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John Bryant, Sr., father of Dr. John Bryant, of this sketch, mar- ried Martha Ann Vaughn, Oct. 1, 1838. She died Sept. 5, 1892. They
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Major and died in 1874; William M. Hallar was killed in battle in Bates County, Mo., in 1863; James Albert Hallar, shot from ambush on Sniabar River while watering the horses of his troop which was a part of the command of Gen. Sterling Price of the Confederate army; Oliver J. Hallar served in Price's army and later died in Kansas City ; C. R. Hallar resides in Kansas City; Jacob Hallar died in infancy; Ed Hallar, a farmer in Benton County, Mo .; Sallie J. married Samuel Sullivan of Independ- ence, Mo.
George W. Hallar attended Chapel Hill district school during his boy- hood days, and was a schoolmate of Senator George Vest, Senator Stephen B. Elkins, Senator Francis M. Cockrell, Prof. George S. Brown, John T. Crisp and the Rev. James Dalton. For some years prior to Civil War he carried mail from Independence to Salt Lake City, making several trips across the plains with Stephen Rennaberger.
After his marriage with Martha F. Kreeger on Jan. 14, 1876, Mr. and Mrs. Hallar settled on the old Hallar home place near Blue Springs. Mr. Hallar was engaged in farming this place until their removal to Inde- pendence. They sold this farm to Mr. Harris, moved to Blue Springs, lived there one year, then moved to a farm across the road from the home place, residing there until 1891. Mr. Hallar was twice married. His first wife was Miss Sue Cox whom he married in 1860. Two children were born to this marriage: Mrs. Georgia Walker, deceased; and Mrs. Susie Alexander, 814 Van Horn road.
Three children were born to George W. and Martha F. (Kreeger) Hallar, only one of whom is living, Aileen, wife of George L. Remington, 822 Van Horn street, Independence. Aileen Hallar and George L. Ren- ington were married April 29, 1915. In June, 1891, Mr. and Mrs. Hallar removed to Independence. Mrs. Hallar now resides at 822 W. Van Horn road. Mrs. Martha F. (Kreeger) Hallar was born Aug. 21, 1853 on a farm two and a half miles west of Lone Jack. She is a daughter of George W. and Araminta (Daniel) Kreeger. The family resided on the farm west of Lone Jack until Order No. 11 was issued in August, 1863, when they drove with an ox team to Davis, Lafayette County, Mo., staying there during the following winter. The first night on the road was spent at Chapel Hill. Her grandfather, John Daniel, Hank Gibbons and Thomas Tucker also drove through to Lafayette County with ox teams at the same time. The children drove a few head of cattle. At Tebo River in Lafay- ette County, the oxen being thirsty, they made a break for the river on a gallop, the drivers losing control of the teams. The oxen plunged into
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the water and slaked their thirst but, fortunately did not upset the wagons. Fifty years later Mrs. Hallar crossed the same stream for the first time since the war in a large touring car. On the night before the memorable battle of Lone Jack, Mrs. Hallar recalls that General Cockrell with his force of Confederates, camped in the Kreeger pasture and Mrs. Hallar heard the sound of the guns and the roar of battle the next day.
John Daniel, grandfather of Mrs. Hallar, was one of the earliest pioneers of the Lone Jack neighborhood and became a large land owner. He died at the age of 80 years on the farm which he had developed and is buried at Pleasant Grove near Lone Jack. George W. Kreeger, father of Mrs. Hallar, followed farming and stock raising all of his days and died in 1894. Mrs. Kreeger died in 1875. Their remains rest in Pleasant Lawn cemetery. The children of George W. and Araminta Kreeger are as follow: Mrs. Martha Hallar, of this review; John D. Kreeger, Lone Jack, Mo .; R. R. Kreeger, Kansas City, Mo .; William H., Columbia, Ariz .; Mary F. Kreeger, deceased; James L. Kreeger, Boonville, Mo .; Mrs. O. D. Powell, Cockrell, Mo .; Josiah A., Lone Jack, Mo .; Mrs. John R. Blackwell, of Lees Summit, Mo., and Charles L., twins, lives at Lone Jack; Dr. George G. Kreeger, Richmond, Kan.
Mr. Hallar was a Democrat. He was universally respected by all who knew him. He was a member of the Masons and a member of the Mystic Shrine, Ararat Temple, Kansas City, Mo.
William L. Dimoush, junior member of the firm Stewart and Dimoush, planing mill, 402 North Osage street, was born in Kansas City, Mo., March 14, 1882. He is a son of Louis C. and Louisa (Thieme) Dimoush, the for- mer of whom was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1858, and came to Jackson County with his parents, who settled at Westport in 1870. The father of Louis C. Dimoush operated the old Harris House at Westport for about one year, and died there. He was a veteran of the Civil War. Louis C. Dimoush followed the tobacco business in Kansas City until 1901, and since that time has been in the employ of the Kansas City Terminal Company as special officer. The children of Louis C. and Louisa Dimoush are as follow : William L., subject of this sketch; Walter J., Kansas City, Mo .; Augusta E., 2204 Park street, Kansas City. The Dimoush family is of French origin, the name having originally been "De Moush."
William L. Dimoush graduated from the William Cullen Bryant School in 1896, and then studied for two years in Central High School. For a period of four years he was in the employ of the C. W. Gorman Planing Mill Company, at Twenty-fifth and Grand avenue. Following this employ-
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ment he was with the Huttig Mill and Kansas City Sash and Door Com- pany, the Lovejoys Planing Mill, and then spent a year in Denver, Colo. In 1906 he entered the employ of Garrett C. Stewart. In 1914 Mr. Dimoush became a member of the firm.
Aug. 6, 1902, Mr. Dimoush was united in marriage with Elizabeth Florence Ford, a daughter of Zachariah and Sallie (Johnson) Ford, both of whom are deceased. Five children have been born to this union: Walter Carl, William Leonard, Albert B., Harold August, and Louise Florence.
The Dimoush family resides at Fifteenth and Ralston avenue, May- wood. Mr. Dimoush is a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
James Strodtman, owner of a splendid farm of 217 acres on the Lex- ington road, in Blue township, is a native of Missouri. He was born in Lafayette County in 1856, and is a son of John G. and Sophia Elizabeth Strodtman, the former of whom was born in Germany in 1812, and died in Lafayette County, Missouri, in 1899, and the latter died in 1897, at the age of 78 years.
John G. Strodtman immigrated to America in 1833 and first settled in Kentucky. Remaining there but a short time, he came to St. Louis, and in about 1836 he made a permanent location in Lafayette County, where he became owner of a farm and reared a fine family of children. His children are as follow: Mrs. J. G. Burnley, wife of the president of the Bank of Buckner, Mo .; William, Oak Grove, Mo .; James, of this review; Mrs. So- phia Summers, deceased; Mrs. Kate Edwards, formerly a teacher in the Lexington College, deceased; John, the oldest son of the family, was a prominent farmer in Lafayette County, and died on his farm near Na- poleon.
James Strodtman was reared and educated in Lafayette County, and prior to locating in Jackson County he was engaged in the mercantile busi- ness in Johnson County, Missouri, where he located in 1882. He purchased his present fine farm of 217 acres of Walter Alexander in 1904, and has spent several hundred dollars on improvements. Mr. Strodtman has re- modeled the residence, at a cost of over $2,000.00, and has an all modern home. The Strodtman land is devoted to the raising of alfalfa, as well as wheat, corn and all other crops common in this section. During 1918, and also in 1919, five cuttings of alfalfa were made from the fields.
Mr. Strodtman was married Oct. 17, 1878, to Mattie Elizabeth Wal- lace, a daughter of James and Lucy (Howerton) Wallace, both of whom are deceased. Mr. Wallace was reared in Lafayette County. Mrs. Wallace was born in North Carolina, and her parents were early pioneers in Henry
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County, Missouri. Both are buried in the Carr cemetery in Lafayette County. Mr. and Mrs. Strodtman have four children : Mrs. Bessie Alice, wife of Walton Steel, St. Louis, Mo .; Pearl, wife of Poindexter Bush, Inde- pendence, Mo .; Lee Strodtman, married Bama Crutsinger, and lives on the home place and has two children, Nadina and Glenna Lee; Floyd Benjamin, at home with his parents. The latter served three months in the National Army during the World War, enlisting in September, 1918, and was mus- tered out of the service in December, 1918.
Mr. Strodtman is a member of the Woodmen of the World, and one of Jackson County's progressive citizens.
J. H. Lentz .- For the past 16 years J. H. Lentz has been a successful breeder of Hereford cattle-a strain originated by his father, the late Noah Lentz, in 1897, and known throughout this section of the country as fine registered, pure-bred stock. The Lentz farm consists of 285 acres, and is well improved, one of the finest places in Jackson County.
J. H. Lentz was born in Jackson County, March 31, 1878. He is a son of Noah and Eliza J. (Lewis) Lentz. Noah Lentz was born in Rocking- ham County, Virginia, in 1841, and was there reared to young manhood, serving for two years in the Confederate army under General Stonewall Jackson. In 1875 he left Virginia and came westward, first stopping in Lafayette County, Missouri, and then coming to Jackson County. He pur- chased the Croysdale farm in Fort Osage township, improved it, and began the breeding of Whitefaced cattle in 1897. He made one of the notable suc- cesses in Jackson County as a farmer and livestock breeder, and accumu- lated several hundred acres of land. About one month prior to his death he removed to Independence, and died there March 5, 1916. Eliza J. (Lewis) Lentz was a daughter of James W. Lewis, who entered the land comprising a part of the Lewis farm in Blue township, now owned by the subject of this sketch. She died on this place in 1881. James W. Lewis was the father of 17 children, only two of whom, David and Herman, are now living. Two sons were born to Noah and Eliza J. Lentz, as follow: J. William Lentz, Wray, Colo., and J. H., of this review.
By a second marriage of Noah Lentz to Miss Louise Kirby there were three children born: Oliver, deceased; Mrs. Myrtle Baldus, Independence, and Thomas H., on the home farm in Fort Osage township, five miles east of Buckner.
J. H. Lentz was educated in the public schools of Jackson County, and pursued a business course at Baker University, Baldwin, Kan., graduating from the commercial department in 1897. He then returned to the home
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Ed. E. Fender was educated in the common schools of lowa and Illi- nois. For a number of years he was engaged in the mercantile and cream- ery business at Rhine, Kan., and then operated a general store at Holden, Mo., for seven years. Mr. Fender was at Holden from 1902 to October, 1918. He followed farming in Johnson County, Missouri, for four years prior to locating in Jackson County, where he purchased the Winfrey Brothers farm in October, 1918. This farm was formerly the Gentry place, and is the original home place of the Moores, where a battle was fought between the Federals and Confederates during the Civil War. Dur- ing the war the present Fender residence was used by Gen. Joe Shelby as his headquarters, and was also used as a hospital for the wounded and sick. The residence is a large, two-story brick structure of eight rooms, erected in 1856 by Mr. Moore, who was a slave owner prior to the war. A number of soldiers are buried on this farm, and the house was damaged by a cannon ball during the course of the battle which raged around it, a corner of the building having been shot away. Mr. Fender has 25 acres of alfalfa which yielded four cuttings during the past season. Since tak- ing possession of the place he has planted an orchard of five acres.
Mr. Fender was married at Holden, Mo., June 10, 1908, to Miss Retta Parsons, a daughter of William and Martha (Kent) Parsons, the latter of whom makes her home with Mrs. Fender, and is aged 81 years. She was born Nov. 14, 1838, in Caldwell County, Missouri, and is a daughter of H. N. Kent, a native of Pennsylvania, who first moved to Ohio, thence to Illinois, and settled in Missouri in 1838. He died in Lee County, Illinois, in 1893. His wife was born in Indiana, and died in Madison County in 1841. William Parsons was born in Grant County, Indiana, and was married to Martha Kent on Feb. 28, 1856. He died on Nov. 29, 1913, and is buried in Independence cemetery. The children born to William and Martha Par- sons are as follow: Rev. Alonzo Parsons, Independence, is pastor of Wal- nut Park Church of Latter-Day Saints; H. E. Parsons, Oklahoma; J. L. Parsons, Seattle; Cora, wife of J. Oglesbie, Nevada, Mo .; O. R. Parsons, Independence, Mo .; Olivia, wife of John W. Taylor, Blairstown, Mo .; Mrs. Retta Fender, of this review. Mr. and Mrs. Fender have three children: Everett, Edwin and Lucille.
By a former marriage with Bertha Knapp, of Beloit, Kan., Mr. Fen- der has four children: Alma Fender, DeSoto, Kan .; Mabel, wife of C. J. Blythe, Stotesbury, Mo .; George Fender, a sergeant in the regular army, stationed at Camp Grant, Illinois. He enlisted in August, 1916, and served with the punitive expedition after Villa in Mexico, and he served with the
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A. E. F. for one year in France. The fourth child is Pearl, living in Inde- pendence, Mo. The mother of these children died in 1903.
Mr. Fender is independent in politics. He and Mrs. Fender are mem- bers of the Reorganized Church of Latter-Day Saints. Mr. Fender served as a member of the State High Council of the Holden Stake.
John Alfred Kerr, who is engaged in the real estate and loan business, Independence, Mo., was born in Washington County, Texas, Dec. 27, 1852. He is a son of William Penn Kerr, who was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 10, 1814.
When William Penn Kerr was two years of age he was taken to Ten- nessee by his uncle, Alexander Thompson, and was reared there to young manhood. In 1830 he accompanied his uncle and father's family to Texas, and settled in Washington County. His father was Hugh Kerr, a native of Scotland, who died in 1845. Hugh Kerr was a poet of unsual ability. He wrote several poems based upon incidents of the early history of Texas, which were widely copied in the public press of that day. William Penn Kerr fought for the freedom of the Lone Star State in the Texas War of liberation from Mexico. He served under Colonel Sam Houston, and fought at the battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle which ended in a great vic- tory for the Texans and gave Texas her freedom as a republic. He accom- panied his son, John Alfred Kerr, to Missouri in 1888, and died at the Kerr home in Fairmount Park in 1901. For over 50 years he had resided on one farm in Texas. His wife was Elizabeth Hill, a native of Georgia, who died in -1885. She was a daughter of Asa Hill, and a cousin of Benjamin Hill, a noted states rights advocate and statesman of Georgia, who stood for the rights of the Southern states and boldly championed their cause on the floor of the United States Senate during the reconstruction days.
John Alfred Kerr was married to Miss M. E. Woodfin, of Tuscumbia, Ala., Nov. 21, 1874. The children born to this marriage are: John W., a garage man, Independence; Lelia Fay Kerr, Kansas City, Mo .; Ira Erma, wife of John H. Hardin, Independence, Mo .; Alberta Penn, San German, Cuba, is owner of a large cattle and sugar ranch ; Rector M. Kerr, 816 North Liberty street, Independence, a civil engineer in the employ of the Union Terminal Company; Emma Nettie, wife of Dr. L. H. Bradsbury, Lyons, Kan .; Mary, wife of Warren D. Tracey, Toledo, Ohio; Maud F. Kerr, a sten- ographer for the Santa Fe Railway Company; Proctor H., assistant pay- master for the Kansas City Bolt and Nut Works; Marguerite, wife of A. W. Hudnall, Independence, Mo .; Kathleen, wife of John F. Jones, St. Louis, Mo. The mother of the foregoing children was born in Mississippi, a
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daughter of Colonel Woodfin, a Confederate veteran. At the outbreak of the war he was a prosperous merchant and planter of Tupelo, Miss. He lost all he possessed during the war, and served four years in behalf of the lost cause. He died in Texas in 1886. His wife was a Miss Norwood, who died at Cotulla, Texas, in 1887. Mrs. Kerr died in 1914. She was a cousin of Henry Woodfin Grady, whose monument stands in the main thorough- fare of Atlanta, Ga., while a monument of Benjamin Hill, of Georgia, cou- sin of Mr. Kerr, stands in the Senate Chamber of the capitol building at Atlanta, Ga.
While a resident of La Salle County, Texas, John Alfred Kerr, of this review, served six years as treasurer of La Salle County, Texas. Prior to coming to Missouri, in 1888, he had been successfully engaged in the mer- cantile and banking business in that county. He resigned his position as treasurer when he came to Independence. His second marriage was with Mrs. Elizabeth Easter, of Independence, widow of Henry Easter. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr are rearing five of Mrs. Kerr's grandchildren, viz: Edward, Ruth, Joseph, Jewell and John Lamfort.
The Kerr family residence is located at 901 Cleveland avenue, Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Kerr is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons, Blue Lodge, Chapter and Knights Templar.
John E. Hill, senior member of Hill Brothers Hardware Company. Inde- pendence, Mo., was born March 11, 1854 and is a son of Richard and Eliza- beth (Stears) Hill, both of whom were natives of England.
Richard Hill was a pioneer settler in Waukesha County, Wis., where he followed his trade of wagon maker. He came to Jackson County in 1869 and established a shop on East Lexington street. After working for the former owner of the shop for a time he purchased it and the firm was known as the Hill and Humphrey Wagon Shop, Mr. Humphrey attending to the iron working department of the business. Mr. Hill operated this shop until his death in 1911, his wife having preceded him in death several years before. Richard and Elizabeth Hill were parents of the following children: John E. Hill, of this review; Mrs. Anna Hedrick, deceased; Joseph, Leadville, Colo .; Mrs. Carrie Lowe, Independence ; Mrs. Lottie Kirk, Kansas City, Mo .; C. S. Hill, junior, member of the Hill Brothers Hardware Company.
For 28 years after coming to Independence in 1870, John E. Hill was in the employ of the Slack and Nichols Hardware store. In the mean- time the firm had been changed to Nichols Brothers; then was known as the Nichols Hardware Company. Mr. Hill's first partner was Mr. Martin
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and the business was operated under the name of Hill and Martin in 1899. The firm name was later changed to Hill. Martin and Hill, composed of Charles S. Hill, J. W. Martin and John E. Hill. In January, 1918, Hill Brothers purchased Mr. Martin's interest. The hardware store is located on the northeast corner of the Court House Square, and the business is housed in a building owned by the firm, 60 x 80 feet, with two floors, a room 30 x 80 feet being leased to a grocery establishment. A basement is used and a tinshop is located in the rear of the display room. Hill Brothers carry a complete line of hardware, stoves, tinware, cutlery, etc., and they do all kinds of furnace work, steam and hot water heat installa- tions and plumbing.
John E. Hill was married in 1907 to Miss Lillie Smith, of Independence. By a former marriage with Miss Katie Ross, he has three children: Clar- ence D. Hill, in the employ of Metropolitan Street Railway Company, Kan- sas City ; Ross E., an electrician, Kansas City ; Mrs. Lawrence Hills, Inde- pendence, whose husband is an electrician employed at Sugar Creek.
Hill Brothers is one of the successful and hustling business concerns of Independence who have an extensive patronage from Independence, Kan- sas City and the surrounding territory in Jackson County.
Major Robert W. Barr, dairyman and successful breeder of registered Jersey cattle, has had an interesting and useful career. After years of military service he concluded to engage in farming and stock raising and has brought to his new field of endeavor the same concentration of pur- pose which made him successful in other fields. Mr. Barr was born at Montrose, Mo., Dec. 13, 1887, and is a son of Dr. B. B. Barr.
Dr. B. B. Barr was a native of Montrose and was living in Henry County at the outbreak of the Civil War. The family returned to Tennes- see and remained there until the close of the war. While there he at- tended medical school and upon his return to Montrose he began the prac- tice of medicine which was continued for many years in the city of Clinton. His wife.was Margaret Squires, a daughter of Jerome B. and Cynthia (McNeely) Squires and was also born in Henry County. They were parents of three children Mrs. Harold Pierce, of Paragould, Ark .; Robert W. Barr of this review; Herbert M. Barr engaged in the jobbing business at Omaha, Neb.
Robert W. Barr was educated in the public schools of Clinton, Mo. He entered West Point Military Academy in 1906 and graduated from this institution in 1910. He served as lieutenant of the Coast Artillery Corps on the Pacific coast at Fort Baker, Cal., and at Fortress Monroe, Va.
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were the parents of the following children: Thomas Vaughn Bryant, born July 16, 1839, died July 24, 1916; George Smith Bryant, born April 2, 1841, died Nov. 2, 1916; John Bryant, of this review ; William L. Bryant, born April 5, 1845, died in 1917; Oliver P. Bryant, born Nov. 23, 1848, died May 2, 1914; Bettie, born April 17, 1851, died July 12, 1852; Mary Belle, born May 6, 1853, died June 21, 1853; and Martha Ann, born Sept. 4, 1855, died May 16, 1888.
Dr. John Bryant, Sr., was educated for the profession of medicine and upon coming to Jackson County in 1850 he practiced at Independence. He was prominent in the affairs of this city and county during the re- mainder of his life. He became a land owner. He gave the land for the building of a private school in the city of his adoption and with Judge Sheley and James Smart, erected a brick school building and employed the teachers for the school. This building stood just in the rear of Wil- liam Bryant's home. Rev. Noah Miller, a Christian preacher, also organ- ized a school and he and M. W. Miller taught school in a frame building near the woolen mills, prior to the erection of the brick school house. He was a charter member, deacon and elder of the First Christian church of Independence.
Dr. John Bryant, of this review, attended both of these schools in his boyhood days. His summer vacations were spent in herding cattle and raising crops on his father's farm near Hickman's Mill southeast of Inde- pendence. William Z. Hickman, author of this history, was his school- mate and playmate in those days and Dr. Bryant and his wife began their wedded life in a house on the lot now owned by Mr. Hickman. About 1860 the soil on the Bryant farm was first broken by the plow and Dr. Bryant raised his first crop of corn that year. From 1861 to 1866 John Bryant read medicine with his father who kept a drug store on the south side of the court house square. In the fall of 1862 he entered St. Louis Medical College and was graduated in 1864. The following fall he went to Philadelphia and entered Jefferson Medical College from which he was graduated in 1866. He then began practice in Independence. In the fall of 1866 he began practice in Kansas City but returned to his home city in 1867 and continued his practice until about 1892, when he gradually relinquished his practice so as to devote his entire time to business pur- suits. Since that time Dr. Bryant has looked after the extensive real estate interests of Mrs. Bryant in Kansas City. In company with D. O. Smart and E. P. Graves, he erected the Commercial Block in Kansas City which was occupied by G. Y. Smith. They also erected the Robinson
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Shoe Company building in Kansas City. He remodeled the old Smart House, which is now occupied by the Bergson-Clark Company and the Luce Trunk Factory. In 1892 he erected the Bryant building for the Robert Keith Furniture Co. and remodeled it for an office building ten years later in 1902. Dr. Bryant purchased his present residence plot of one and a half acres at 519 South Main in 1869 and erected one of the finest residences in Independence. The place has a beautiful blue grass lawn shaded by a variety of forest trees which he planted. The Bryant place was but a barren lot when he purchased it from Otho and Evan Hall.
Dr. Bryant was married Oct. 11, 1866 to Miss Harriet M. Smart, a daughter of the late Judge T. A. Smart of Kansas City, mention of whom is made in this volume. The children born to this union are Mrs. Charles E. Knox, Berkeley, Cal .; Mrs. L. E. Newman, St. Louis, Mo .; Mrs. W. H. Schutz, Kansas City, Mo .; Mrs. G. W. Backman, Kansas City, Mo .; Dr. Carl H. Bryant, Kansas City, Mo. Dr. and Mrs. Bryant have 17 grand- children : Mildred, John B., and Janet Christie Knox; Harriet Y., Martha B., Lina, Jane, Louis, Jr., and Charles Newman; Carl H., Mary B., and Arthur M. Schutz; Elizabeth, John Smart and Carl H. Bryant; G. B. and William Bachman.
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