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(VII) Hull, son of Elmer and Amanda Freeman, was born in Westminster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, April 13, 1815. He was brought to Chautauqua county, New York. an infant in arms, by his parents, in 1816. He was educated in the Jamestown schools, and on growing to adult years became a farmer. He owned the "Fish Pond" farm in the town of Ellicott, on which he resided all
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his active years. In his latter days he removed to Jamestown, at the corner of Sixth and Spring streets, where he lived until his death. He was a prosperous farmer, and a man much respected by his fellows. He was a member of the Congregational church, and a Republi- can. He married Mary Ann Wood, born Octo- ber 19, 1820, died February 1. 1880, daughter of Deacon Ezra Wood, of Westminster, Massachusetts. Children: 1. Mary Louise, born November 8, 1842, died September 26, 1908; married Edwin Schulz. 2. Lilla. born July 27, 1845, died May 25, 1910; married (first) Frederick Alonzo Thompson : (second) Charles E. Bartram. 3. Willis Hull, born De- cember 30, 1846, now a resident of Cleveland, Ohio. 4. Kate T., born October 12, 1848, died May 17, 1887; married John E. Downes. 5. Jennie E., born March 12, 1853, died April 17, 1879; married E. A. Brooks. 6. Charles Ed- ward, of whom further. 7. Jessie Blanche, born August 16, 1860, died January 25, 1869. Hull Freeman and his wife are buried in Lakeview cemetery, Jamestown.
(VIII) Charles Edward, son of Hull and Mary Ann (Wood) Freeman, was born in Jamestown, New York, July 14, 1858. He was educated in the Jamestown schools, and in 1876 went to San Diego, California, where for five years he worked on a ranche. He then returned to Jamestown and entered mercan- tile life, first as clerk, then as merchant pro- prietor, and has been in continuous business for a quarter of a century in the city of his birth. He began as a clerk in the paint store of Horton & Schulz, remaining with Edwin Schulz, who purchased Mr. Horton's interest in the business, for fourteen years. Mr. Schulz then sold to the Victor Holmes Com- pany, which was finally purchased by the Edwin Schulz Company. in which John D. Johnson and Charles E. Freeman became part- ners with Mr. Schulz. About two years later this business was taken over by Fred G. Bush and Mr. Freeman. They traded as Bush & Freeman for seven years, when Mr. Freeman sold to his partner. In 1905 he opened his present establishment at 17 West Second street. Here he has one of the largest, best- equipped and stocked paint stores in Chau- tauqua county. He carries besides the regular paint lines a line of general house supplies, including windows and doors. His trade ex- tends over the entire county and is well estab- lished and profitable. Mr. Freeman is one of
Jamestown's substantial citizens and is held in the highest esteem. He is a Republican in politics.
Mr. Freeman married (first) at Jamestown, November 3, 1881, Cora M. Hopkins, born November 3, 1860, died March 22, 1896, daughter of Milton J. and Rosetta (Strunk) Hopkins. He married (second), at James- town, July 8, 1897, Luella Dowler, born at Miller's Station, Crawford county, Pennsyl- vania, January 1I, 1868, daughter of Frank King and Katherine (Price) Dowler (see Dowler elsewhere). Luella (Dowler) Free- man was but seven years of age when her parents came to Jamestown. She was edu- cated in the Jamestown schools, and for two years taught in the public schools of Ellery and Ellicott. She was for ten years assistant librarian at the Prendergast Library in James- town, having qualified for such a position by a course in the New York State Library Train- ing School at Albany. Child of first marriage : Earl C., born February 15, 1885.
WOODWARD The name Woodward, or Woodard, is supposed to be a trade name, probably
derived from the English common noun, Wood-ward, the early Woodwards being park and forest keepers. The earliest emigrant of the name was Richard. Woodward, who em- barked at Ipswich, England, with his wife Rose and sons, George and John, April 10. 1634, and settled at Watertown, Massachu- setts. It is not known that he was related to Nathaniel Woodward, of Boston.
(I) Nathaniel Woodward, immigrant ances- tor of this branch of the Woodwards of the United States, came from England and had a lot of land assigned him in Boston, November 30, 1635. He was a mathematician and sur- veyor; was employed by the authorities to run the line between Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies, also between Massachusetts and Connecticut, being sent later on the Merrimac survey. He was a man of more than ordinary importance in the colony, as the frequent men- tion of his name testifies. He owned many parcels of land, one of them now being the north-east corner of Summer and Washington streets. Boston, a most valuable corner. His wife Margaret and sons, Nathaniel, John and Robert. came from England with him. He had also a daughter Prudence, who married Christopher Morse. John lived in Boston.
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Robert was a carpenter of Boston, where he died November 21, 1653. His wife was Rachel Smith.
(II) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (1) Woodward, was born in England and came to America with his parents and brothers. He had a house lot assigned him in Boston, De- cember 18, 1637. In 1648 he sold his dwelling house in Boston and moved to Taunton, Massachusetts. He evidently returned to Bos- ton as on February 25, 1655, he and family were admitted inhabitants of Boston. He was one of the proprietors of Ancient Iron Works in Taunton, established 1653. March 21, 1664, "Nathaniel Woodward, of Taunton, carpenter, and Katherine, his wife, sold to Mr. White, of Boston, their dwelling in Boston." This would show a later residence in Taunton. He died before February 6, 1694. By first wife Mary his first two children were born in Boston. Children: Elisha, baptized in Boston; Na- thaniel, baptized in Boston ; Israel (supposed) died in Taunton; John, of further mention ; James, died in Taunton.
(III) John, son of Nathaniel (2) Wood- ward, died in Taunton, May 10, 1688. He was propounded for freeman of Taunton, Massa- chusetts, June 1, 1680. He appears on the original roster of the first military company, first squadron, of Taunton, April 8, 1682. This company was divided into four squad- rons, each squadron alternating in "Bringing their armes to meeting on every Sabbath day." The court order was "That every souldier bring his armes fixed to meeting when it is his turn, with six charges of powder and shot." The original roster is still preserved and bears upon its corners the marks of the nails by which it was fastened to the meeting- house door in Taunton. He married, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, November 11, 1675. Sarah Crossman, born 1653, daughter of Robert Crossman, "The Drum Maker of New England," and Sarah Kingsbury, whom he married May 25, 1652. Children: 1. John, born June 3, 1676, died July, 1765: married Deborah Thayer. 2. Robert, born March 2, 1678, died July 13, 1767; married Hannah Briggs. 3. Nathaniel, born July 31, 1679, died 1751 ; may be the Captain Nathaniel who mar- ried Elizabeth Willis. 4. Israel, July 30, 1681, died December 19, 1766; married Elizabeth -. 5. Ebenezer, of further mention. 6. Joseph, born February 22, 1685, died before 1750; married Hannah Fisher. 7. Ezekiel,
born February 26, 1687; married Sarah 8. Mary, twin of Ezekiel.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of John Woodward, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, February 13, 1683, died 1745. He lived in Taunton and was a weaver. He served in Queen Anne's war, enlisting May 21, 1706. He married Children: 1. Ebenezer, of further mention. 2. Ephraim, married Abigail Bent. 3. William, born January 1, 1736, died in Petersham, Massachusetts, July 1, 1807; mar- ried (first) Rachel Randall; (second) Hannah Newell. He was a "Quaker." 4. Martha. 5. Elizabeth, married Edward Thayer, of Taun- ton. 6. Sarah, married Nathaniel Stone. 7. Eleazer (not named in will).
(V) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (1) Woodward, was born in 1720. He married Elizabeth - and had issue. He settled in Vermont.
(VI) Ebenezer (3), son of Ebenezer (2) Woodward, was born in the state of Vermont. in 1747, died in Ontario county, New York, 1832. He moved from Vermont to Columbia county, New York, where he was employed in the iron industry by the Livingstons. He moved thence to Ontario county, where he died. He served in the revolutionary war and in later years his widow was granted a pen- sion on account of his services. He married Elizabeth Curtis, born 1749, died in Niagara county, 1845. Children : 1. Elisha, born 1775, died 1862; married a widow, Mrs. Christine Woodward. 2. Rachel, born 1777, died 1818: married Thomas Ashley. 3. Peter, born 1779, died 1822; married Lucina Dee. 4. Daniel, born 1781 ; married Sarah Hastings. 5. David. born 1783; married Sarah Church. 6. Sylvia. born 1786, died 1837; married David Harmon 7. Lewis, born 1788; married Dorothea Mix. 8. Hannah, born 1790; married Bildad Brooks. 9. Milton, of further mention. 10. Sarah. born 1795; married Hector Seagar.
(VII) Milton, son of Ebenezer (3) Wood- ward, was born in Ontario county, New York, 1793, died in Niagara county, 1878. He was a farmer of Ontario county until 1832, when he settled in Niagara county. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in poli- tics originally a Democrat. In 1840 he became a Free Soil or Independent Democrat, and in 1854 joined the newly-born Republican party. He married, in Phelps, Ontario county, in 1812, Susan Wisner, born in Orange county. New York, 1793, died 1866, daughter of
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Gehial Wisner, a Baptist minister who trav- eled on foot through Western New York, preaching and establishing places of worship wherever possible, and his wife, Sally (Wig- gins) Wisner, of New Jersey Dutch parentage. Children of' Milton and Susan Woodward: Lucretia, born 1815, died 1896; Betsey, born 1818; Orestes, born 1820, died 1821; Rachel Lucina, born 1822; Charles E., 1825, died 1826; Harriet E., twin of Charles E., died 1828; Jane, born 1828, died 1834; Jabez Seldon, of further mention ; Louisa, born 1835.
(VIII) Jabez Seldon, son of Milton Wood- ward, was born in the town of Phelps, On- tario county, April 4, 1831. He was educated in the public schools and for five winters attended Wilson Collegiate Institute, at Wil- son, New York. In 1832 his father settled in the "Great North Woods" of Niagara county, where Jabez S. grew to manhood and until 1872 followed agriculture as a business. In the year mentioned he moved to Lockport, New York, and with Lewis Harmony formed the hardware firm of Harmony & Woodward. While engaged in the hardware business he was also actively interested in farming, own- ing at one time over six hundred acres of land, but has since disposed of his holdings in farm lands. He has always been closely identified with the grape industry and has been a stren- uous advocate of advanced farming. He was the discoverer of the great value of the Niagara white grape and organized the Nia- gara Grape Company, afterwards changed to the Niagara White Grape Company, for the propagation and dissemination of this grape. He was for five years secretary and general manager of this company and in its interest attended all the horticultural meetings held in the northern states. In 1883 Mr. Woodward purchased a half interest in the Rural New Yorker, and for two years was editor of its agricultural department. Unable to endure the confinement of such a sedentary life he sold his interest in the paper and returned to Lock- port. In 1886 he bought Mr. Harmony's in- terest in Harmony & Woodward, and formed the hardware firm of J. S. Woodward & Son, of Lockport. In 1887 he was elected secretary of the New York State Agricultural Society, serving as such for five years. In connection with Professor I. P. Roberts, of Cornell Uni- versity, he saw the great necessity of better methods for the farmer, and in the interest of advanced farming organized the Farmers' In-
stitute work, of New York state, and for five years was in full control of the same, attend- ing meetings in every county of the state, de- livering addresses and putting forth every energy to develop this line of educational work among the farmers. He was a member of the original board of control of the New York State Experimental Station, and one of a com- mittee of two that located the farm at Geneva, New York. Mr. Woodward was the first man to advocate winter shearing of sheep, the close housing of dairy cows in proper stables and also the first to publicly announce that the spraying of apple trees would destroy the cod- lin moth. He is a life member of the Western New York Horticultural Society and of the Niagara County Farmers' Club, and no man has done more to advance the cause of scientific methods for farm, dairy and orchard than he. While he has mercantile interests of great im- portance the soil is his greatest passion, and now, at eighty years of age, he is as ardently interested in all that pertains to the welfare of the farmer as he was half a century ago. The value of his service to the farmers and horticulturists of Western New York and of his own county of Niagara can never be esti- .mated, but prosperous farms and orchards everywhere in that section speak loudly of the scientific work in which he was one of the foremost pioneers and untiring investigators. He will long be held in grateful remembrance by the agriculturists of Western New York. In 1854 Mr. Woodward was a delegate to the Auburn, New York, convention, where the old Whig party, the Free Soil or Independent Democratic party and the temperance party united and formed a new party which nomi- nated Myron H. Clark for governor and Henry J. Raymond for lieutenant-governor of New York state. This was the birth of the Repub- lican party in New York state, and this Au- burn convention adopted the name Republican as its name. In 1856 a national convention adopted the name Republican and nominated Fremont and Dayton as candidates for Presi- dent and Vice-President. Thus he was at the birth of his party and in the years intervening has been a loyal supporter. In religious faith he is a Congregationalist and a member of the First Church of Lockport.
He married, at Wilson, New York, June 1, 1854, Sarah Maria Davis, born there May 31. 1830, died at Lockport, July 23, 1907, daugh- ter of Nathaniel Davis, a farmer of Wilson.
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born July 10, 1811, died 1883; married Sarah Ann Holmes, born January 19, 1812, died 1864. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Davis: I. Sarah Maria, married Jabez S. Woodward. 2. Sam- uel, born December 14, 1831 ; enlisted in the Union army, December 16, 1862. 3. Nathaniel Emmons, born January 21, 1834, died 1909; also a veteran of the civil war. 4. Henry M., born December 13, 1836, died 1910. 5. Daniel Holmes, born April 14, 1838, died May 14, 1862; enlisted in the Union army, 1861. 6. Mary Elizabeth, born January 26, 1842. 7. Luther Crocker, October 3, 1846. 8. William Edward, August 2, 1850; now general traffic manager of the Grand Trunk railroad, with headquarters at Montreal, Canada.
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Children of Jabez S. and Sarah Maria Wood- ward: I. Sarah Alletta, born April 6, 1857; married, 1880, George Thomas McCombe; children : George Thomas, born 1881 ; Howard Woodward, 1883. 2. Eliza Davis, born June 18, 1860. 3. Jabez Milton, March 31, 1866; married, February 6, 1890, Jeannie May Dan- iels; children : Jabez .Seldon, born November 15, 1890; Timothy Ellsworth, March 20, 1893; Milton, September 18, 1898; Isadore, Novem- ber 7, 1899, died in 1904.
WILSON The progenitor of the Wilson family of Lockport was a na- tive of Scotland. Little can be told of his early life or of his family, but the numerous family he founded has formed an association and is sending a representative to Scotland who will thoroughly investigate all sources of information and it is believed will clear away all uncertainty that now exists con- cerning his early life. Alexander Wilson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, came to the American colonies before the revolutionary war and set- tled in New York City, where he became prominent in business and in the church. He was an active member of old Trinity, where his memory is perpetuated by a stone placed in the church wall. He is buried in the old churchyard surrounding Trinity on lower Broadway. Ebenezer Wilson, probably a son of Alexander Wilson, was vestryman of Trin- ity from 1797 to 1805. Alexander Wilson married Jane Armour and had issue.
(II) Alexander (2), son of Alexander (1) and Jane (Armour) Wilson, was born in New York City, March 25, 1764, died September 29, 1848. He removed from New York City and settled on a farm in the town of Ballston, Sara-
toga county, and in 1838 removed to the town of Wilson, Niagara county, New York, where he died. He married, in Saratoga county, May 4, 1797, Eunice Seeley, born May 4, 1780, died at Wilson, New York, September 10, 1855. Children : 1. Cynthia, married Philo Chamber- lain. 2. Stephen, of further mention. 3. Ruth, married Louis Meade. 4. Jane, married He- man Hammond. 5. Sarah Ann, married Ira Wilcox. 6. William Armour, born in Ballston, New York, April 21, 1808; married (first) Almira Tappan; (second) Mary Sincil. 7. Charlotte, married Henry Meade.
(III) Stephen, son of Alexander (2) and Eunice (Seeley) Wilson, was born in Sara- toga county, New York, town of Ballston, Sep- tember 23, 1800, died in the town of Newfane, Niagara county, New York, September 7, 1881. He was educated in the public schools of Saratoga county, where he remained en- gaged as a farmer until 1825, when he re- moved to Niagara county, settling first in the town of Somerset, later in the town of Wil- son, then making permanent settlement in Newfane, where he purchased the Albright farm. This he cultivated until his death in 1881. He was an active member of the Meth- odist Episcopal church of Wilson, and politi- cally a Democrat. He was a man of energy, a good neighbor, and thoroughly reliable in all his ways. He married March, 6, 1824. Eleanor Pease Seeley, born in the town of Ovid, Seneca county, New York, November 10, 1806, died February 27, 1896. Of their twelve children all except Elizabeth were born in Niagara county; she in Saratoga county. They all lived to mature years and married except one. I. Elizabeth, born February 25, 1825; married James Chapman. 2. Matilda, born July 11, 1827, married Douglass Harger. 3. John A., born December 6, 1829. 4. Char- lotte Arville, born February 8, 1832, married James Chapman, her deceased sister's hus- band. 5. Eunice E., born October 31, 1834, married Douglass Harger, her deceased sis- ter's husband. 6. Harvey P., born January 8, 1837. 7. Stephen, born April 17, 1839. 8. Hezekiah, born March 16, 1842. 9. Mary W., born April 21, 1846, married Charles Farnsworth. 10. May, twin of Mary W., died in infancy. II. Martha H., born May 6, 1848, married William T. Wilson, of Olcott, New York. 12. William A. (see forward). Two children were adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Wil- son and cared for as their own.
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(IV) William A., son of Stephen and Elea- nor Pease (Seeley) Wilson, was born on the old Albright farm in Newfane, Niagara county (then the Wilson home), February 19, 1851. He was educated in the town schools and at Lockport, New York. After complet- ing his studies, being then nineteen years of age, he returned to the farm and engaged in agriculture. He has specialized in fruit-grow- ing and has extensive orchards, although carrying on general farming in connection with his specialty. He is a member and trustee of the First Congregational Church of Lockport, and in politics a Democrat. He married at Newfane, New York, February 10, 1886, Alice, daughter of Burdette and Hannah ( Meade) Bateman, of Newfane.
MANCHESTER The earliest record of a Manchester in the col- ony of Rhode Island is of Thomas Manchester, who was of Ports- mouth, who on January 24, 1655, sold twelve acres of land to Thomas Wood. In 1657 he had a grant of eight acres, and July 6, 1658, sold Richard Sisson one three-hundredth.part of the Conanicut and Dutch Islands. June 7, 1686, he deeded his son John "for divers good causes and considerations," his mansion house and all lands in Portsmouth, "excepting the small piece at the lower end of the grounds in possession of son Thomas." He died in 1691. He married Margaret, died 1693, daughter of John Wood, of Portsmouth. Children: I. Thomas, died 1718, was a blacksmith ; married . Mary - and had a son John. 2. Wil- liam, born 1654, died 1718; he was a resident of Portsmouth and Tiverton, Rhode Island. He married Mary, died 1716, daughter of John and Mary ( Borden) Cook; his will proved November 3, 1718, disposed of an estate val- ued at one thousand, five hundred and eighty- six pounds. Children : John, William, Mary. Sarah, Deborah, Elizabeth, Margaret, Amey, Susanna, Rebecca and Thomas. 3. John (see forward). 4. George, freeman in 1680. 5. Stephen, died 1719; was of Portsmouth and Tiverton, Rhode Island; married (first) Sep- tember 13, 1684. Elizabeth Woodell, died 1607. daughter of Gershom and Mary (Tripp) Woodell. Children : Gershom and Ruth, born May 27, 1692. Married (second) Damaris -, no issue. 6. Job, died 1713; mar- ried Hannah --; he was of Dartmouth,
Massachusetts; son Stephen. 7. Mary. 8. Elizabeth.
(II) John, son of Thomas and Margaret ( Wood) Manchester, was born about 1656, died 1708. He was made a freeman of Ports- mouth, 1677. Inherited land of his father, which later he sold to his brother Thomas. His will, proved November 29, 1708, men- tions daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret. and son John; appoints brother-in-law, Thomas Grennell, to be guardian of the lat- ter; no wife mentioned in the will.
(III) John (2), son of John (1) Manches- ter, was a minor at the time of his father's death in 1708. He removed to Tiverton, Rhode Island, where his marriage is recorded. He married, March 22, 1719, Phebe Gray. Cere- mony performed by Thomas Church, justice of the peace. Children: William, born Feb- ruary 9, 1720; Philip, February 11, 1722; John (3), died young; Mary, January 23, 1726; John (4). April 17, 1728; Isaac (see for- ward).
(IV) Isaac, son of John (2) and Phebe (Gray) Manchester, was born June 27, 1731. at Tiverton, Rhode Island. He married, No- vember 1, 1750, at that place, Abigail Brown ; ceremony performed by Restoome Sanford, justice of the peace. Children : Philip, born August 23. 1751 ; Sarah, August 4, 1756; Isaac, April 5, 1759; Abraham, see forward; John, July 10, 1764; Phebe, August 22, 1766; Abi- gail, February 9, 1769.
(V) Abraham, son of Isaac and Abigail ( Brown) Manchester, was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, August 8, 1761. In 1794 he settled in Broadalbin, Fulton county, New York, where he died in 1862. He married Charlotte Durfee, daughter of Thomas Dur- fee, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, a soldier of the revolutionary war ; she died in Broadalbin, New York, in 1849. Children: 1. John, born in Tiverton, 1794, died 1875 in Michigan ; mar- ried Phoebe Truman. 2. Samuel, born in Broadalbin, 1796, died in Preble, Portland county, New York, 1875. 3. Clara, born in Broadalbin, 1797, died at Middleport, 1882. 4. Archer. see forward. 5. Lydia, born in Broadalbin, 1802, died in the town of Royal- ton, Niagara county, 1866; married Ira Weatherbee. 6. Eliza, died about 1835; mar- ried Ammon Blair, died at Shelly Centre. Niagara county, New York. 7. Peace, mar- ried Isaac Weatherbee ; died 1860. 8. Hardy,
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born September 23, 1809, died in the town of Hartland, 1894. 9. Abraham, born 1821, died 1899, at Syracuse, New York.
(VI) Archer, fourth child of Abraham and Charlotte (Durfee) Manchester, was born at Broadalbin, December 28, 1799, died in the town of Royalton, November 26, 1872. He was a farmer of Broadalbin, and several times made the journey on foot from Broadalbin to Royalton to buy cattle, which he drove back. In 1825 he purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, of the Holland Patent Com- pany, on what is now called Griswold street, town of Royalton. He cleared his own land and was a successful farmer. He was highly respected in his town. He was charitable and a man of good influence. He was elected to be assessor and highway commissioner. In pol- itics he was an old-fashioned Clay Whig, and when the party broke up he said he had no party. He married, March 27, 1827, Delilah Briggs, born in the town of Brutus, Cayuga county, New York, January 14, 1810, died February 10. 1888, at Middleport. daughter of Pardon and Betsey (Cook) Briggs. Pardon Briggs was the son of John Briggs, who came from Vermont. Children of Archer and Delilah Manchester : 1. Zilpha, born October 11, 1828: married Ira Todd, of Monroe county, now liv- ing. 2. Betsey Clara, see forward. 3. An- geline R., born September 23, 1835; married William Todd, now living at Willard, New York. 4. Alzina, born February 7, 1838, died 1862; married James Butterfields and settled in Indiana, where she died. Children were all born in the town of Royalton, Niagara county. ( VII) Betsey Clara, daughter of Archer and Delilah ( Briggs) Manchester, was born in the town of Royalton, Niagara county, New York, March 31, 1833. She resided upon the home farm until two years after her father's death in 1872, when with her mother she re- moved to Middleport, where they have since resided. She is a member of the Middleport Universalist church, with which she has been actively connected for the past thirty years.
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