Illustrated history and biographical record of Lenawee County, Mich., Part 14

Author: Knapp, John I., 1825-; Bonner, R. I. (Richard Illenden), b. 1838; De La Vergne, Earl W. PRO
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Adrian, Mich., The Times printing company
Number of Pages: 532


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resigned in 1893 to take the position of Commandant, which he held for three years. He is now a resident of -Adrian, and successfully practicing his profession. He is also vice president of the Adrian Knitting Works Company. June 22, 1864, Col. B. F. Graves mar- ried Miss Elizabeth Bailey, daughter of John and Samantha (El- dridge) Bailey of Warsaw, N. Y., by whom he had five children, as follows : Clinton Bailey, born in Gainesville, N. Y., January 26, 1867, now a resident of Adrian ; Benton F., born same place August 3, 1868, married Miss Mary Goodrich, of Nashville, Tenn., and died in El Paso, Texas, December 5, 1895; Florence Elizabeth, born in Warsaw, N. Y., October 8, 1869, married Elmer Clement, of Adrian, August 30, 1893, and is the mother of two daughters, Dorothy and Elizabeth. Mr. Clement died at Windsor, Canada, August 7, 1899. Grace Louise, born in Big Rapids, Mich., and died in infancy ; Mary Ida, born same place, died in infancy. Mrs. Elizabeth (Bailey) Graves was born in Gainesville, N. Y., June 12, 1838, and died in Big Rapids, Michigan, March 6, 1876. June 6, 1877, Mr. Graves married Miss Elizabeth Kinney, daughter of Samuel K. and Mary Kinney, of Seneca, this county. No children have been born to them. Miss Elizabeth Kinney was born June 6, 1849, in Seneca, this county. Her parents were pioneers. Mr. Kinney came to Lenawee County in 1828, a lad ten years of age, and always lived in Seneca, but died in Grand Rapids. November 29, 1846, Mr. Kinney married Miss Mary Secor of Seneca, whose parents were also pioneers of that township.


DR. JULIUS E. WESTGATE was born in Reading, Hills- dale County, Mich., May 27, 1849. His father, Henry G. Westgate, was born in Niagara County, N. Y., December 18, 1825, and resided there until he was about seven years old, when he came to Michigan with his parents, in 1832. He was the son of Sylvanus and Esther (Haviland) Westgate, who settled on Sections 26 and 27, that year. Sylvanus Westgate, probably a native of New York, was a pioneer in Niagara County, New York, and also in Raisin, this county. He died in Raisin in May, 1871. His wife Esther, who was also a na- tive of New York, was the mother of thirteen children, nine sons and four daughters. She died in Raisin in January, 1883. Henry G. Westgate was educated in the district schools of Raisin, being compelled to give his attention more to the work of clearing the land and providing for a home, than to mental culture or scientific research. He was reared in the Quaker church. His parents being Quakers, he took kindly to the tenets of that faith, and for many years filled the sacred office of preacher, which he followed until about 1873, when owing to the new tenets of "sanctification" be- coming a doctrine in the church, he withdrew, and united with the


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Methodist Episcpal church at Palmyra, afterwards serving several years as circuit preacher. March 16, 1847, Henry G. Westgate married Miss Hannah H. Lovejoy, daughter of Joseph and Martha Lovejoy,


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Mrs. Lydia J. Westgate. Dr. Julius E. Westgate.


Dr. C. H. Westgate.


Mrs. Laura C. Westgate.


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of Raisin. They were the parents of four children, Dr. Julius E. being the oldest. Mrs. Hannah H. Westgate was born in Augusta, Maine, July 11, 1828, came to Michigan with her parents in 1843, and died in Detroit, Mich., January 27, 1898. Dr. Julius E. West- gate, the subject of this sketch, attended the district schools of his neighborhood, in Hillsdale County, and Lenawee County, until he


Residence of Dr. J. E. Westgate, on Section 8, Adrian Township.


was about fifteen years old. He then attended the Raisin Valley Seminary for one year. In the fall of 1865 he commenced teaching school in this county and followed it for six years. In 1871 he pur- chased a farm in Wheatfield, Ingham County, where he remained until 1878, when he sold out, returned to Lenawee County and pur- chased a farm in Adrian township, where he lived until 1887, when he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. F. R. Seager, of Adrian, and graduated at the Michigan College of Medicine and Surgery, Detroit, March 14, 1890. He practiced medicine in Detroit for ten years, when, owing to failing health, he again returned to Lenawee County and purchased a farm of 160 acres on Section 8, in Adrian township, where he now resides. April 30, 1871, Dr. Julius E. Westgate married Miss Lydia J. Shumway, daughter of Josiah and Lydia (Mason) Shumway, of Ogden, this county, and they have had two children, as follows: Ellen Florene, born in Wheatfield, Ing- ham County, Mich., December 17, 1876, met with accidental death in Detroit, being burned while practicing for a Christmas cantata at


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the school house, December 19, 1889; Clarence Henry, born in Wheatfield, Ingham County, Mich., September 28, 1880. Graduate of Detroit Medical College, now a practicing physician, married Miss Laura C. Davis, daughter of the Rev. Lyman E. and Ella (Hood) Davis, of Shaftsburgh, Pa. Mrs. Lydia J. Westgate was born in Fairfield, Lenawee County, Mich., April 15, 1848. Her father, Josiah Shum- way, a native of Connecticut, born in 1795, was a soldier in the war of 1812, was a pioneer of this county, but died near Lagrange, In- diana, October 14, 1847. He was the son of Isaac and Patience Shumway, natives of Connecticut. In 1842 Josiah Shumway mar- ried Miss Lydia Mason, daughter of Bernard and Martha (Fisk) Mason of Battle Creek, Mich., and they had two children, Mrs. Westgate being the only survivor. Mrs. Lydia Shumway was born in Chelsea, Mass., August 5, 1803, came to Michigan in 1839, and died August 6, 1871.


WENDELL A. MACE was born in Haverstraw, N. Y., Janu- ary 14, 1818. He came to Michigan with his parents in 1837, and finally settled in Gorham township, Fulton County, Ohio, just south of the Michigan State line. His father, Wendell Mace, a native of New York, learned the blacksmith trade. About the year 1822 he removed from Haverstraw to Lysander, Onondaga County, where he followed his trade until he came to Michigan in 1837. He built a log shop in Gorham, and did blacksmithing for the settlers in two states for a number of years. He died, aged about 75 years. About the year 1812 he married Mary McDuffie, and they had four chil- dren, W. A. being the third son. She died in Morenci, aged 81 years. Her ancestors were German and Irish. Wendell A. Mace, subject of this sketch, is the oldest resident in the vicinity of Mo- renci Village, having resided either in the village or within six miles of it for sixty-four years. Until 1858 he resided in Gorham township, six miles west of Morenci, and followed farming. On his removal to Morenci, in 1858, he purchased a livery stable of George Briggs, and in the fall of 1860 he purchased the Exchange hotel, and became interested in a stage line between Morenci and Clayton. In 1866 he disposed of his hotel business. That year the firm of Mace & Gates was organized, and a hardware store was opened in Morenci. After a short and successful career, Mr. George Acker was taken in as a partner, and dry goods were added to the stock. This firm occupied four store rooms, and owned them all. After about seven years of successful trade, Mr. Mace withdrew. Since that time he has given his attention to his farming interests, owning three good farms. He possesses a comfortable home in the village, where he has lived for many years. Nov. 25, 1842, Wendell A. Mace married Miss Amanda Bush, daughter of Christopher and Sarah Bush, of Medina, this county, and they had five children, as


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follows: Sarah Jane, born in Gorham, Fulton County, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1843, married Z. Layton, had three children, and died Feb. 21, 1883 ; Mary Ellen, born same place, Nov. 2, 1845, married Aretus Holmes and resides in Morenci; Olivia, born the same place, Sept. 6, 1847, married June 4, 1873, George W. Acker, has one child, and resides in Morenci ; George L., born same place, August 13, 1849, married Dec. 8, 1874, Miss Jennie Starkweather, and they had one child, Georgia L., born Nov. 19, 1876, married Nov. 30, 1897, Casper M. Rorick, and has two children. George L. Mace died in Morenci, March 30, 1877; Joy, born same place, July 23, 1852, and died Sept. 9, 1853, Mrs. Amanda (Bush) Mace was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., March 6, 1825, came to Michigan with her parents in 1836, first settling near Adrian, but afterwards locating in Medina, and finally in Morenci. Mrs. Mace died in Morenci, March 21, 1887. Mr. Mace cast his first vote for Van Buren in 1840. He has voted the Democratic ticket ever since, and hopes to live to see another Democratic president.


THOMAS R. HOLLAND was born in Buckinghamshire, England, July 29, 1811, and was the son of Thomas R. and Anna Holland, of Buckinghamshire, where they always lived until called away. Mr. Holland, the subject of this sketch, lived in Eng- land until his twenty-first year, when in 1832 he emigrated to Amer- ica, and arrived in the then territory of Michigan in June of that year. He first went to the village of Vistula (now Toledo), where he lived until 1836. He was a resident there during the "Toledo War," remembers Gov. Mason, and often saw the commander-in- chief of the army, Gen. J. W. Brown of Tecumseh. In the spring of 1835 he went to Monroe and took up 80 acres of land situated in town 9 s. range 3 e., the w. 12 of the n. e. 14 of Sec. 24, but when the "Toledo War" was all over, and the final result of the conflict was settled he found that instead of being in Michigan he was in Ohio, and about two and three-quarters miles south of the Michigan line. The farm is now a part of Royalton Township, in Fulton County, Ohio. Mr. Holland resided on this farm until 1862, when he sold out, and has ever since resided in Fairfield. July 7, 1836, Mr. Hol- land married at Perrysburg, Ohio, Miss Deborah M. Thompson, by whom he had five children, as follows: Annie Maria, born in Lucas County, Ohio, May 21, 1837, married Henry Richey, was the mother of nine children, and died in Morenci Oct. 28, 1885; Ezekiel Uze, born in Royalton, Ohio, December 18, 1839, and now resides in Am- boy, Ohio; Louisa Ann, born in Royalton, Ohio, August 18, 1842, married George Herrick in 1862. Mr. Herrick was a soldier in the Rebellion, and died in the service in 1864. She was married a sec- ond time to Joseph Southworth. John Philo, born in Royalton, De- cember 26, 1844, a soldier in the Rebellion, now resides in Royalton ;


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Esther Jane, born in Royalton, May 31, 1847, married Lewis Miller, was the mother of six children, and died in Seneca, October 8, 1892. Mrs. Deborah Maria Holland died in Royalton, May 16, 1849. May 23, 1852, Mr. Holland married Mary Ann Boyce, who died at Royal- ton, August 25, 1861, without issue. April 30, 1862, Mr. Holland married Elizabeth C. Hindee, of Fairfield. She was the daughter of Andrew and Rosina (Moore) Hazlett, and came to Michigan in 1852, settling in Fairfield. Her father, Andrew Hazlett, was born near Philadelphia, about 1762, and was a revolutionary soldier. He participated in many of the memorable struggles. His father, mother and child were killed, and sister tomahawked by the Indians. Mr. Hazlett always lived in Pennsylvania, where he died in 1833. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Holland was born in Fairfield, Westmoreland County, Pa., and came to Michigan with her first husband, William Hindee.


CHARLES F. GUSTIN was born in Columbus, Chenango County, N. Y., April 11, 1857, and came to Michigan in May 1884. His father, Levi Gustin, was born in Sherburne, Chenango County, N. Y., April 21, 1821. He always lived in Chenango County, where he learned the stone mason's trade and owned a small farm. Of his ancestry there is very little known, but evidently the family came to New York from Connecticut. He died at Columbus, July 18, 1899. September 16, 1842, Levi Gustin married Miss Mary A. Fenton, daughter of Stephen and Mercy (Myers) Fenton, of Chenango County, N. Y., and they had nine children, as follows: Lucy A., born January 13, 1844; Mercy L., born March 16, 1845; Helen M., born September 28, 1846; Maria, born December 28, 1847; Alphonzo D., born February 13, 1849, died April, 10, 1849; Mary L., born May 31, 1850; William W., born August 18, 1851. Charles F. was a twin, his sister dying in infancy. Mrs. Mary A. (Fenton) Gustin was born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., December 16, 1817, and resides with her son in Madison, this county. Her parents were natives of Middlesex County, Mass., but emigrated to Brookfield, Madison County, N. Y. Her father, Stephen Fenton, was born June 29, 1791, and died in Otsego County, N. Y., May 11, 1870. Mercy (Myers) Fenton was born in 1787, and died in Madison County, N. Y., July 13, 1826. Mr. Fenton was three times married, the second being Lucinda Shumway, whose ancestors were Huguenots, the third, Philena Cutter, and was the father of nine children. Charles F. Gustin, subject of this sketch, lived in Chenango and Ot- sego Counties all his life till he came to Michigan. He was brought up a farmer, but learned to make cheese, which business he followed for many years, during the season. In the winter he sold nursery stock, and thus cultivated a taste for horticulture. He was educated in the country schools and Morris Academy, in Otsego County.


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Soon after coming to Michigan he engaged in the nursery business, and purchased land on Section 10, in Madison. Beginning in a small way, he has, by perseverance and close attention to his own affairs, succeeded remarkably well, and now owns 140 acres of land, and


Charles F. Gustin's Residence on Section 9, Madison.


one of the most desirable farm homes in Madison township, on Sec- tion 9, it being known in the 50's as the old Prairie Cottage race course farm, the finest one mile track in Michigan at that time. He now grows and markets from 50,000 to 75,000 trees annually, and will increase the business now that he has more land suitable for cultivation. October 3, 1882, Charles F. Gustin married Miss Sarah R. Turner, daughter of James P. and Harmony (Daly) Turner, of Blissfield, this county, and they have had two children, as follows : Newel Wolcott, born December 23, 1885, died November 14, 1886; Beulah Elida, born January 18, 1887. Mrs. Sarah R. (Turner) Gustin was born in Portage, Wood County, Ohio, August 2, 1862. Her father, James P. Turner, was born in Ridgeway, Orleans County, N. Y., and died in Blissfield, Mich., in 1899. Her mother, Harmony (Daly) Turner, was born at Lockport, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1823, and died in Blissfield, this county, May 7, 1889. They settled


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This Shows a Large Block of Trees in Mr. Gustin's Nursery.


in Blissfield in 1864. James P. Turner's ancestors came from Massa- chusetts, his mother being Miss Sarah Adams, a cousin of John Quincy Adams.


FRANKLIN TITUS was born in Rensselaerville, Albany county, N. Y., June 1, 1827, and came to Michigan with his parents in 1830. His father, William Titus, was born in the same place, in 1802. He was raised a farmer and lived in Albany county, where he owned a farm. He was the son of Richard and Elizabeth (Haight) Titus, who were Quakers, and born near Hart- ford, Connecticut. William Titus married Miss Elizabeth Snyder, daughter of Ephriam and Mary (Niver) Snyder, of Rensselaer- ville, N. Y., about the year 1822, and they had six children, Franklin being the only survivor. William Titus owned a farm in Albany county, and lived there until the fall of 1829, when he sold his farm and started for Michigan. He was nearly all winter getting from Albany to Buffalo with a team of horses. His family then con- sisted of his wife and two children. In the spring of 1830 he shipped


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his team, wagon and all his possessions on the old steamboat "Super- ior," and arrived in Detroit in good time. He had intended to settle near Ann Arbor, but meeting Darius Comstock he was persuaded to come to Adrian. He first located on Section 27, in Adrian, where he resided for about six years. He then sold his improvements, and moved upon land he had taken up on Section 33, in Adrian, where he died January 1, 1838. His wife was left on a new farm with her family, but she succeeded in clearing up the land, and bringing up her children. She was indeed a pioneer, and realized to the fullest extent the trials and hardships of a new country. Her ancestors came from Holland, and her grandfather, Jeremiah Snyder, was a captain in the Revolutionary war. He was taken prisoner and car- ried to Quebec, where he was held two years, when he escaped and returned home. She died at her home in Adrian, August 22, 1887, in her 89th year. Franklin Titus, subject of this sketch, has lived in Lenawee county 73 years, on the same farm that he now owns, two miles west of Adrian. He has seen Adrian grow up out of the woods and stumps, and has watched its progress from almost the first house. He can hardly realize that such a transformation could have taken place in his lifetime. March 8, 1853, Franklin Titus married Miss Cynthia M. Perkins, daughter of Stephen and Freelove (Turpeny) Perkins, of Hudson, and they had five children as follows: William F., born January 19, 1855, died in April, 1859. Emerson G., born February 20th, 1857; married February 12, 1879, Miss Lottie A. Gould, of Schnectady, N. Y., and has three children as follows : Edith L., born August 30th, 1880, married Henry J. Haig, January, 1897, and has one child, Effie A., born October 2d, 1883. Eva C., born September 10, 1890. Emerson G. resides in Adrian township. Elmer E., born August 25, 1861; married October 2, 1888, Minnie May Bugbee, and has one child, Franklin E, born December 29, 1893, and resides in Adrian township. Effie Alla, born August 3d, 1865, married May 29, 1889, Frank Wickham ; has two children : Lena B., born April 6, 1891 ; Andrew T., born July 6th, 1893, and resides in the city of Adrian. Mrs. Cynthia M. (Perkins) Titus was born in Dover, Lenawee County, Mich., October 4th, 1837, and died in Adrian, May 4th, 1877. Her parents came to Michigan in 1833, first settled in Dover, and afterwards went to Hudson, where they died.


EDGAR F. CLEVELAND was born in Adrian, Mich., July 21, 1865, and has always resided there. His father, Charles M. Cleve- land, was also born in Adrian, November 2d, 1836, and resided there continuously until his demise. In his youth he mastered the art of telegraphy, and for a few years he acted as telegraph operator, but most of his active life was passed in merchandising. He died at his


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home in Adrian, June 6, 1895. He was the third child and second son of Joseph H. and Julia A. Cleveland, who were very early settlers in Adrian. Joseph H. Cleveland was born in Athens, Greene County, N. Y., June 27, 1809, and was the son of John Cleveland, of Hillsdale, Columbia County, N. Y., who was born December 22, 1786, and married Miss Mary Scutt, also born in Athens, February 20th, 1791. Mary Scutt's ancestors came from Holland, and her grandfather, Philip Scutt, was a captain in the American Army during the Revolution. The Cleveland family in the United States, so far as known, sprung from Moses Cleveland, who came from Ipswich, England, in 1635, and settled in Woburn, Mass. Joseph H. Cleveland came to Adrian in October, 1831, and at once engaged in merchandising. He was a very competent and energetic man, and was soon recognized as a leading spirit among the new settlers. He was foremost and active in opening roads, building bridges, etc., and took a lively interest in making Adrian a centre for travel and trade in those days of emigration and settlement. He was town clerk in 1833, and was a potent force in locating the county seat at Adrian. No man did more to obtain the location of the Michigan Southern railroad at Adrian. He was a volunteer in the first call for troops for the "Black Hawk" war, but did not participate in the "Toledo War." He was the first sheriff elected in Lenawee county, in 1836, under the original state constitution, and was re-elected in 1838. In 1842 he became superintendent of the Michigan South- ern railroad, and filled that position until 1846, when the state disposed of the road. During the balance of his active life, he was engaged in merchandising in Adrian and Chicago. He died in Adrian, October 23d, 1888. February 4, 1830, Joseph H. Cleveland married Miss Julia A. Yaple, born October 20, 1812, in Middletown, Delaware county, N. J., who became the mother of six children. [See History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Vol. 1, page 256.] May 3d, 1858, Charles M. Cleveland married Miss Susan A. Jennings, daughter of Russell and Laura (Tracy) Jennings, of Adrian, Mich, and they had five children, Edgar F. being the third, child and son. Mrs. C. M. Cleveland was born in Ontario, Wayne County, N. Y., December 27, 1839, and came to Michigan with her parents in 1842. Her father was a native of New York, and died in Adrian in 1849. Her mother was born in Rutland, Vt., and is still living, at the age of 89 years. Edgar F. Cleveland was educated in the public schools of Adrian. After completing his schooling in 1883, he was appointed Deputy Oil Inspector at Jonesville, Mich., by State Inspector E. J. Smith, but resigned in 1884, to enter his father's store, and has been actively engaged in mercantile pursuits ever since. He has made a success of his business, and has been for sev- eral years one of the responsible and hustling young business men of Adrian. He also has a liking for agricultural pursuits, carries on a small farm in Madison, and a large and excellent one in Rome, this county. June 3, 1885, Edgar F. Cleveland married Miss Jane


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Hedges, daughter of James N. and Sarah Jane (Mullings) Hedges. Two children were born to them as follows: Oliver H., born in Adrian, Mich., October 22d, 1886; J. Beatrice, born August 2, 1888, died March 22, 1889. Mrs. Edgar F. Cleveland was born in Luton, England, February 12, 1865. Her father, James N. Hedges, was was born in Luton, England, in January, 1839, came to America in September, 1868, lived in Upton, Mass., until coming to Adrian, Mich., in 1881. Mr. Hedges learned the machinists' trade, and is the inventor of many valuable and useful machines for braiding straw, and straw braid material. Sarah Jane (Mullings) Hedges was born in Dunstable, England, in December, 1839, and died in Foxboro, Mass., in August, 1898. She was the mother of seven children, Mrs. Cleveland being the third child of the family.


CHARLES KAYNER was born in Royalton Centre, Niagara County, N. Y., August 27, 1833. His father, Dr. George Kayner, was a native of Herkimer County, and was born about the year 1805. His ancestors came from Holland and settled in New Amsterdam, now New York City, in the seventeenth century. His father, David Kayner, was a pioneer of Niagara County, where George was reared and went to school until he arrived at a suitable age, when he went to New York City and entered college to study for a physician. After graduating at the Reformed Medical College in April, 1831, he re- turned to Niagara County, where he practiced his profession until his death in 1835. About the year 1832 Dr. Kayner married Miss Dorcas Bowerman, daughter of Joshua and Abigail Bowerman, of Niagara County, N. Y., and they had two children, Charles and Elizabeth, who is now the wife of Ira Haviland, of Raisin, this county. Mrs. Dorcas Kayner, after the death of Dr. Kayner, mar- ried Jeremiah Westgate, and died in Raisin, this county, in 1853. She was a native of the State of New York, of Quaker lineage. Charles Kayner came to Michigan with his widowed mother and sister in 1835, and settled in Raisin, this county, where he has re- sided ever since. He was brought up a farmer, and has always fol- lowed agriculture, but for about ten years was employed in a saw mill at Raisin Center. In 1866 he purchased his present home farm on Section 29 in Raisin, consisting of over 100 acres, having built his own large and comfortable house, and outbuildings since his res- idence there. Mr. Kayner has always been an active, enterprising man, and has for many years been well considered by his fellow townsmen. He has served twelve years as justice of the peace, town treasurer for three years, township drain commissioner one year, highway commissioner fifteen years, and been four times elected a


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Director of the Lenawee County Farmers' Mutual Insurance Com- pany. August 20, 1853, Charles Kayner married Miss Phebe Alice Haviland, daughter of Wing and Betsy Haviland, of Raisin, this county, and they had four children, as follows: Chester G., born June 17, 1854; married Ida Moore, daughter of Samuel and Mary Moore, and they have one daughter, who resides in Adrian; Ida Jane, born January 3, 1856; married George L. Waite, and is the mother of three children ; Edwin, born January 7, 1859, a farmer of




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