Our county and its people; a descriptive work on Oneida county, New York;, Part 113

Author: Wager, Daniel Elbridge, 1823-1896
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: [Boston] : The Boston history co.
Number of Pages: 1612


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Wasmuth, Theodore, was born in Frankfort-on-the-Oder, Prussia, January 27, 1854, son of Fred Wasmuth, who was born at the same place, October 22, 1826, and came to this country in 1859, settling at Augusta. Fred Wasmuth is a shoemaker and farmer and, with the exception of his two first years in the United States, which were spent in Stittville, Oneida county, has always lived in Augusta. Theodore Wasmuth was engaged in farming at Augusta until thirty years of age, when he moved to Point Rock, town of Lee, where he is still engaged in the same industry. He married Hattie L. Warden of Point Rock, whose father is a farmer at that place. She was born April 4, 1864, and was educated at the Lee Center Union School. They have three children: Evelyn L., born July 10, 1887; Mary Louise, born May 29, 1892, and Otto K., born August 31, 1894.


Sayer, James W., was born in England, August 1, 1835. His father was a native of Kent county, England, where he was born April 14, 1797, and came to America in 1840, settling in Westmoreland, N. Y., where he engaged in farming, and con- tinued until his death in December, 1871. While in England he married Maria Cloak, who was born in 1798, and died in Westmoreland in 1873. James W. Sayer was one of a family of eight children, five girls and three boys. He was educated at Westmoreland and Augusta, and after his school days, which ended when he was sixteen years of age, he went to Kendall county, Ill., where he learned the black- smith trade, and then for several years continued in that place, also Grundy county, and Dwight, Ill. He in the mean time bought a farm in that State, conducting the affairs of that enterprise. In 1859 he married Annie C. Bradford of Morris, 111., who died October 5, 1871, by whom he had three children: Lillie A., born September 9, 1861; George T., born February 23, 1864; and Hattie A., born February 25, 1866, who died September 15, 1871. November 30, 1876 he married his present wife, Sarah A. Cackett, a native of England, by whom he has two children: Clarence A., born June 26, 1879, and Myron J., born November 12, 1881.


Drummond, James, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, November 6, 1840, and came to the United States with his parents when three years of age. They located in this vicinity, where he was educated in the public schools, and afterward became a car- penter and boat builder, which business he carries on in connection with his farming. January 19, 1884, he married Eliza A. Johnson, of the town of Lee, by whom he had six children: James, jr., Eliza A., Nellie G., Kittie M., Nettie M., and Volsey T. Eliza A. married Otis Cagwin, of this town. Mrs. Drummond's father, Allen John- son, was born in the town of Lee in 1816. He was educated in the schools of his day, and afterward became a carpenter and millwright. Ile married Julia Mosier, of his native town, by whom he had seven children: Delia, Abner, Mary, Ehza A.,


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as above, Job, Helen, and George. Mr. Johnson died in 1889, and his wife in No- vember, 1890. The ancestry of this family is Scotch and German.


Smith, Mrs. Angelia E .- Her late husband, Abner E. Smith, was born in New London, N. Y., August 16, 1838. He was educated there and in the Utica Commer- cial College, and was an expert flour examiner and a business man. January 21, 1863, he married Angelia E. Allen, of East Florence, Oneida county, by whom he had two daughters: Ida L., who is a fine artist; and Luella A., a skillful musician, both of Mount Vernon, N. Y. Mr. Smith died June 3, 1894. His father, Abner Smith, was born in Glastonbury, Conn., February 7, 1792, and came to New London, N. Y., November 30, 1817. He married Sally Covill, of this place, by whom he had five children : Catherine E., Horace C., Alonzo G., Herbert, and Nancy C. Mrs. Smith died February 10, 1832, and January 8, 1833, Mr. Smith married for his sec- ond wife, Ruth C. Hibbard, who was born here December 23, 1804, by whom he had four children : Sally C., Herbert J., Abner E., as above, and Charles T. Mr. Smith died December 7, 1846, and his wife December 28, 1844. Mrs. A. E. Smith's father, Daniel G. Allen, was born in Clinton, Oneida county, December 26, 1814. He was educated there until they moved to Camden, where he finished his education. He learned the carriagemaker's trade with Ira Pond, of that place, which business he carried on several years. September 14, 1836, he married Purmelia Robinson, of East Florence, by whom he had two children: Angelia E., as above, and a boy who died in infancy. Mr. Allen died March 5, 1886, and his wife March 12, 1889. Her grandfather, Daniel Allen, was born in Boston in 1972, and died in 1839. The Allen, Robinson and Smith families were defenders of their country, both in the Revolu- tionary war and the war of 1812, and also in the Civil war. Mr. Allen and Mr. Smith were members of the Masonic order. Mrs. D. G. Allen was, and Mrs. Smith is a member of the O. E. S.


Stone, Hon. Jolin D. F., was born in the town of Augusta, Oneida county, July 17, 1853. He is descended from John Stone, who, with his brother William, was the son of a Hertfordshire, England, divine. Both settled in Guilford, Conn., in 1639. Miles Stone, a weaver by trade, moved with his family from Guilford to Augusta about 1800 and died there a few years later. Samuel Stone, his son, was a farmer and a local preacher of the Methodist circuit, and in 1798 married Mary Wells. He was born in Guilford, Conn., August 23, 1776, and died in Augusta, N. Y., Decem- ber 5. 1850. Of their eleven children A. Irvine Stone, the youngest, was born August 31, 1827, followed farming and held several town offices, and on July 7, 1852, married first Mary Jane Chadwick, who died April 5, 1855, leaving one son, the sub- ject of this sketch. Judge Stone was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Cazenovia Seminary, was graduated from the Fort Atkinson (Wis.) High School in 1875, and then entered the law school of Wisconsin University at Madison, from which he was graduated and admitted to the bar of that State in 1876. The same year he came to Cohoes, N. Y., and read law with James F. Crawford, and was admitted to the bar of New York at the Saratoga general term in the fall of 1878. He then came to Utica, where he has since practiced his profession. He was special surrogate of Oneida county from 1886 to 1889, and January 1, 1890, was ap pointed clerk of the Surrogate's Court under Surrogate William H. Bright. He held this position until April 1, 1896, when, having been elected, he assumed the duties of


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city judge of Utica. He is a member and ex-secretary of Faxton Lodge, F. & A. M., a member of Oneida Chapter R. A. M., and a charter member, first vice-president, and one of the trustees of the Masonic Club of Utica. June 11, 1879, he married Anna M., daughter of William S. Jackson, of Utica, and their children are Edith M., Ruth C., Chester A., and Annabel and Isabel (twins).


Sholes, Herbert C., was born in Bridgewater, Oneida county, October 13, 1855. Newton Sholes, his father, married Caroline E. Wood, and afterward moved from Plainfield, Otsego county, to Bridgewater, where he now resides, and where he has long been a prominent citizen, serving as justice of the peace, justice of sessions, supervisor, loan commissioner, etc. Herbert C. Sholes attended the public schools and West Winfield Academy and was graduated from Whitestown Seminary in 1874. In 1877 he entered the office of J. A. & A. B. Steele, of Herkimer, N. Y., as a student at law, and was admitted to the bar at the Rochester general term in October, 1880. In November, 1881, he began the practice of his profession in Clayville, Oneida county, and just three years later removed to Utica, where he has since resided, and where he successfully practiced alone until May 1, 1888, when he formed a partner- ship with Hon. W. T. Dunmore, under the firm name of Dunmore & Sholes. March 1, 1893, this was changed to Dunmore, Sholes & Ferris, its present style, by the admission of T. Ilarvey Ferris. Mr. Sholes is a staunch Republican, and from 1888 to 1890 inclusive, was special surrogate of Oneida county. He is a member of Fax- ton Lodge, No. 697, F. & A. M., and takes a lively interest in all public matters. November 23, 1886, he married Eliza A., daughter of A. M. Cook, of Evans Mills, Jefferson county, and they have one son, Newton Cook Sholes, born June 6, 1888.


Halladay, James, was born in the town of Vienna, Oneida county, N. Y., Novem- ber 14, 1846. He was educated in the common schools, and is by occupation a farmer. March 24 1870, he married C. Elizabeth Stocks, of the town of Verona, by whom he had two children: H. Estella, and Sarah E. Estella married Herman A. White, of this town, and they have two children: Herbert H. and Pearl E. Mr. Halladay's father, Nehemiah, was born in Vermont, in 180%, and was educated as a farmer and boatman. He married Sarah A. Brodock, of Vienna, by whom he had seven children: Sarah E., Nehemiah, Julia A., Maria, Almira, Alzina and James. Ile died in 1888, and his wife in 1874. Mrs. Halladay's father, George A. Stooks, was born in Germany, was educated there, and came to the United States with his parents when sixteen years of age, and located near Boonville, removing later to the town of Verona. He married Catherine Waffel, of this county, by whom he had twelve children, three of whom died in infancy: Jacob W., Hannah, John H., Will- iam, C. Elizabeth, Nancy, George B., Frederick and Franklin. Mrs Stooks died June 24, 1894. The ancestry of the family is English and German.


Barry, John J., son of Thomas, who came to Utica from Ireland in 1841 and died in 1873, was born in Utica, June 11, 1863, and learned the trade of tin and copper- smith, which he followed thirteen years as an employee of O'Neil & Son, the pre- decessor of Childs & Jones. In 1888 he opened his present news stand and cigar store on the corner of Genesee and Bleeker streets, where he has since continued with remarkable success. In the spring of 1895 he became a member of the firm of William T. Donnelley & Co., and also engaged in the gent's furnishing business.


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Mr. Barry is a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the I. O. of R. M., and formerly was quite active in Democratic politics.


Young, Israel W., was born in the town of Kirkland, Oneida county, October 15, 1831. He was educated in the public schools, and afterward taught school twenty- four years, but is now engaged in farming in Verona. August 19, 1854, he married Elizabeth A. Williams, of Glanmorganshire, Wales, England, who came with her mother to the United States when she was five years of age. They had four chil- dren: Helen A., Martha E., who died when twenty-four years of age, and Marcia, who died at eight years of age (twins), and Ella J., whodied at nineteen years of age. Helen A. married M. G. Seymour, an M. E. clergyman, Mr. Young's father, John B., was born at the old home, August 30, 1807. He was educated in the schools of his day, and was a farmer by occupation. January 4, 1831, he married Aurelia Fuller, of the same town, by whom he had three children: Israel W., as above, Cynthia J., and Henry C. Mr. Young died June 13, 1892, and his widow resides with her son, Israel W. Mrs. Young's father, David Williams, was born at the old home in Wales. He married for his second wife, Bridget Saunders by whom he had seven children, one of whom was Elizabeth A. Her father died when she was four years of age, and her mother in 1854. Mr. Young's father, John B., was a colonel in the State militia, and Mr. Young himself was captain in the same division at a later day. The family are members of the Presbyte ian church, of which Mr. Young is one of the elders, also superintendent of the Sunday-school.


Cooley, Gary W., was born at Newport, Herkimer county, N. Y., March 18, 1841. He was educated in the district schools of Newport and advanced school of Utica. He came to this country with his parents when seventeen years of age, locating in the town of Verona, where he is engaged in farming, also for the last twenty years has been an auctioneer. December 31, 1863, he married Frances D. Wolfe, of this town, by whom he had four children: Wilford B., Arthur S., Cora A., deceased, and Benjamin L. Arthur S. is a bookkeeper for a firm in San Francisco Cal. ; Wilford B. keeps the King House in Clockville, Madison county, N. Y. He married Emma Sassenbery, of Vernon by whom he has three children: Cora B., Lawrence M., and G. Wesley. Mr. Cooley's father, Lyman Cooley, was born in Paris, Oneida county, in 1807. He was a tailor by occupation, and he married Joanna Jilson, of Martins- burg, Lewis county, N. Y., by whom he had six children, two of whom died in infancy: Francis J., Cornelia A., L. Stuart, and Gary W., as above. Mr. Cooley died November 13, 1858 and his wife November 13, 1872. Mr. Cooley's father, John Wolfe, was born in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1812, and came to this county in 1836, following the blacksmith's trade in Verona village. He married Alvira Marshall, by whom he had four children: Harriet E., Frances D., as above, J. Birney and Julia A. He died in 1876, and his wife in 1883. Mr. Cooley's grandfather, Justin Cooley, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. Cooley is a member of New London Lodge, No. 420. F. & A. M. The family is of New England stock.


Cushman, Joseph B., was born in the town of Verona, N. Y., in 1838, and has spent the greater part of his life near Vernon village. His father, Morris Cushman, was a native of the town of Kirkland, born in 1809. His ancestors had a distinct line of descent from Robert Cushman, who came to this country on the Mayflower.


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Morris Cushman was a prominent farmer in Vernon, and died in Vernon January 10, 1895. He married Janette Loomis, who was born in Vernon in 1810, and died in 1867. After finishing his schooling at the Vernon Academy at thirteen years of age Joseph B. Cushman engaged as clerk in a shoe store in Utica, where he remained until 1862, when he gave his services to the government as a soldier in the army, raising a company which was a part of the old 146th Infantry known as the Fifth Oneida. He served as captain until 1864, when he was discharged. Upon return-


ing home Mr. Cushman purchased a farm, where he still remains. He is a Democrat in politics, and has represented his town two terms in the Board of Supervisors, and was clerk of the board one year; he has also been a candidate for member of assen- bly. He is a prominent member of the G. A. R. In 1868 Mr. Cushman married Caroline A. Frisbie, of Vernon, by whom he had two children: Lavonne J., now a teacher at New Rochelle, N. Y .; and Morris F., a farmer in Vernon. Since 1882 Mr. Cushman has been secretary of the Oneida County Agricultural Society.


Breslauer, Theobald, was born in Frankenstein, Silesia, Germany, October 9, 1846, and between 1861 and 1864 served an apprenticeship at glove making, which he suc- cessfully followed in the chief cities of Europe for several years, notably in Vienna, Paris, London, and Berlin. In Breslau, Germany, he engaged in manufacturing on his own account for a time. In 1873 he came to America, settled in Gloversville, N. Y., and for about four years pursued his trade in the extensive glove factories of that place. He moved to Utica in 1877 and established his present business, and since May, 1883, has conducted a successful trade at his present location, 182 Genesee street, wholesaling and retailing a full line of gloves and millinery. He is a member of Oriental Lodge, No. 224, F. & A. M., Oneida Chapter, No. 57, R. A. M., and Utica Consistory, No. 2, being a 32d degree Mason, northern jurisdiction. In 1871 he married Miss Bertha Dann, who learned her trade of milliner in Germany, her native country.


Hart, Seth W., was born on the farm where he now lives, December 20, 1830, son of Euratas Hart, who was born in the town of Paris, October 25, 1799. The grand- father, Abel Hart, emigrated from Connecticut in 1790, and engaged in farming, which occupation the family has since followed, Seth W. now owning a farm of 145 acres of prosperous land. Euratus Ilart married Betsey Walker, of Paris, N. Y., by whom he had eight children. Seth W. received his education in the district school. He married Isabelle. daughter of Dwight Mosher, of the town of Augusta, by whom he had three children : James, Mary. and Susan E.


Start, S. William, was born November 21, 1833, in Devonshire, England, son of Robert and Mary Ann Start, who came to this country when William was about six months old. Robert was a farmer, settling first in Deerfield, and next in Marcy. He then went to Clinton, and purchased a place, retiring from farming, and died in September. 1886, in his eighty-third year. Mrs. Start, his wife, died in 1890, aged eighty three. William Start engaged in farming, at which he continues, and is a staunch Republican, taking an active interest in the success of his party. He mar- ried Hannah Jackson, of English extraction, by whom he has two sons: William Henry, who is in the wholesale grocery business in Utica; and Lester J., who is em- ployed by his brother in Utica. Mr. Start and wife are both active members in the Bartlett Baptist church.


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Seaman, Jerome M., was born in Oswego, N. Y., in 1846, and is a much esteemed citizen of New Hartford, where he has been a resident for twenty-five years. After acquiring his education at the Dwight & Holbrook Seminary in Clinton, N. Y., he resided with his parents at Clark's Mills, where his father, Hicks Seaman, was superintendent of the Clark's Mills Cotton Manufactory for twenty-five years. In 1862 he went to the war and enlisted as a private in the 146th Regt. N. Y. State Volunteers of Infantry, and by his valiant service and faithfulness he was commis- sioned by Gov. Horatio Seymour as second lieutenant of Co. G of that regiment, and afterwards he was again commissioned by Gov. R. E. Fenton as first lieutenant of the same company, and at the close of the Rebellion he returned with his com- pany as its acting captain. Although he was present with his company in every battle in which his regiment was engaged from the time of his enlistment he was never wounded or imprisoned. Previous to his residence here he was employed in the cotton mills at Oriskany, which engagement he entered upon after he returned from the war. He has been superintendent of the weaving department of the New Hartford Cotton Manufacturing Company since his residence here and has held the office of trustee of the village several terms, and was president of the village from March, 1891, to March, 1896. In 1871 he married Anna Elizabeth Reilly of this place. They are worthy and efficient members of St. John's Catholic church of the village and took an active part in founding and organizing its congregation.


Scovill, James Van Horn, a direct descendant of the early settlers of the town of Paris, was born at Paris, Oneida county, in June, 1834, only child of Isaac Scovill (who was born at Watertown, Conn.) His grandfather, Darius Scovill, came to Paris in 1804. Mr. Scovill received his education at Paris, Clinton, and Cazenovia Seminary. He removed from Paris Hill to New Hartford in 1884, where he pur- chased about sixty acres of garden land, which he has devoted to dairy productions, also being a breeder of thoroughbred Jersey cattle, from which his place is known as Jersey-Hurst. He was one of the organizers of the American Dairymen's Asso- ciation, of which he is a valued member. He is vice-president of the Central New York Farmers' Club, and has held that position for many years. He is also a life member of the New York State Agricultural Society. June 1, 1882, he married Miss Annie Dewhurst, eldest daughter of Thomas and Anne Dewhurst, of Graefenburg, Herkimer county, N. Y., formerly of Willowvale, Oneida county, at which place she was born. The result of the union has been six daughters, namely: Jennie Belle, Bessie Murrow, Cornelia Mae, Helen Eliza, Marianne Howard, and Grace Leona. The late Mrs. Jane Scovill, mother of J. V. H. Scovill, was the daughter of the late Thomas Murrow, and a descendant on her mother's side of the Van Horns of New York; she was the last representative of this old and celebrated family, and Mr. Scovill has in his possession a very interesting document consisting of original rec- ords of births in the family of Jacobus Van Horn of New York, whose father, John Van Horn, was one of the earliest settlers of New York city, which information may be found in the Colonial History of New York. The manuscript is beautifully written in Dutch and dated 1732.


Lawrence, Lewis H., is the only son of Lewis Lawrence, who was born in the town of Otsego, Otsego county, N.Y., December 21, 1806, and died on Fourth Lake, Fulton Chain, N. Y., September 8, 1886. Forty-eight of the nearly eighty years of


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Lewis Lawrence's life were spent in Utica, where he was a distinguished citizen. He was of New England descent and the only son of Daniel and Penelope Law- rence, whose four daughters died while Lewis was yet a lad. He spent his early years on the parental farm. At the age of fifteen he went to Franklin, Delaware county, where he spent seven years learning and following the carpenter's trade. In April, 1828, he came to Utica without an acquaintance and with only $3 in money. He immediately engaged in business for himself, and within a very short period was an acknowledged leader among the builders of the city. About 1834 he began the manufacture and sale of lumber, and from that time till 1865 his mills and business were extensive. In 1865 he organized the Utica, Chenango & Susquehanna Valley Railroad Company, became its president and treasurer, gave his attention to the construction of the line, and in 1870 leased it to the D., L. & W. R. R. Co. He then retired to private life and sought rest and recreation in travel. spending thus about three years in this country and Europe. Returning to Utica in 1874 he gave his time to various enterprises of business and benevolence. He was a staunch Repub- lican, and unwavering Abolitionist, a strictly temperance man, and a neighbor, a life-long friend, and a firm supporter of Hon. Roscoe Conkling, in whose interest he founded in 1877 the Utica Daily Republican. He was a member of Westminster church and its strong friend, and throughout life a man of large benevolence. Jan- uary 18, 1828, he married Miss Anna G., daughter of Samuel and Ruth E. Skinner, of Colchester, Conn., who died November 30, 1868. They had two children: Lewis H., who survives, and Charlotte A., who married ex-Mayor Charles E. Barnard, of of Utica, and died April 15, 1886, leaving two children. Charles E. and Miss A. G. L.


Lewis, William D., was born in Utica, N. Y., in 1855 son of Dennis Lewis, a farmer, now of Frankfort, Herkimer county. He graduated from the Whitestown Seminary in 1875, and began teaching in 1872, while yet a student there. In 1878 hc came to Washington Mills, where he taught, later canvassing for the Johnson Ency- clopedia, also for a life insurance company. In 1884 he engaged in the mercantile business here, and was very successful. He was elected school commissioner for the First district of Oneida county in 1887, filling that office for three years, and proving a most efficient and popular official. In 1891 he sold out the grocery store, and held the position as bookkeeper one year for the Lewis & Babcock Tool Co. He is owner of the Fruit Evaporator at Washington Mills, to which he devotes his attention during the season of operating, and acting as traveling salesman for a Utica house the re. mainder of the year. In 1876 he married Emma E., daughter of Pardon Russell, of Frankfort, Herkimer county, by whom he had three children: Charles W., and Earl R., now associated with the evaporator business; and Cora E. (deceased), who died in 1887 at seven years of age. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity and Odd Fellows.


Ramsdell, I. J., was born in Madison county, September 2, 1843, but has been a resident of Oneida county since 1852. In 1865 he married Charlotte A. Ellinwood, by whom he has three children: Rev. Julian E. Ramsdell, an Episcopal minister of Cleveland, Ohio; Edna A. Ramsdell, and Mrs. Dr. Doolittle, of Bridgewater, N. Y. Mr. Ramsdell learned the trade of wagonmaker when a young man, and was for many years in partnership with his father-in-law, Duras Ellinwood. Since residing in Paris he has been active in politics on the Democratic side, and was appointed post-


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master at Paris, December 23, 1894. His parents were Riley and Julia (Jackson) Ramsdell. The Ramsdells originally came from Rhode Island to Saratoga county, thence to Madison county, and then to Oneida county.


Greene, Albert W., M. D., was born in Northamptonshire, Eng., February 26, 1833, son of William and Sophia Greene, natives of that country, and who came to this coun- try when Albert was three years of age, and settled in Fulton, Oswego county, N. Y. William Greene served during the Rebellion in the 147th N. Y. Infantry, participat- ing in many of the important battles of the war. Nathaniel Greene, his uncle, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and at its close settled in Savannah, Georgia ; and his grandson was a classmate of Dr. Greene in the medical college. In 1865 Dr. Greene moved to Palermo, Oswego county, and in 1871 was graduated from the Mexico Academy. That same fall he entered Syracuse University, remaining at that institution two years. He subsquently engaged in teaching, an occupation he pursued through seventeen consecutive terms. In 1861 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, graduating in 1884, and being appointed to a position in the Maryland Woman's Ilospital, remained in that position one year. Dr. Green then returned to Palermo and established himself in the practice of his profession, where he built up a very lucrative practice, remaining there until 1894. At that time his health became impaired, so that he retired for a time, and in the fall of 1894 he removed to Oneida Castle, and at once entered upon a successful practice Dr. Greene while in Palermo was active in the Republican politics of the county, serving three years each as member of the county committee, and the Second Assembly district. In the spring of 1895 he was elected president of the village of Oneida Castle, and is now surgeon of the West Shore Railroad. He married for his first wife, Flora Cross, by whom he had three children: Ralph R., Ray E., and Nina G. His present wife is Carrie E. Snell, by whom he has one daughter, Edna.




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