Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 75

Author: Hakes, Harlo, 1823- ed; Aldrich, Lewis Cass. cn
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1180


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Hyna, Samuel, was born in the town of Avoca, April 15, 1848. Enoch Hyna, his father, was born in Germany in 1808 and came to America when a young man and began farm work, working out by the month. Later he settled in Avoca, then moved to Wheeler, where he remained for over thirty years, when he retired to the village of Avoca. He married Christana Wenno, by whom he had six children: Maria, George, John, Peter, William, and Samuel. The latter was educated in the district schools and remained on the farm with his father until twenty-three years of age, when he rented a farm, later buying one of 100 acres, to which he has since added seventy-five acres. He has bred many fine horses and sheep and has taken special interest in breeding Palon China hogs. He was one of the first men to grow large quantities of potatoes in Wheeler, growing 5,000 bushels in one year. He was an active member of the West Creek Grange until its disbandment in 1876. Mr. Hyna married Alice, daughter of Simeon Wagener, of Wheeler. Their children are Elmer, Clara, wife of William Early of Prattsburg, who has one son, Deyo S. E. Early; and Nellie. Mrs. Hyna is a member of the Lutheran church.


Deyo, Alonzo, one of the well-known influential citizens of Caton, was born in Newfield, Tompkins county, N. Y., in 1835. He came to Caton in 1847, locating on his present place, where he now owns sixty-six acres of well-improved land. He also has other real estate interests in the county. He served as supervisor of the town of Caton during the years of 1875-77, during which time he was appointed sole com- mittee on county poorhouse investigation, and was again elected to the same office in 1892, which he still continues to fill. His report and the consequent action of the Board resulted in a vast improvement in the management of the poor affairs of the county, and a complete change in the sanitary condition of the county poor build- ings, besides the saving of thousands of dollars to the tax payers of Steuben. Mr. Deyo has spent seventeen years of his life in teaching, and has also served twenty- eight years in continuous action as justice of the peace, and was re-elected at the last town meeting for four years more. For many years he has been foremost as legal adviser and counsellor in the town, and his practical judgment and sound sense, com- bined with a degree of legal knowledge not often attained by men outside the pro- fession, eminently qualify him for this position, and his irreproachable character and high sense of moral integrety fit him most admirably for the many private offices of trust which he is so often called upon to fill. He married Charlotte Maria, daughter of Anson and Betsey (Caulkins) Cooper of Caton, who was born in Corning, May 13, 1842, by whom he had seven children: Viola Eunice, born May 3, 1861, wife of Will- iam H. Scott, of Elmira; Minnie Elnora, born April 21, 1864; Bessie Chloe, born November 7, 1867, wife of Willard P. Smith, of Corning; Mary Delphine, born De- cember 26, 1872, wife of Samuel Wilson Adams, of Caton; Willie, born October 8, 1879; Frank, born November 18, 1882, and died September 25, 1884; and Lottie M., born June 23, 1884.


Clawson, John M., was born in the town of Southport, January 30, 1831, son of Ebenezer Clawson, who for the last twenty years of his life was a hotel proprietor


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of Campbell village, and married Rohanna McHenry, by whom he had three chil- dren : John M., Jacob, and Betsey. For his second wife he married Loretta Reed, by whom he had two children: Martha and Julian. John M. Clawson has spent the most of his life in Campbell in the tannery for J. D. Hamilton. In 1862 he enlisted in 107th N. Y. Vols., as a private, and served until the close of the war; he was pro- moted to second lieutenant May 25, 1865. He married Lucinda R., daughter of Philip and Maria Drake, by whom he had one son, Charlie D. Clawson, a merchant in Pennsylvania. He is a member of Knox Post No. 447, and in politics is a Republican.


Buck, Herman E., was born in the town of Farmington, Washington county, Wis., May 14, 1847. His father, Benjamin F. Buck, was born in Bradford county, Pa., in 1823, moving to Wisconsin in 1846, returning to Bradford county in 1848, and now resides in the State of Washington. Herman E. Buck enlisted in 1862, in the 75th N. Y. Vols., and served one year and a half, when he was honorably discharged on a surgeon's certificate of disability. In 1869 Mr. Buck came to Hornellsville, and to Canisteo the following year, where he has since remained, and at the present time is conducting the retail boot and shoe business. In 1872 Mr. Buck was married to Elbertine Shuart of Pennsylvania. They have two children living, Gertrude S. and William E. Mr. Buck has been supervisor of the town, a member of the Legislature, and has held various minor town offices, and at present is president of the village of Canisteo. He is a member of Morning Star Lodge No. 65, F. and A. M., of which he is a past master; he is also a member of Abram Allen Post No. 194, G. A. R.


Carman, Alexander, was born in the town of Hector, N. Y., November 19, 1829, son of Abraham and Elizabeth Horton Carman, both of Ulster county, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Carman came to Hector about 1826, and in 1836 moved to Bath, where they spent the remainder of their days. He was a farmer by occupation, and died April 3, 1876, and his wife in 1864. Alexander Carman was reared on a farm and contin- ued farming and lumbering until about 1870, when he commenced working at car- penter work, which business he followed until about 1881, when he purchased the farm where he now resides and engaged in farming. In 1859 he married Melissa, daughter of Stephen and Jane Horton, of Bath, by whom he had two children: Rosa, who married James Stinson, a farmer; they have three children: Emma, William and Alexander; and Emma, widow of Charles De Waine, who died January 8, 1893, and she now resides with her father, Mr. Carman. Mr. and Mrs. De Waine had three children: Rosa, Ray and Melissa. In October, 1862, Mr. Carman enlisted in Co. D, 161st N. Y. Vols. ; he was at the siege of Port Hudson and a number of other engagements, and was wounded on Cox's plantation, July 13, 1863, and was honor- ably discharged October, 1865. Mr. Carman is a member of Knox Post No. 549, G. A. R.


Stedge, Harrison, was born in the town of Hector, Schuyler county, October 4, 1824, and is the seventh of eight children born to Peter and Betsey Rorabuck Stedge, both of New Jersey. The grandfather, William, was a tanner and currier in New Jersey. Peter learned the tanner and shoemaker trades, at which he worked throughout his life. He came from New Jersey to Chemung county, and then went


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to Schuyler county, and died at Beaver Dam, aged seventy-two years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. In 1842 Harrison Stedge married Fairmenia Rhodes, of North Hector, Schuyler county, and they have had six children: Laura, wife of W. O. Preston, a carpenter of Elkland, Pa .; Mary, wife of Jack Gordon, a mason at Flint, Mich. ; Catharine, wife of James Randall, a carpenter of Watkins; Della, wife of Henry Crandall, a mason by trade, and a farmer of Cattaraugus county; William, of Corning; and Ernest, a farmer of Bradford. Mrs. Stedge died in 1860. For his second wife Mr. Stedge married Abigail Chandler, and they have one son, John, who is a hardware merchat of Harvard, Ill. Mrs. Stedge died, and he married for his third wife, Susan M. Pickley Benette, widow of Hiram Benette. Mr. Stedge came from Hector to Campbell in 1863, and to Bradford in 1870, where he has a farm of eighty acres, and carries on general farming and a dairy, making a specialty of thoroughbred Durham cows. In politics he is a Republican, and has been assessor.


McDougall, John, was born in Paisley, Scotland, July 25, 1833. When eighteen years of age he arrived in this country an almost penniless and inexperienced lad. His first year in America was spent in Brooklyn, and the next in Syracuse. He sub- sequently removed to Oswego, wnere he entered into partnership with a Mr. Avery, a partnership that continued for nearly thirty-five years. The firm built several gas works, among them the one at Hornellsville, which was built in 1861, and Mr. Mc- Dougall was a resident of Hornellsville from that date until his death, which occurred November 2, 1888. He was not only one of the best known citizens of Hornellsville, but his reputation extended throughout the States, both in political and business circles, his frank and honorable nature, coupled with great energy and sagacity, making him a valuable factor in both. He possessed all the characteristics of the hardy, energetic race, whence he sprang. The impress of Mr. McDougall's energy and intellect was left upon every year's growth of Hornellsville, from the time he became a resident here until his death. Besides his many local enterprises, he was. interested in chemical works in Allegany with Messrs. Hilton & Sherwood, at Hilton- ville. He formed another partnership with Mr. Keery, of Hancock, and erected at that point one of the largest acid works in the country, known as the Cadosia Chem- ical Works. Mr. McDougall was first president of the R., H. & L. R. R., and was deeply interested in every public enterprise, to which he lent his influence and con- tributed generously of his means. The "Hornellsville Tribune," in an editorial on the occasion of his death, says: "Here we take opportunity to pay the parting tribute to the memory of a personal friend, and to a citizen whose every heart-throb beat for the prosperity of the people with whom he had cast his fortunes, and for whom he had always a fervent and sincere regard and an honest desire for their prosperity and success. The one overwhelming desire of his heart was the growth and progress of our beautiful city. Poor in all material wealth, he came to Hornells- ville and has grown rich in the esteem, the love and heartfelt respect of his neighbors. With open hand and energy of spirit he has embarked in every enterprise that prom- ised to aid in the rapid development of our city, and every enterprise that felt his vigor behind it went on to assured success."


Peterson, Jeremiah M., was born in Potter county, Pa., April 26, 1851. Jacob D. Peterson, his father, was a native of Ohio, and came to the town of Avoca in 1854. He was an architect and millwright, which business he followed for many years, and


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if now residing in the town of Woodhull, Steuben county, at the ripe age of ninety years. He married Sarah A., daughter of William and Harriet Wiley, by whom he had nine children: Jeremiah M., Jacob D., Amenial, Orin J., Lorevo, Henry O., Mary M., Cynthia, and Emma. Jeremiah M. was a head sawyer for twenty-five years, and since then has been a general jobber and dealer in lumber. He married Ora Adelia, daughter of Ezra and Margaret Strong, by whom he had four children: Dora L., Gay B., Adelbert J. D., and Fay. He was elected highway commissioner in 1894, on the Republican ticket, and is a leading member in Mountain Lodge No. 503, of I. O. O. F., also of the Canton Loyal, No. 43, of Hornellsville.


Platt, Francis C., was born in the town of Erwin in 1866, son of C. F. Platt, who was born in Otsego county, N. Y., and settled in Erwin about 1845. Francis C. married Jennie, daughter of Henry P. Faulkner, January 7, 1895. Mr. Platt is owner of the Evans Farm dairy, the largest one in the valley.


Erwin, Francis, was born in Erwin in 1834, is a son of Gen. Francis E. Erwin, who was born on the farm now owned by Francis. General Erwin was a grandson of Col. Arthur Erwin, who was the first owner of this town. Francis married a daughter of Bradford Campbell. and granddaughter of Archibald, and they have two children: Sophia H., and Arthur B. Mr. Erwin has held the office of town clerk, was supervisor seven years, and justice sixteen years.


Covert, Reuben, was born in the town of Greenwood, June 9, 1843, is the sixth of nine children born to Smith and Mahitable (Luce) Covert, he a native of Holland, N. Y., and she of Long Island. The paternal grandparents were natives of Ireland and settled at Harlem, N. Y., where they died. The maternal grandfather, David Luce, came from Long Island and settled in Greenwood where he died. Smith Covert worked in woolen mills in his younger days and then followed farming in Greenwood where he settled about 1839, and died in 1869. Mrs. Covert died in 1885. Reuben Covert followed farming until June 19, 1861, when he enlisted in Co. C, 67th N. Y. Vols., and was honorably discharged July 4, 1864. He was in thirty-two hard fought battles, among which were Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Chancellorsville, Fredericks- burg, Antietam, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Wildnerness, Cedar Creek, etc. Mr. Covert spent eight years in Michigan farming, and in 1882 settled in Greenwood. In 1849 he married Erselia, daughter of Jackson King of Greenwood, by whom he had five children: Norman, Dever, Mary, Mahaly, and Andrew J. Mr. Covert is a member of William C. White Post, No. 161, G. A. R.


Goff, Robert H., is a resident of New York city but his summer home has been in Painted Post for the past twenty-one years. He married Mary C., daughter of Free- man Campbell, by whom he had these children: Charles C., Clarence (deceased), Adele, Freeman C., Robert H., jr., and Wallace C. Mr. Goff has been senior war- den of the Church of the Holy Apostles of New York for more than twenty years. In early life he was interested in the mercantile business and was of the firm of Wagstaff & Goff. He has a farm of 1,000 acres in Tuscarora, near Addison, and also owns the Erwin homestead, where he now resides. He is also interested in the real estate business.


Tucker, Smith, was born on the farm where he now resides, June 19, 1825. Eleazer Tucker, his father, was born in Connecticut, and came to tlie town of Avoca


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about 1820, where he took up land and cleared a farm of 150 acres He was a mill- wright by trade, and came two years in advance of his family and built a saw mill on what is called Twelve Mile Creek. He later built a mill at Blood's Corner, from there he went to Texas, returned, and at seventy years of age returned to Texas and the family have never heard from him since. He married Elizabeth Wood of Dutchess county, by whom he has these children: Harriet, Ira, Phoebe, Amos, Smith, and Elizabeth. Smith Tucker was engaged in farming and lumbering for nine years, and since that time has devoted his time to farming. He married Hannah Folwell of Avoca, by whom he had these children: Bayard T. and Gaylord C. Mrs. Tucker died in 1859, and he married for his present wife, Jemima R. Roberts of Avoca.


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Shults, Elias, was born in the town of Bath, March 3, 1842, son of George H. Shults, who was born in Montgomery county, and was a farmer and hotel keeper. He came to Steuben county in about 1841, and settled in the town of Bath, where he pur- chased land and cleared a farm, which is now owned by the State for the Soldiers' Home. He married Betsey, daughter of Aaron Brown, of Montgomery county, and they were the parents of twelve children: Betsey, John, Aaron, Margaret, David, Jeremiah, Ezeriah, George, Elias, Levi, Amanda, and William. Elias is a black- smith by trade, which business he has followed all his life with the exception of a few years spent in the war. He enlisted in the 22d New York Cavalry. He married Emma, daughter of Benjamin Decker, of Hammondsport, and they have had two children: Herbert and Elizabeth. For his present wife he married Maggie, daugh- ter of Peter Watson, of Painted Post, and they have two children: Violetta and Daniel, who is a student in the Bath Academy. Mr Shults is a member of the Morey Post, No. 507, G. A. R.


Stowell, Henry, was born in the town of Afton, Chenango county, July 17, 1853, son of Richard S. and Almira Vinton Stowell, who settled in Lindley in 1871. He married Alice, daughter of Theron and Mary Wheat Harris, and they have four children: Claude, Burt, Allie, and Richard. Mr. Stowell is a. dairy and tobacco farmer. He has been justice of the peace for three terms. He is a member of Law- rence Lodge, No. 913 of I. O. O. F., and Encampment, No. 227, of Lawrenceville, Pa., has passed the chairs in the subordinate lodge and was selected as past grand to represent the lodge at the session of the Grand Lodge held in Philadelphia, May 21, 1895, at the time of dedication of the Odd Fellows' Temple. Mr. Stowell is in- terested in the Lindley Fairview Cemetery Association, having been its president since its organization.


Jacobus, Henry, was born in Steuben county, N. Y., May 4, 1824, son of John and Sarah (Bennett) Jacobus. John Jacobus came from Orange county to Steuben county when a young man, and there spent most of his life on a farm. He finally settled on Mt. Washington, Urbana, where he died in 1870. He gave five sons to the Union ranks to save the life of the nation; Henry, Jesse, Obedias, Bert and Sam. Jesse was killed at the battle of Fair Oaks. Mrs. Jacobus died in 1835. Henry Jacobus has always followed the trade of painter. In 1850 he married Sarah Scofield, of Urbana, N. Y., by whom he had one daughter, wife of Manley Crookston, who is a son of Nelson and Sarah (Wixson) Crookston of Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Crookston


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have four children: Erwin H., Lela May, Rena S., and Carrie E. Mr. Crookston has the homestead farm of seventy-four acres and a vineyard of five acres. He is also working the farm of Mr. Jacobus, which he purchased in 1874, and deeded to his daughter in 1892, and on which he has since resided. Mrs. Jacobus died in 1854. In 1861 Mr. Jacobus enlisted in Co. I, 34th N. Y. Vols., and was honorably discharged in 1863. He was a Democrat until 1860, when he became a Republican, but is now a Prohibitionist.


Stephens, Emmett L., was born January 10, 1848, at Bennett's Creek, on a farm which was owned in his lifetime by Joshua Stephens, who was killed by the Indians. De Witt C. Stephens, his father, married Amanda M .; daughter of John Hamilton, one of the oldest families in the town of Howard, by whom he had five children: John D., Joshua B., Emmett L., Henry L., and Anna. Emmett L. was educated in the common schools of Canisteo, and was a farmer and lumberman, and later he be- gan the study of law with A. I. Parkhill of Cohocton, then with William B. Jones, also with Eli Soule, and later with A. M. Burrell. In February, 1890, he was elected justice of the peace of the town of Canisteo and re-elected in 1894, which office he now fills. He married Etta, daughter of Delevan Stephens of Hornellsville, and is a member of the I. O. O. F.


Porter, William Gordon, was born in Woodhull, October 29, 1849, son of William G., who was born in Connecticut and came to Woodhull in 1830. William G., the father, first settled in Woodhull, engaging in the mercantile business, but moved to Greenwood when William Gordon was six months old. William Gordon learned the tinsmith's trade. In 1871 he married Sabra H., daughter of Alexander H. Stephens, one of the old pioneer families. William Gordon was engaged in the mercantile business for ten years, then moved to Iowa, intending to engage in business with his wife's brother. At the death of this brother he moved to Canisteo and in 1883 the private banking business was started by Porter & Davis, which is still conducted in the village. Mr. Porter has been president of the village, trustee of the academy, and held other minor offices. He is a member of the Morning Star Lodge of Masons, No. 65.


Nichols, Samuel K., was born in Tuscarora, N. Y., December 15, 1861, son of Will- iam Ira and Ann (Kemp) Nichols, he born in Tuscarora, N. Y., July 16, 1825, and she in Lawrenceville, Pa., October 16, 1827. William Ira Nichols started a poor man and became one of the wealthiest men of the town, and owned 430 acres of land. He died September 6, 1893. The grandfather, Alfred Nichols, was born in Rhode Island, in 1802. He married Sallie Baxter, who was born in Smithfield, in 1805. He settled in Tuscarora in 1825, where he died September 8, 1881. He was a Democrat in politics, and was assessor and collector. Samuel K. was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and graded school of Nelson, Pa,, after which he engaged in teaching for ten years, but now follows farming, and owns eighty acres of land. He is a Democrat in politics, and has been inspector one year. September 30, 1891, he married Amanda Aldrich, born December 19, 1866, in Tuscarora, N. Y.


Oldfield, Thomas, was born in Hornby in 1831, son of Samuel and Harriet Hurd Oldfield, natives of New Jersey and Connecticct. The father came to Hornby about 1820 and married here. The parents died in 1867 and 1839, aged sixty-eight and


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thirty-eight, father and mother, respectively. When Mr. Oldfield was seven years old he came with his parents to his present farm, where he has since resided. At the age of twenty-one he purchased the place, consisting of 169 acres. In 1853 he mar- ried Phoebe M. Gould, a native of New Jersey. They have five children: Gideon G., Samuel, Hattie, Ann May, and Sarah G. Hattie is the wife of J. W. Bucher; Ann May is the wife of E. L. Townley; Sarah G. is the wife of L. H. Ferenbaugh. Five children are deceased, all under the age of ten years. Mr. Oldfield has filled the offices of assessor, justice of the peace, and supervisor.


Hall, Daniel B., was born in Dansville, N. Y., February 26, 1857. His grand- father, William Hall, was a native of Vermont, and died April 28, 1871. He settled in Dansville about 1833, and purchased and cleared the farm where Daniel B. now resides, and was finally the owner of 400 acres of land. He married Diana Gris- wold of Vermont, who died June 8, 1885, aged seventy-six years, by whom he had six children. William H., father of Daniel B., was born December 8, 1830. He married for his first wife Mary E. Blank, who died November 11, 1861, by whom he had two children: Daniel S., as above, and one who died in infancy. In 1872 he married for his second wife, Ann Driesbach, who died in 1875, by whom he had two children: Bertha, deceased, and Willie, who is a farmer and the largest land owner in town. Daniel B. Hall received a common school education and took a short course in the Dansville High School. He is a farmer by birth and occupation, also a pro- duce buyer. At Dansville, N. Y., November 12, 1879, he married Ann Acomb, who was born in Dansville, N. Y., April 21, 1858, by whom he had three children: Effie L .. born April 4, 1881; Ida M., born February 20, 1883; and Daniel R., born October 3, 1884.


Kershner, Mrs. E. L., is the widow of the late B. F. Kershner, who was born in Dansville, N. Y., September 15, 1829, and died March 14, 1887. He was a repre- sentative citizen of Dansville and respected by all who knew him. He represented the town of Dansville on the Board of Supervisors two terms, and highway com- missioner two terms. He was a member of Phoenix Lodge No. 116, F. & A. M., and was buried with the Masonic ceremony. In 1834 he moved with his parents to the place now occupied by his widow, at the time when the cholera was raging in that locality. Mr. Kershner was educated at the old academy of Dansville, and was a great reader. His father, Philip Kershner, was born in Washington county, Md., and in 1812, when 28 years of age, he came to Genesee county when it was a wilder- ness, in company with Nathaniel Rochester and Leonard Coon. He was one of the first settlers of Dansville, and purchased the place now occupied by his son's wife, which was at that time occupied by an Indian encampment. He died October 12, 1850. His wife, Mary Knappenberg, was born in Northumberland county, Pa., and died in 1879, aged eighty-five years. They had six children: Elizabeth M., born October 13, 1815; Nathaniel D., born May 8, 1817; Henry A., born March 26, 1820; Joseph, born June 22, 1822; Mary C., born January 3, 1825; and Benjamin F., born September 15, 1829, and on December 4, 1854, he married Eliza L. Southmayd, who was born in Ossian, N. Y., in 1831, by whom he had three children: Rosa A., born September 27, 1856, and died February 8, 1864; Lilla Clare, born April 6, 1867, married, August 27, 1895, Charles S. Browning of Bay City, Mich., born in 1866; and


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Mamie Peck, born November 9, 1869, and married George E. Walter, who was born December 21, 1857.


Bill, G. Jacob, was born June 27, 1845, son of George C. Bill, who was born in Germany, emigrated to America in 1847, and settled in Wayland, where he pur- chased the farm of 180 acres, where his son now resides. He married Mary D. Drekmer, a native Germany, by whom he had these children: Mary Catherine, born April 14, 1825; Mary E., born October 22, 1826; John C., born August 29, 1828; Nicholas, born February 12, 1834; Mary, born April 22, 1836; Charlotte, born June 7, 1838; John Conrad, born February 22, 1841; John Nicholas, born June 6, 1843; George Jacob, born June 27, 1845; and John Adam, born December 11, 1848. He was a blacksmith by trade, also a farmer. He died in Wayland in 1881, aged seventy-nine years, and his wife June 7, 1862, aged fifty-two years. George Jacob attended the common schools, also the German Lutheran school, where he was confirmed July 17, 1859. He has always followed farming and now owns the farm where his father settled about 1848. He is a member of Wayland Lodge No. 176, I. O. O. F. He married Mary C. Kausch at Dansville, N. Y., who was born in Wayland in 1848, daughter of Valentine Kausch of Wayland, by whom he has these children: J. William, born January 8, 1867; Della Dora born October 26, 1871; Amelia, born March 13, 1875; Charles Sylvester, born November 8, 1877, and died October 11, 1889; and Lena Mary, born April 17, 1879. Mrs. Bill died November 14, 1887.




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