camp was removed to Gallatin, Tenn., where he was promoted to the rank of Major: by his request, he was relieved from duty here, and, November 25, 1862, ordered by Maj. Gen. Rosecrans to report for duty to Lient. Irvin as Clerk in the Quartermaster's Department at Nashville, Tenn., where he remained until October 10. 1863; his position here was such that he began to get an insight into the de- vices 10 rob the Government, and the Chief Clerk, Mr. Bull, of Louisville, having strong rebel sympathies, and, as was believed, aiding and abetting the rebels, called out strong denunciations from Mr. Smith, which caused Mr. Bull to feel uneasy lest their rascality might be exposed, and he did his utmost to get rid of him, and he was ordered by Gen. Rosecrans to report to his regiment at Chattanooga, Tenn. December 25, 1863. he was ordered by Maj. Gen. Palmer to report to Capt. E. Marble as Clerk in the Subsistence Department, Fourteenth Army Corps, where he remained until mustered out of service at Atlanta, Ga., October 29, 1864. The following is the consolidated recommendations of his superior officers: "Headquarters of the Fourteenth Army Corps, Galesville, Ala., October 25, 1864 -- Being personally acquainted with James Smith, who has been my Issuing Ser- geant for the past six months, I take pleasure in recommending him as being a man of most excellent business qualities, perfectly moral. honest, upright, and in every respect capable of filling any position that may be given him. He has served his country as a soldier and patriot three years faithfully, never failing to do his duty in every respect, which entitles him to the highest commendation of all true Americans .- A. L. Messmore, Captain and A. C. S. - freely concurred in by W. Wilkinson, Lieutenant Colonel com. manding Ninth Michigan Infantry." Mr. Smith was married, June 5, 1873, to Maria, daughter of George and Sarah Bottomley. He has always been a Republican, and taken a prominent position in church, Sunday school and all branches of Christian work. In 1865, Mr. Smith's mother came from the old home in New York State, and the family set- tled on Section 10 of Ray Township, where they still reside.
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MINER STONE, P. O. Romeo, son of Isaac Stone, was born in Pittsford, Monroe Co., N. Y., March 16, 1815. In October. 1531, he came to Michigan with his parents and set- tled in Ray. He was married. May 5, 1842, to Rusha Ann, daughter of Anson and Mary Ann Bristol; she was born May 28, 1816; became the mother of four children, born as follows: Gilbert, April 8, 1843, died February 13, 1845: Hannah, October 31. 1845, died June 26. 1871; William, March 9, 1851, married Roxada Willey and lives at home; Oscar D., May 7, 1855, married Josephine Rowley. Deboralı Bristol, grandmother of Mrs. Stone, lived to the age of ninety-six, and left four generations of descendants to the number of 287; she died in Flint, Genesee County. Mr. Stone is a farmer on the east half of the southwest quarter of Section 7; he settled on a wholly unimproved farm, which he has placed under good cultivation; was a Whig before the organization of the Republican party, and since that time has been an adherent to its principles.
WELTON A. TAFT, P. O. Davis, was born August 29. 1853, in Ray, Macomb County; is the son of Daniel and Mary (Haines) Taft, natives of Vermont, as were their parents. Daniel Taft and Mary Haines were married in 1850, and had five children, born as follows: Burton J., January 7, 1851; Welton A., August 29. 1853; Weston L., February 22, 1855; Leora E., Jannary 10, 1858; Hannie E., June 1, 1865, died August 26, 1868. Mr. Taft, of this sketch. was married, January 2, 1878, to Nellie Cawker, a native of Canada; she came to Detroit in 1862; they have two children, Leora E., born June 14, ISSO, and Glen E., March 7. 1SS2. Mr. Taft lives on the homestead, where he was born: it is a splen- did farm, and includes eighty acres in Section 29. Politically, he is a Democrat.
ROBERT WARNER was born December 22, 1811, in the State of New York. Some time before he left his native State, his father died. leaving a wife and family of eight children. The principal business at this place, where he spent eleven years of his youth, was chopping and clearing land. Mr. W. now looks back with regret upon the mis-spent hours that passed in that period of his life. At the age of seventeen years, and in the last year of his stay here. he worked during the summer for John B. Norton, a doctor liv- ing in Spring Water Valley, a few miles above the head of Hemlock Lake, which lies be- tween two mountains. This was in the summer of 1829. In the winter of this year he stayed with his brother and attended school. In the spring of 1830, he went to Richmond and worked a short time for Lesse Stout. He then worked for Barton Stout until about May 10, when he started for Michigan and walked as far as Buffalo on foot, arriving on the morning of the 12th. Having missed the boat, he was obliged to wait until the next day. While waiting, he met Lesse Stout and Mr. Crooks, who were also going to Michi- gan. They took passage on the steamer Peacock. They landed in Detroit May 16, 1830. In the fall, he came to Macomb County, where he has since lived. His present farm is situated on a section corner, and embraces a part of Sections 29, 27, 34 and 35, and con- tains 305 acres. Mr. W. was married February 14, 1833, to Lois Willey, who was born March 24, 1813. They have six children, three daughters and three sons-Clarissa, boru December 14, 1833, married to Nathan Hinkley January 24, 1854; Robert H., born July 3, 1836, married Almeda Houghton March 8, 1864; Milo, born November 28, 1838, mar- ried Mary Hate February 19, 1864: Rosetta, born December 15, 1811, married Eli Myres February 22, 1866; Lauretta, born September 17, 1844, married William Ellis April 30. 1865: Riley, born November 29, 1850, married Lovina Willey December 31, 1874.
MAJOR WEBSTER, P. O. Davis, was born August 28, 1801. in Pittsford, Monroe Co., N. Y .; is the son of Ransford and Triphena (Vaughn) Webster. In May, 1825, he came to Michigan, and located a farm of Goverment land on Section 19, Ray Township. In February, 1826, he was married to Diana Crossman, and not long after, they set out for their pioneer home; they made the route from Detroit with an ox team, the first ever driven through that part of the country. When Mrs. Webster was informed that she had reached
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home, she responded, courageously: "Home it is, and home it shall be;" and it has been ever since. Not long after their arrival, a letter came for them from the East; in those days, the postage on a letter was 25 cents, due at the end of the route; Mr. Webster owned but 18 cents: he spent nearly a day trying to obtain some money, and finally found a neighbor who loaned him a dollar, which he repaid weeding onions at 50 cents a day. Mr. and Mrs. Webster have ten children, born as follows: Caroline J., January 27, 1827, the first white child born in Ray Township; Mary M., November 28, 1829; Charles H., August 4, 1831; Horace M, June 3, 1833; Susan, March 30, 1835: Alice MI .. January 7, 1837; Ransford M., January 4, 1839; Diana E., August 13, 1840: Aurora V., November 4, 1841; Hardy E., March 12, 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Webster are members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Webster is a Democrat in political faith.
GEORGE WHITING, son of Peter and Margaret (Champion) Whiting, was born August 19, 1833, in the Gratiot Light-House, St. Clair County, Mich .; his father was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., January 1, 1791, and moved to St. Clair County in 1818, where he followed the occupation of a millwright: he died March 29, 1880. Mr. Whit- ing's mother still lives with her son, aged eighty-one. In 1861, an excitement regard- ing the supposed discovery of petroleum broke out in the neighborhood where Mr. Whit- ing was living, and he sold his farm for a considerable amount, and removed to Macomb County September 6 of that year, and purchased a farm on the North Branch of the Clinton River, known as the James Thompson farm, where he now resides. He was mar- ried to Jane, daughter of Nathan B. Elliott, of St. Clair County, September 18, 1859; they have had ten children- Mary, born February 24, 1861, married Zachary Payne and resides in Ray: George C. was born January 19, 1863, and died February 14, 1863: Emma E., April 22, 1864; Elmer U., June 1, 1866; Lillie A., June 11, 1868; Eddie E., June 19, 1870; Ruby, February 22, 1875; Hugh C., June 18, 1877; Neil, March 20, 1879; Jennie, October 5, 1881. Eight children are living at home. Mr. Whiting has always been a Republican, and has held various positions of trust in his township. Both himself and wife are members of the Christian Church.
WILLIAM M. WILLEY, deceased, was born in Oneida County, N. Y .. September 30, 1808. He went to Pittsford, N. Y., and, in 1830, settled on Section 21, Ray Town- ship. He afterward bought on Section 27. December 9, 1838, he married Susan Gear; they had eight children, whose record is as follows: William Wesley, born November 16, 1839, married Irena Myers, resided in Ray, and died January 25, 1868; Henry H., January 25, 1841, resides at home; Volney, January 3, 1843, married Harriet Van Horn, resides in Ray; Mary J., March 21, 1815, married William Bliss and resides in Macomb; David H., September 10, 1847; Roxada, March 10, 1849, married Gilbert Stone and re- sides in Ray; Lavina V., April 5, 1851, married Riley Warner, and resides in Ray; Ange- line C .. October 26, 1855. Mr. Willey was a Republican, and held several positions of trust during his life; he was Justice of the Peace for sixteen years in succession; he was Captain, and afterward Major, in the home militia; was administrator and guardian for · orphans a number of years; he died October 17, 1871; his widow still survives him.
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CHAPTER XL LENOX TOWNSILIP.
The principal stream in Lenox is Salt River, which runs due south through the east- ern part of the township, affording motive-power for several mills along its course; next in importance comes Deer Creek and some of its minor tributaries, which afford water for agricultural and other purposes. With these streams the township is fairly watered. Pure spring water is obtainable by digging a few feet in almost any spot in the township.
The original settlers of the township were men of sterling worth, of great enterprise and of untiring industry. Among those who have left their names as the proudest portion of the history of the township are Abner Stevens, Phineas D. Pelton, Richard D. Bailey, Lanson Flowers, Ebenezer Brooks, John Church. Beverly Robinson, Thomas F. Dryer. Apolas A. Fubler, Owen Sheridan, Silas Leonard. J. R. Crandall and many others of equal prominence. The descendants of the larger part of the above are still inhabitants of the township, though many of them are to be found throughout the entire county.
ORGANIZATION.
The township of Lenox was organized in the year 1837. The first township election was ordered to be held at the dwelling-house of Sterling Case. There came a call from the Legislature through Linus Gilbert for the organization of the town in 1837. It was proposed by the inhabitants that the three oldest men in the town should give the name. Benjamin Haight, Mason Harris and Israel Dryer were selected, each selecting a name. The choice of Messrs. Haight and Harris was similar to those of other townships in the State. The choice of Israel Dryer was adopted, and the name of Lenox confirmed. The members of that committee died in the town at an advanced age, MIr. Dryer being near eighty-eight. Of the first voters, about forty in number, only five are liv- ing, viz., Oliver Cromwell, Hiram O. C. Harris, Justus R. Crandall, Thomas F. Dryer, of Lenox, and Ebenezer Brooks, of Armada. First Supervisor, Benjamin Haight: Thomas F. Dryer. first Clerk, served eleven consecutive years. In the absence of all political lines, peace and harmony prevailed for many years. Regarding the profits of office in those early days, Mr. Dryer thinks the whole township business was done for several years for $100 per year, or less, and his charges as Clerk did not exceed $10. He also had the pleasure of boarding the three Highway Commissioners about three days each year free of charge. The early settlers had a flourishing town library, which was well read for several years.
FIRST MEETING.
The first town meeting was held at the house of Sterling Case, April 3, 1837. Will- iam Francis, Thomas F. Dryer and Simon P. Miller were Inspectors, with Alanson Flower, Clerk. The election resulted in the choice of the following officers: Benjamin Haight. Supervisor: Thomas F. Dryer, Clerk; Justus R. Crandall, Collector; Jacob E. Hall. Mason Harris, Justin Corey, Eben Carl, Justices of the Peace: A. T. Corey. A. Flower, Jacob E. Hall, Assessors; Eben Carl. Abner Stevens, Eben Brooks, Road Com- missioners; Carlos W. Brown, Justus R. Crandall, James M. Millard. School Commis- sioners: Oliver Bates, William Miller, Poor Directors: Mason Harris, William Miller,
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Alan. Flower, T. F. Dryer, School Inspectors; Justus R. Crandall, Justus Elsworth, Con- stables; Allen Hacket, A. Flower, Eben Brooks, C. W. Brown, William Miller, Jacob E. Hall, Lyman Bates, Silas Leonard, William Warner, Overseers of Highways. The prin- cipal officers elected annually since 1837 are named as follows:
TOWN ROSTER.
Supervisors-Benjamin Haight, 1837; B. Wright, 1838; County Commissioners, 1838-48: Aldis L. Rich, 1843-45; Justus R. Crandall, 1945-48; Leander Millen, 1848- 49; Carlos W. Brown, 1849-50; Justus R. Crandall, 1850-52; Aldis L. Rich, 1852-53; Thomas F. Dryer, 1853-54; Justus R. Crandall, 1854-56; Carlos W. Brown, 1856-57; Justus R. Crandall, 1857-58: George W. French, 1858-59; Justus R. Crandall, 1859- 63; Milo Selleck, 1863-64; Daniel Bates, 1864-70; Lucius H. Canfield. 1870-77; Adam Bennett, 1877-80; Lucius H. Canfield, 1880-82.
Clerks -- Thomas H. Dryer. 1837-47; John Haire, 1848-50; Justus R. Crandall, 1852; N. C. Knott, 1853; Justus R. Crandall, 1854; William G. Carl, 1855; Mason Har- ris, 1856; Milo Selleck, 1857-58; Daniel Bates, 1858; William H. Mellen, 1860; Abram S. Devall, 1861-63; John W. Leonard. 1864-65; Benjamin L. Bates, 1866-67; William H. Sutfin, 1868-69; Adam Bennett, 1870; Isaac N. Cook, 1871 73: Elias Duvall, 1874; Theo M. Giddings, 1875; Isaac N. Cook, 1876; Clarence E. Fenton, 1877: William Wiethoff, 1878; Chester S. Fenton, 1879; Avander H. Shafer, 1880-S1.
Treasurers- Justus R. Crandall, 1837; William A. Edwards, 1838; Gabriel Cox, 1839-40: Israel Dryer, 1841; Carlos W. Brown, 1842; John Church, 1849; Russell W. Green, 1850; Leander Millen. 1851; Alvin Davis, 1852-54; M. Van Winkle, 1855; John Church, 1856: Sabin Harris, 1857; Alvin Adams, 1858; Martin L. Dryer, 1859-60; Asa Blanchard, 1861-63; Tolcot Bates, 1864-65; Elijah Sutfin, 1866; David L. Carl, 1867 68; Benjamin L. Bates, 1869-70; Ephraim Fullerton, 1871; James M. Rowley, 1872; Adam Bennett, 1873-76; E. P. Fullerton, 1877; Russell T. Hazleton, 1878; Denis La Furgey, 1879-80; Calvin A. Smith, 1881.
Justices of the Peace -- Ebin Carl, Justus Corey, Jacob E. Hall, Mason Harris, 1837; Gabriel Case. 1838; Justus R. Crandall, Hanson Flower, 1839; Abner Stephens, 1840, Aldis L. Rich, 1841; Justus R. Crandall, 1842; Mason Harris, 1843; Apner Stephens, 1844; Benjamin Haight, 1845; Justus R. Crandall, 1846; Aldis L. Rich, 1847; Leander Millen. 1848; Thomas J. Goodsell, 1849; Justus R. Crandall, 1850; Elias Sutfin, 1851; Leander Millen, 1852; C. W. Brown, 1853; J. R. Crandall, 1854; Elias Sutfin, 1855; William Hare, Mason Harris, 1857; J. R. Crandall, 1858; C. W. Brown, 1859; Leander Millen, 1856-60; John Church, 1861; J. R. Crandall, 1862; Walter C. Hulett, 1863; Daniel Tewkesbury, Newell H. Roberts, 1864; David L. Carl, C. W. Brown, Edward L. Raymond, 1865; Orland T. Green, J. R. Crandall, 1866; Daniel Tewkesbury, 1967; O. T. Green, 1868; Edward L. Raymond, 1869; William R. Sutton, 1870; Daniel Tewkes- bury, 1871; J. R. Crandall, 1872; Orlando T. Green, 1972; Leslie L. Miller, Josiah J. Robinson, 1873; Clarence E. Fenton, 1874; Justus R. Crandall, 1875; James B. Davis, 1876; Asa Blanchard. 1877; Isaac Lemmon, 1878; Clarence E. Fenton. 1879; Zenas Corey, 1880; Jared O. Jackson, 1881.
The agricultural production at the end of the first decade after its organization ex- hibits a fair proportion. We quote from a good authority: There were seventy-nine farms, with 2,637 acres of improved, and 5,147 acres of unimproved land, at a total cash value of $51,700. In live stock the showing was as follows: Horses, 74; milch-cows, 291: working oxon, 128; other neat cattle, 253; sheep, 1,111; swine, 396; value of live stock, $12,330. Wheat, 1, 910 bushels; corn, 7,590 bushels; all other kinds of grain, 9,468 bushels; potatoes, 1,849 bushels; wool, 2,800 pounds. Dairy products- butter,
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15,700 pounds; cheese, 7,900 pounds. Value of orchard produce, $201. The showing at the end of the second decade from the above was: Acres of improved land, 10,018; woodland, 9,840; other unimproved land, 19 acres; cash value, $711,640. In live stock the subjoined is a correct statement: Horses, 571; mileh-cows, 728; working oxen, 24; other neat cattle (other than oxen and cows), 704; sheep, 888, swine, 663; total value of live stock, $120,905. Of agricultural products there were: Bushels of wheat, 19,902; corn, 19,265; all other kinds of grain (principally oats, barley and rye), 59,717; potatoes. 12,483 bushels; wool, 14,917 pounds. Dairy products-butter, 53,940 pounds; cheese, 4.340 pounds. Value of orchard products, $4,005. Population, ISSO, 2,516.
SCHOOLS.
The school of District No. 2, Lenox, was organized from the original territory. The first officers were: Charles Corey, Moderator; Thomas Warwick. Assessor; David Burt, Director. The first schoolhouse was built of wood, with a board roof. 16x17 feet in area, and cost $67. It was built by David Burt in 1851. The old house was burned in 1860, and a new frame building erected on the same site, in 1861, at a cost of $650. The first teacher was Jane Harris, now the wife of Robert Haore, of New Haven; her salary was 9 shillings per week, for which sum she had to superintend the education of seven pupils. The early schools of the township are referred to in the following reminiscences of Mrs. Amelia Bancroft Crawford. This lady's first essay in school-teaching was made in Lenox in 1840. The building was a primitive log one, located just west of Thomas Dryer's. In riding on horseback twelve miles to reach her school, she had to pass over about three-quarters of a mile of submerged land and many other places of less distance in like condition. The next day after her arrival, she was examined by Justus Crandall. Mason Harris and Alan- son Flower. The day following. in order to commence her school, she erossed the stream on a fallen tree, and then to reach the schoolhouse had to hold to the fence for a distance of forty rods. This was owing to the condition of the stream, occasioned by a heavy storm and the laek of a bridge. In order to attend church, she had to travel " afoot and alone " three miles to the old Baptist Church at Ray Exchange. About the year 1846, while returning home from the Gould Schoolhouse, at Berlin (a distance of eight miles), while erossing a small stream, the girth broke, and, although we give the name of terra firma to the place where she landed. her wardrobe was so well drenched that the prospeet of a winter ride of six miles in the evening was indeed uninviting ever afterwards. She took charge of the Hall School in 1860. There she enjoyed the most active school term in her school experience of thirty-five years. She enjoyed molding the juvenile minds of one school in Bruce for five consecutive summers. Some of her pupils graduated at the Romeo Academy and one at Ypsilanti Normal School.
The schools of the present time number nine, one of which is graded. The Directors are Alonzo Claggett, Albert E. Burt, F. M. Grout, C. Klopstock, John S. Parker, Asa Blanchard, Robert Carpenter. Zenas Corey, Matthew McClatehie. School No. 1 was at- tended during the year ending September, 1881, by thirty pupils, the entire number of pupils being fifty-one. The expenditure for the year was $308.82. No. 2 (Fractional District) claims sixty-two children, of whom fifty attended school. The expenditure was $300. Distriet No. 4 claimed fifty-two pupils, of whom forty attended school, at an ex- pense to the town of $290. The number of children belonging to Fractional District No. 5 was 105, of whom sixty-four attended school, the expense being $371. District No. 6 claimed 101 pupils, of whom sixty-nine attended school, the expenditure for the year being $431. Fractional District No. 9 holds the only graded school in the town. The number of pupils belonging is 219, of whom 192 attend school. The expenditures for 1881 amount- ed to $1,409.42. District No. 10 School was attended by fifty pupils, the expense being
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$336. Distriet No. HI elaimed forty-nine children, of whom thirty-eight attended school during the year ISSI. Expenditure. $277. Distriet No. 12 claimed 121 pupils, of whom ninety-one attended school. The expenditure for school purposes in this district for the year ending September 5, 1881, was $620.
New Haven was formerly known as New Baltimore Station. It is situated on the Grand Trunk Railway, thirty miles northeast of Detroit and ten miles northeast of Mt. Clemens. The village contains a population estimated at 620 inhabitants. It is distant from the village of New Baltimore five miles. The principal exports of the place are lumber and general agricultural prodnets. Its chief manufactures are lumber, flour and heading. The village contains five general stores, one dry goods store, two boot and shoe stores, one drug store, one stove and tinshop. one harness shop, two wagon-shops, one cooper-shop. two blacksmiths. one livery stable, one grist and one saw mill and a good hotel. The resident physicians are M. Bates. A. Gunn, Peter MeGregor, Ed N. Harris and Ed B. Harris. Tolcott Bates is the present Postmaster. The depot of the Grand Trunk Railway, with a settlement called Ridgeway, is partly in Lenox Town- ship and partly in Richmond. The village contains three churches-Baptist. Congrega- tional and Methodist- - and a graded school. Fruit, grain and lumber are the shipments.
The first meeting of the citizens of New Haven, under the village charter of 1869. was held at the Lake Hall, May 3. 1869. Morgan Nye and Adam Bennett were Inspectors of Election and William H. Sntphin. Clerk. Benjamin L. Bates was elected President: W. H. Sutphin, Recorder; Morgan Nye, Treasurer; Isaac Cook. Adam Bennett, Assessors; Ephraim Fullerton, Conrad H. Gordon, Myron Bates, John Millard and William G. Carl, Trustees.
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