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the elder (p. 345), was born at Rochester, in 1831; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1854, and from Rush Medical College at Chi- cago in 1862; enlisted as a private in a Wisconsin regiment, and afterwards served as assistant surgeon. He practiced medicine at Jefferson, Wis., and Santa Rita, Cal., where he died March 23, 1883.
S. E. ROOT was born at Royalston, Vt., Oct. 1, 1834; graduated at Hillsdale College, Mich., where he received the degree of A. M., in 1872; was in the army of the Cumberland a year and a half at the close of the war; graduated from the Medical College at Bur- lington, Vt., in 1875; studied for a time at Harvard; settled in practice at Saccarappa, Me., in 1876; removed to Lewiston, Me., in 1880, and to Rochester in 1885.
HENRY RUST PARKER, son of John Tappan Parker, was born at Wolfeborough Jan. 24, 1836; studied with Dr. Pattee of Man- chester and Dr. King of Wolfeborough ; graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in 1865 ; practiced in Wolfeborough several years, and came from there to Rochester in April, 1880, where he was in partnership with Dr. Farrington for about a year, when he removed to Dover; is a member of the Strafford County Medical Society ; married in 1866 Ella M. Thompson, and has several children.
ARTHUR C. NEWELL, son of William H., was born at Barn- stead in 1839; entered Dartmouth College in 1860, where he remained two years; studied medicine with Dr. John Wheeler of Barnstead, and attended lectures at Hanover. He enlisted as a pri vate in the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment; was employed- principally on detached service in the medical department for two years, when he was appointed medical cadet in the regular army ; was assistant surgeon in the Eighteenth Ohio Regiment for about a year, during which time he attended medical lectures at Cincinnati ; was afterwards post surgeon at headquarters of the department of Georgia and Florida. Having been with the army about four years, and his health being somewhat impaired, he settled in practice at Gonic in September, 1866, married Jennie Hayes of that place, and removed to Farmington in July, 1869; went West and died there.
CHARLES BLAZO was born in Parsonsfield, Me., August 3, 1842 ; attended lectures at Dartmouth, Long Island, and Bowdoin Medical College, where he graduated in 1871; settled in practice at East Rochester; removed'to Rochester Village in 1882; was representa- tive to the Legislature in 1877-78-79.
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ALONZO STUART WALLACE, son of David, Jr., and Margaret, was born at Bristol, Me., Feb. 17, 1847; commenced the study of medi- cine in 1870, with Dr. S. H. Durgin and Prof. C. P. Frost; attended two courses of medical lectures at Bowdoin and Dartmouth Medical Colleges, graduating from the latter June 24, 1874; commenced the practice of medicine in the Northampton Lunatic Asylum in 1874, remaining six months; he was then appointed assistant port physi- cian of Boston, and in September, 1875, port physician, retaining that position until April, 1879, when he entered into private practice in Brookline, N. HI .; removed to Rochester in 1888; is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and of the Congregational Church. He married Mary F. Maynard of Lowell, Mass., Nov. 2, 1876, and has three children : - Arthur Lowell, Edith Maynard, and Edna June.
FRANK PIERCE VIRGIN was born at Rumford, Me., Oct. 15, 1850; graduated from Bowdoin College in 1875; received medical degree from Detroit Medical College; settled in practice at Rochester in 1877; removed to Weymouth, Mass., in 1888; married Carrie Cav- erly, and has Harry L. and Charles Lester.
EUGENE FRENCH GAGE, son of Thomas U., was born at Bedford, Dec. 15, 1850; studied with Dr. Currier of Nashua; attended lec- tures at Bowdoin and Dartmouth Medical Colleges, and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City ; settled in practice at Rochester, and died in Nashua, March 20, 1885.
JOHN SHERMAN DANIELS, son of Albert H., was born at Bar- rington, Oct. 12, 1851; studied medicine with Dr. George W. Jenks of Woodstock, R. I .; attended medical lectures at Harvard and Long Island Medical College, Brooklyn, N. Y., where he graduated June 25, 1875; settled in practice at Barrington, where he was superintendent of schools and representative to the Legislature; removed to Rochester in 1885; is a member of the Strafford Dis- trict Medical Society, an officer in Humane Lodge and Temple Chapter, F. & A. M .; was the first Sachem of Runnaawitt Tribe of Red Men, and is Great Senior Sagamore of the Great Council of New Hampshire.
FRANK EUGENE WHITNEY, son of Nathan, was born at Westmin- ster, Mass., June 9, 1853; graduated from Dartmouth College in 1878; studied medicine with Dr. I. G. Anthoine of Antrim; at-
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tended one course of lectures at Dartmouth Medical College, and two at the University of New York, where he graduated in March, 1881; settled in practice at Rochester, where he has been town phy- sician four years. He is a Chapter Mason, and member of the Con- gregational Church. Married Grace M. Chase Nov. 27, 1883.
EDWIN THOMAS HUBBARD, son of Thomas L., was born at Hiram, Me., Jan. 13, 1854; studied medicine with Drs. W. H. Smith and B. B. Foster; attended four courses of medical lectures at the University of Michigan; graduated from Dartmouth Medical College Oct. 30, 1877; commenced the practice of medicine Jan- uary 17, 1878, at Madison, N. H., remaining there six months; practiced in Tamworth, N. H., eighteen months, then returned to Madison, but soon after located in Rochester. In 1886 he was ap- pointed a member of the State Board of Health to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Dr. Carl H. Horsch.
STEPHEN YOUNG was born in Strafford Oct. 22, 1854; entered Dartmouth College in 1875; entered Medical department in 1877; studied medicine with Drs. Sargent and Gage; after two courses of lectures at Dartmouth entered Long Island College Hospital and received degree there in June, 1881; settled in practice at East Rochester; is a member of the New Hampshire Medical Society. He married March 1, 1882, Fannie F. Stoddard.
HERBERT YOUNG, son of John F., was born in Rochester ; gradu- ated from Bates College in 1876 ; is a practicing physician in Ames- bury, Massachusetts.
FRED GUSTAVUS COFFIN, son of William P., was born at Deering, Me., Nov. 3, 1855; studied medicine with Dr. Charles A. Cochran ; graduated from the Medical Department of Boston University March 6, 1878; practiced two years at West Waterville, Me .; removed to Gonic in 1880, and to Great Falls in 1882.
FREDERICK E. WILCOX, son of Chester P., was born at Pomfret, Conn., May 11, 1860 ; graduated from the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital March 1, 1884; married March 26, 1884, Etta M. Kelley of Putnam, Conn., and located at once in Rochester, where he remained till November, 1888.
STEPHEN W. FORD, son of Stephen, was born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 19, 1864; graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in 1888; began practice in company with Dr. Wallace January 1, 1889.
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ROBERT V. SWEET was born at Port Byron, N. Y., April 25, 1865 ; graduated from Cornell University in 1885; was principal of Rose High School for one year; graduated from New York Homeo- pathic Medical College in 1888; settled in partnership with Dr. Wilcox, who left him the practice in November, 1888.
LAWYERS .*
JOSEPH CLARK, son of Simeon and Lydia (Mosely) Clark, was born at Columbia, Conn., March 9, 1759; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1785; studied law with John Sullivan, Esq., of Durham; began practice at Rochester in 1788; returned to his native town about 1813, and afterwards removed to East Hartford, Conn., where he died Dec. 21, 1828. He married Anna H. Burleigh of Newmarket, and left daughters. He served in the Revolution, was taken prisoner and carried to Halifax and to England. He delivered a Fourth of July oration at Rochester in 1794, and represented the town in the Legislature in 1798 and 1801.
THOMAS BANCROFT, son of Dea. Nathaniel and Mary (Taylor) Bancroft, was born at Lynnfield, Mass., Nov. 14, 1765; graduated at Harvard College 1788; began practice at Rochester about 1794; after a year or two removed to Salem, Mass., where he was master of a grammar school; was afterwards clerk of court, then supercargo on ship Hercules. He married Elizabeth Ives of Bev- erly, Mass., and died at Canton, China, Nov. 15, 1807, leaving two children.
MOSES LEAVITT NEAL, son of John, was born at Hampton in 1767; entered Dartmouth College at the age of fourteen, and after two years went to Harvard, where he graduated 1785; studied law with John Prentiss, Esq., of Londonderry; was admitted to the bar in 1793; practiced at Londonderry about three years ; removed to Rochester about 1796, and to Dover in 1806. He was clerk of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1809, and was re-elected seventeen times; was register of deeds in Strafford county from 1816 till his death. He married, first, Ruth, the daughter of John Prentiss, about 1793, and, second, Sarah Furbush about 1820, and died Nov. 25, 1829, leaving a large family of children. He was a man of pleasing manners, a
* The material for these sketches has been mostly furnished by Henry Kimball, Esq.
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finished scholar, rather unobtrusive and easy-going, but firm to his principles and highly esteemed by all who knew him.
JOSEPH TILTON was born at East Kingston August, 1774; grad- uated at Harvard College 1797; studied law with Hon. Jeremiah Smith of Exeter; commenced practice at Wakefield soon after 1800; removed to Rochester about 1805; in 1809 returned to Exeter, which town he represented in the Legislature from 1815 to 1823. He married a daughter of Col. Samuel Folsom of Exeter, and died March 28, 1856, leaving no family. "A good office lawyer, of good judgment."
JOHN PARKER HALE, son of Samuel, was born at Portsmouth Feb. 19, 1775. With only a common school education he studied law with his kinsman, John Hale, Esq., and was admitted to the bar 1796 or 1797. After practicing a year or two in Portsmouth and a short time in Barrington, he came to Rochester about 1801. He married Lydia Clarkson, only child of William O'Brien of Machias, Me., and died at Rochester Oct. 15, 1819, leaving thirteen children, among whom was the Hon. John P. Hale of Dover (p. 381). Mr. Hale was short, thick, with ruddy countenance, quick of apprehension, affable in manners, and popular with his townsmen.
RICHARD KIMBALL, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Horne) Kimball, was born at North Berwick, Me., March 1, 1798; fitted at Phillips Exeter Academy and entered Harvard College, but without com- pleting the academic course there, began the study of law with Hon. Asa Freeman of Dover in 1824. After attending the law schools of Cambridge and Northampton, he was admitted to Straf- ford County Bar in February, 1829, and settled in practice at Great Falls. In 1836 he removed to Rochester, where, after being for a short time agent of the Mechanics' Manufacturing Company, he resumed the practice of law. In 1848 he removed to Dover, where he added farming to his legal pursuits, retiring from busi- ness about 1874. He was elected representative from Somersworth in 1833, but did not take his seat, probably because it was decided that the town was not entitled to a second representative. He represented Rochester in the Legislatures of 1846 and 1847. He was judge of the police court in Dover from 1857 to 1868. He was the first editor of the "Enquirer " for four months in 1828, and was for many years a member of the Dover school board. He
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married, first, Oct. 4, 1832, Margaret Jane Pendexter of Dover; second, November, 1843, Elizabeth Hale of Rochester; third, Nov. 23, 1846, Elizabeth White Hale of Portland, Me., and died at Dover, March 2, 1881, leaving five children.
Mr. Kimball was a thorough student, a conscientious and earnest seeker after truth. He was a social, companionable man, of strong attachments; a reverent Christian believer, and an untiring student of the Bible.
WILLIAM GORDON WEBSTER, son of William and Sarah (Gordon) Webster, was born at Plymouth Aug. 20, 1800; graduated at Dartmouth College 1822; read law with Samuel Fletcher of Con- cord ; settled in practice at Rochester in 1827; removed to New Hampton about 1830, and afterwards to East Concord. He married June 8, 1829, Susan, daughter of Stephen Ambrose of Concord, and died at Plymouth June 14, 1839.
JOHN HARVEY SMITH, son of John and Betsey Smith, was born at Rochester about 1802; after a common school education read law with Judge Jeremiah H. Woodman of Rochester, and Hon. James Bartlett of Dover. He was admitted to the bar in February, 1824; commenced practice at Center Harbor; soon went to Con- way; from there returned to Rochester about 1827; and in 1837 removed to Dover. He represented Rochester in the Legislatures of 1832-34; was clerk of court for Strafford county from 1841 till his death. He died unmarried, having been killed in a rail- road accident at Meredith Bridge, Oct. 7, 1852. "He was a man of noble and generous heart, incapable of a mean or dishonorable action."
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS KIMBALL, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Horne) Kimball, was born at Shapleigh, Me., Sept. 12, 1813; educated at Exeter Academy mainly by his own exertions; studied law with his brother, Hon. Increase S. Kimball of Lebanon, Me., and Hon. Daniel M. Christie of Dover; was admitted to the York County Bar September, 1839; began practice at Milton Mills; removed to Sandwich in 1842, and to Rochester in 1847, where he still resides ; sold his practice to C. K. Sanborn in 1854, and has since been engaged in farming, occasionally teaching the village school; served eighteen years as superintending school committee. He married Oct. 24, 1841, Nancy H. Nutter, and has had three chil- dren : - John W., Elizabeth H. died unmarried, and Mary E., now
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Mrs. John F. Springfield, who graduated from the academical course of Boston University in 1879.
CYRUS K. SANBORN was born at Brookfield, Mass., in 1818; after a common school education he studied law with Josiah H. Hobbs; graduated from the Cambridge Law School; was bank commissioner in 1860-61; representative to the Legislature in 1867-68; was director and president of Rochester Savings Bank, and colonel in the militia. In 1851 he married Sarah, daughter of Josiah H. Hobbs, who died leaving three children. In 1881 he married the widow of Dr. Sargent (p. 446), and died at Roch- ester Oct. 11, 1886. He was a kind friend and neighbor, always public-spirited and ready to sacrifice time and money to further the interests of the town. He joined the Congregational Church a short time before his death.
SANBORN BLAKE CARTER, son of Daniel and Betsey Brown (Blake) Carter, was born in Rochester Feb. 20, 1819; after attending the academy at Alfred, Me., he read law with Hon. John T. Paine of Sanford, Me., and Hon. Charles W. Woodman of Dover; was admitted to York County Bar May, 1841; and settled in practice at Ossipee. He was a prominent man, and highly esteemed, as is shown by the positions he held. He represented Ossipee in the Legislature in 1850-51-69-70; was delegate to the Constitutional Conventions of 1850 and 1876; was solicitor for Carroll county from 1846 to 1851; register of probate from 1851 to 1856; register of deeds from 1873 till his death; county school commissioner from 1850 to 1854; was town clerk for several years; was mod- erator of town meetings for twelve or fifteen years; was postmaster eight or twelve years. He died at Ossipee July 8, 1881, and was buried under Masonic honors. His practice was extensive, espe- cially before the probate court, and as solicitor of pensions and bounty claims. He was one of five who established the Episcopal Church at Dover.
HENRY TROWBRIDGE WISWELL, son of Thomas and Sarah (Trow- bridge) Wiswell, was born at Exeter April 26, 1820; graduated at Yale College in 1847; studied law with Hon. Daniel M. Christie; was admitted to the bar January, 1850; began practice in Roch- ester with William A. Kimball; after about nine months he removed to Dover, where he was city clerk from 1856 to 1864, and city solicitor from 1857 to 1862. He then removed to Wash-
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ington, D. C., as paymaster's clerk, where he has since resided. He married, first, Nov. 28, 1850, Lucretia Perkins of Dover, who died leaving a son; second, Mrs. Elizabeth Garland (Ayer) Clapp of Washington, who has two daughters.
DANIEL JACOB PARSONS, son of Josiah and Judith (Badger) Par- sons, was born at Gilmanton April 15, 1821; after attending Gilmanton Academy he read law with Hon. Ira H. Eastman of that place; was admitted to the bar about 1842; commenced practice in Rochester the next year; has served the town many years on the school board, and as representative to the Legislature in 1850; married, 1852, Ella Greenfield of Rochester. Since Au- gust, 1887, he has been disabled by paralysis.
ELIJAH MARTIN HUSSEY, son of Col. Jonathan, was born at Rochester in 1826; graduated from Dartmouth College in 1852; was principal of Lebanon Academy, Me .; was a lawyer in New York City, where he died January, 1887; married Fannie Wood- ward of Hanover.
JOSEPH HILLIARD WORCESTER, son of Isaac and Julia (Hilliard) Worcester, was born at Milton Dec. 31, 1830; fitted at Pembroke Academy, and entered the class of '54 in Brown University, but left on account of ill health in the middle of his Senior year. After teaching several years he began studying law with C. K. Sanborn in 1861; was admitted to Strafford County Bar in 1864; commenced practice at once in Rochester, and in 1871 formed a partnership with C. B. Gafney, Esq., which still has a successful and extensive business. Mr. Worcester was for ten years a mem- ber of the school board; judge of the Rochester police court from March, 1869, to May, 1875; town clerk in 1865 and 1866; and for some ten months postmaster, commencing April, 1867. "No better-read lawyer practices at Strafford Bar."
KINGMAN FOGG PAGE, son of Benjamin and Huldah, was born at Rochester Oct. 10, 1831; graduated from Bowdoin College in 1853; read law with Caleb Cushing, in Washington, D. C .; was appointed solicitor in the department of the interior by President Pierce. After 1869 he went to New York, where he became a prominent member of the " County Democracy." He married Grace Marshall of Washington, D. C., and died in New York April 22, 1885.
GEORGE LAFAYETTE HAYES, son of Watson and Joanna (Winkley) Hayes, was born in Barnstead Dec. 5, 1831; came with his parents
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to Rochester when he was about three years old; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1851; was private tutor in the family of Hon. James F. Robinson at Georgetown, Ky .; then professor of math- ematics in Russellville, Ky., where he also read law, and was admitted to the bar a few weeks before his death, which occurred July 23, 1854. He was a fine scholar, of excellent character, be- loved by all who knew him.
HIRAM MOORE SANBORN, son of Solomon and Lepha Sanborn, was born in Tamworth April 11, 1833. He managed to secure an education by working on the farm summers and teaching winters, and entered Dartmouth College in the class of 1859, but did not graduate. After leaving college he taught the High School in Rochester, studying law at the same time in the office of C. K. Sanborn. Having nearly finished his law studies he taught school one year at Hoboken, N. Y. He then accepted the principalship of a grammar school in New York City at a salary of three thousand dollars, and retained the position till his death. He meanwhile continued his law studies, graduating from Colum- bia Law School about 1873. His residence was in Jersey City, where he was a member of the board of education. He was a devoted and successful teacher, securing thorough discipline by moral rather than physical force. He died at Tamworth Aug. 8, 1877, leaving one son, J. L. Sanborn, M. D., of New Marlboro', Mass.
HENRY KIMBALL, son of Daniel Smith and Lovey (Wilson) Kim- ball, was born at Shapleigh, Me., Dec. 14, 1833; graduated at Bowdoin College 1863; studied law with Hon. Increase S. Kim- ball of Sanford, Me .; was admitted to York County Bar June, 1866; has been in practice at Rochester since 1869; has been connected with the supervision of the public schools of Rochester for more than fifteen years. (pp. 169, 170.)
CHARLES BENJAMIN GAFNEY, son of John and Sarah (Abbott) Gafney, was born at Ossipee Sept. 17, 1843. His parents died when he was but four years of age, but by the advice and assist- ance of his guardian, Sanborn B. Carter, Esq., of Ossipee, he obtained his education at the academies at Sandwich, and at Leb- anon, Me. He enlisted in the war of the Rebellion Sept. 27, 1862; was promoted from second to first Lieutenant June 1, 1863; was wounded severely at Petersburg, Va., June 15, 1864; promoted to
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Captain May 30, 1865 ; served as aid to Generals Ripley, McCullom, and Roulston, and was mustered out at close of war.
He read law with his guardian and Hon. Charles W. Wood- man of Dover, and graduated in 1868 from the Law School at Columbia College, Washington, D. C., where he was clerk to the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs for eight years. He was a special friend of Hon. J. H. Ela, and came to Rochester in 1871, forming a partnership with Joseph H. Worcester, Esq., and has since been actively engaged in his profession. He married, first, Mary Ellen Grant of Ossipee, and, second, Ida A. Peavey of Farmington.
NOAH TEBBETS, son of Noah and Mary Esther (Woodman) Tebbets (p. 352), was born at Rochester Sept. 11, 1844. After leaving the public schools of Rochester he attended the seminary at Tilton; read law at the Harvard Law School, and with Hon. George C. Peavey of Strafford, and Hon. Charles W. Woodman of Dover; was admitted to the bar in 1867, and began practice at Rochester; removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1871, where he has an extensive ' practice. He married Oct. 27, 1869, Emeline F. Whipple, daughter of Orrin and Emeline Whipple, a direct de- scendant of the celebrated Governor Winslow.
In 1870 Mr. Tebbets was appointed Bank Commissioner of the State of New Hampshire, and was a member of the Republican State Committee for three years. He was Master of Humane Lodge, F. & A. M., at Rochester in 1871. For his military record sec p. 231.
GEORGE EDWARD COCHRANE, son of Alfred E. and Clarinda (Parker) Cochrane, was born in New Boston March 30, 1846; after attending the New London Academy, he read law with Cross & Burnham at Manchester; was admitted to the bar Septem- ber, 1876; practiced at Farmington from 1877 to 1882, since which he has been in successful practice at Rochester. He served on the school board in New Boston and in Farmington; represented New Boston in the Legislatures of 1875 and 1876, and Farmington in 1881, when he was his party's candidate for speaker; was a can- didate for State senator in 1882. He married Dec. 29, 1880, Ella L., daughter of William Hayes of Farmington.
CHARLES SUMNER ELA, son of Hon. J. H. and Abigail Ela, was born at Rochester May 2, 1853; obtained his education in the
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public schools of Rochester; read law with Worcester & Gafney; was admitted to the bar in 1875; practiced in Rochester till 1882; was judge of Rochester police court from 1876 till his death in Denver, Col., Oct. 21, 1883. He was a young man of much promise (p. 410).
FREMONT GOODWIN, son of Josiah and Love C. Goodwin, was born at Alton May 19, 1856; after a common school education he studied law with Col. Thomas Cogswell of Gilmanton; was admitted to the bar March, 1883; practiced in Rochester till June, 1887, and has since been in the lumber business. He married, Oct. 8, 1884, Bertie E. Trask of Milton.
SAMUEL DEMERRITT FELKER, son of William H. and Deborah A. (Demerritt) Felker, was born at Rochester April 16, 1859; grad- uated at Dartmouth College in 1882; read law with Hon. Joshua G. Hall of Dover; graduated from Boston University Law School, 1887; admitted to bar same year in New Hampshire and in Mas- sachusetts; delegate from Rochester to the Constitutional Conven- tion of 1889.
EDWARD FORD was the son of John and Johannah (Broderick) Ford; studied law with Fred S. Hutchins of Exeter; admitted to the bar at Concord March, 1886; practiced a few months in Roch- ester, also in Exeter, and is now engaged in law and insurance business in Chicago, Ill.
ELMER JOSEPH SMART, son of John and Amanda M. (Jackson) Smart, was born at Freedom Sept. 4, 1862; after graduating from the Newmarket High School, he studied law with Hon. Albert G. Ambrose of Augusta, Me., and with Worcester & Gafney; was admitted to the bar July, 1887; has since practiced successfully in Rochester; was two years on the school board at Freedom, and was chosen town clerk at Rochester in 1888; taught thirty- three terms of common and high schools with great success. He married, Aug. 28, 1885, Gertie M. Heath of Conway.
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