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March 15, 1892. In 1871 Mr. Osborn came to America. His first work in business here was engineering in the Waverly paper mills, where he was employed seven years by W. W. Shepard. He and his family went back to England, spending about eighteen months at his old home, returning to this country in June, 1880. For four years he was then employed by Cooley & Hemstreet, tanners. For the past twelve years Mr. Osborn has been the engineer in the furniture manufactory of Hall & Lyon at Waverly. He is an earnest Odd Fellow and has passed all the chairs in the lodge at Waverly. Mr. Osborn has also held other responsible offices in the fraternity and has been representative to the grand lodge of the state.
ANTHONY HEMSTREET, son of Peter Hemstreet, was born in Car- lisle, Schoharie county, N. Y., March 8, 1833. His education was obtained at common schools. He commenced teaching at the age of eighteen and taught for nearly twenty years. In 1856 he mar- ried Emma L. Bowdish, daughter of Gamaliel, who was a promi- nent man and citizen. In 1855 Mr. Hemstreet came to Waverly, followed teaching and was also a farmer. He later was engaged with H. L. Cooley in tanning at East Waverly for twelve years, and until the tannery was burned. He has three children : Ida A. (Mrs. C. H. Swain), Elma G. (Mrs. H. G. Merrill), and Addie. In 1895 he was one of the organizers of the A. H. Thomas paint company, of which he is president.
WILLIAM O. SMITH, son of Samuel Smith, born in Orange county, N. Y., came to the town of Tioga about 1827. He was a carpen- ter. He married Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and Martha (Spencer) Catlin, and settled on Catlin Hill. Of his nine children, five are living : Deborah (Mrs. John Corrigan) of Owego, Mary J. (Mrs. Charles Crans) of Athens, Martha (Mrs. Charles Hauver) of Elmira, Elizabeth (Mrs. John Sairs) of Milwaukee, Wis., and Asa M. Smith. Asa was born August 9, 1840, educated at con- mon schools and married, on August 16, 1862, Ellen, daughter of George and Rebecca (Wilson) Synder, of North Lansing, Tomp- kins county, and made his home at Owego. In 1863 he entered
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the employ of the Erie railroad as brakeman. After a faithful service of many years he was appointed baggage-master which . position he now holds. His wife died February 3, 1892. Mr. Smith has two children, James H., born August 12, 1864, married Katie, daughter of William and Barbara (Johnson) Weller, and is tele- grapher for the D. L. & W. railroad. (He has one son, Ray M.) Lula A., born June 5, 1872, married Clark A. Tuthill, a foreman in the employ of the Thomas paint company.
JONATHAN CATLIN came from Orange county to Tioga at an early day and gave his name to Catlin Hill where he settled. Here he and his daughter Ruth (who never married) kept house for many years. His son Jonathan married Martha, daughter of Nathan and Hannah (Holley) Spencer. He was a farmer on Catlin Hill and father of ten children, Silas S., Sarah A. (Mrs. W. O. Smith), Hannah (Mrs. Jonas Marvin), Parmelia (Mrs. Jacob Boyce), Nathaniel, Submit J. (Mrs. George Jones), Eleanor (Mrs. Joseph Heacock) and Nathan S. Catlin.
JOHN SEACORD, son of William and Esther Seacord, was born in the town of Bovina, Delaware county, N. Y., April 12, 1828. Receiving a common school education, he learned the carpenter's trade, and marrying in 1852 Electa, daughter of Aaron and Maria (Seeley) Seward, he made his home in Sanford, Broome county. He located in Waverly in 1865 where he has been an active busi- ness man and one of the largest contractors and builders of the place. He is a member of the M. E. church. His son, Willie E., of South Waverly, is a partner of his father.
ISAAC J. ANDRE, son of Jacob and Deborah Ann (Hubbell) Andre, was born June 19, 1836, in Delaware county, this state. When he was 10 years old his parents removed to Tioga county and here he was educated in the common schools. After leaving school he was, for a number of years a farmer. He then learned the carpenter and mill-wright trades, and these he has successfully followed since. On June 8, 1856, he was married with Sarah L., daughter of Rich- ard and Celinda (Blackman) Fuller. They had seven children ;
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Charles, born March 6, 1857, died July 29, 1880 ; Ada, born April 11, 1860, married William Jones on May 18, 1883. (They have three children : Eileen, Charles and Hazel) ; May, born February 11, 1862, married Ellis Deidrick in August 1889 ; Jennie, born June 22, 1870, died in October 1873 ; Helen, born May 13, 1874, died in December, 1877 ; Maud and Claudia E. (twins), were born November 18, 1876. Maud died in December, 1877. Claudia E. married Fred D. Gillan, May 6, 1896, and has one child, Percy Frederick, born March 19, 1897.
CLARK S. CARR, son of Rev. J. D. and Fannie (Booth) Carr, was born July 2, 1844, in Bradford, N. Y. He enlisted in Company I., 86th New York state volunteers, and after serving over two years he was honorably discharged, and re-enlisted in the same regiment. October 8, 1864, he was discharged for disability, having been wounded June 17, 1864, at the battle of Petersburg, Va. He held the office of first lieutenant when discharged. He was a member and a commander of the W. C. Hull Post, 461, G. A. R. His marriage with Josephine V. Ferris took place March 11, 1866. In 1879 he came to Waverly and was in the meat business. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity. He died January 31, 1896. His widow resides in Waverly. Vernon Carr, son of Clark S. and Josephine V. (Ferris) Carr, was born November 25, 1869. He attended the public schools of Waverly. He married October 3, 1893, Bessie A. Beeman. They have one child. Their home is in Rochester, N. Y., where Mr. Carr is bookkeeper for the Roches- ter Beef Co.
ALLEN LAMONTE, son of David LaMonte, was born in August, 1828, in Schoharie county, N. Y. When he was but a lad his father came to Owego where they lived a few years, and then set- tled at Tioga Center. Allen received a common school education. He married Mary, daughter of Amos Canfield, of Tioga ; they had two children, Grace and Ellen. About 1850 they made their home at East Waverly. Mr. LaMonte was a farmer, also was in trade in Waverly and dealt largely in lumber. He was a member of the Baptist church. He died February 27, 1882. His widow survives him.
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CLARK BRUSTER came to Barton at an early day. His wife was Phebe Mathews. They had four children, Oliver M., George N., Nathaniel, and Maria. George N. Bruster married Rosanna, daughter of Samuel and Susan (Sayre) Ellison, and was a carpen- ter and builder, having his home in Waverly. He died April 21, 1871. His children were Elliott S., Harvey C., and George C. Harvey C. Bruster, now residing in Waverly, married Carrie B. Eckert, daughter of Levi and Rebecca (Snyder) Eckert. Mr. Brus- ter is a member and the treasurer of the local lodge of the National Protective Legion, and is also a member of the village school board. He has two children, Ray L. and Clark.
JOHN DEUEL, born in Dutchess county, married Sally Davis, and commenced housekeeping at Canandaigua, in June, 1835, removing to Nichols where he engaged in farming. Later he removed to Owego, where he died in 1859. His wife survived him, dying in 1886. Among their children were Augustus S., of Owego, Esther (Mrs. Joel Gould) of Owego, Lydia Deuel (Mrs. Frank Mills) of Nichols, and Amos E. Deuel, who, born at Canandaigua, N. Y., April 12, 1835, married Emily, a daughter of William and Lovisa (Eaton) Brown, in 1856, and, settling in Owego, engaged in the boot and shoe trade. In 1862 Mr. Deuel enlisted in Company C., 109th New York volunteers, and was discharged in February, 1863, for physical disability acquired in service. Recovering his health, in September, 1863, he enlisted in the United States navy, was stationed on the monitor Dictator, and served until the expiration of his term of service in 1865. Returning home he engaged again in the boot and shoe trade. In 1873 he entered the United States mail service and is now one of the oldest employees of the govern- ment in that department, as he has been in service continually from that time. Mr. Deuel is a member of Ahwaga Lodge of Free Masons, and of the local Grand Army post. He has five children, Ida B., Jane L., Etta, Edwin B., and Eleanor M.
HIRAM ENSLEY SANDERS, of Waverly, son of Hiram and Martha E. (Gillett) Sanders, was born at West Hill in Barton on June 13, 1843. He is of the fifth generation from Tobias Sanders, the English
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emigrant, the line being Tobias, Stephen, Tobias, Luke, Hiram, Hiram E. Luke Sanders, the paternal grandfather of Hiram E., born near Westerly, R. I., was a continental soldier in the revo- lution, and later was one of the first five settlers of Ellistown in this county. Luke married with Sarah Dewey. Of his nine chil- dren was Hiram, who married first Martha Emeline Gillett, and second Sarah A. Hiles. His children by his first wife were Martha E. (Mrs. George L. Williams), Hiram E., Louisa L. (Mrs. A. W. Smith) and Alice D. Sanders. Those of the second marriage were Mary A. (died young), Sarah E., Katie A. (Mrs. P. Gillett), Fred- die E. (died in 1877 aged 18), Frankie (Mrs. John Alger) and Paul G. Sanders. Hiram E. Sanders was educated at the district school of West Hill and at Waverly academy, and since attaining manhood he has been connected with Waverly and Waverly in- stitutions, having been corporation collector, school collector and one of the police force, holding also at one time the office of chief police. His vocation has been iron-working and also farming. In religion Mr. Sanders affiliates with the Protestant Methodists and may be classed in politics as an independent democrat. He is a chapter mason, joining both lodge and chapter in 1871, also is an Odd Fellow, and since 1881 he has been a member of the A. O. U. W. On March 15, 1883. Mr. Sanders was married to Mary Wickham of Waverly.
JOHN J. KAULBACK, son of William and Catharine (Caldwell) Kaulback, was born in Nova Scotia, February 14, 1825, and canie when a child with his father to Boston, Mass., where he nearly attained his majority. In 1845 however he enlisted in the U. S. navy and was in service for two years during the Mexican war, being present at the bombardment and storming of several impor- tant fortresses. In 1848 he located in Syracuse and soon mastered the tanning and currying trade, and became foreman of the large tannery of Vanburen & Smith. In 1864 he engaged in the same capacity at Baldwinsville for H. P. Stark, and was also proprietor of a leather store in Syracuse. His connection with Waverly commenced in 1876 when he became superintendent of the A. B. Phillips & Co., tannery. He has since been superintendent for A.
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I. Decker and is now in the employ of the U. S. Leather Trust. In 1852 Mr. Kaulback married Sarah, a daughter of H. N. Root. They have three children living, Anna M. (Mrs. Prof. P. C. Wil- son) of Chattanooga, Tenn., John H. of Waverly, Helen M. (Mrs. Dr. Barto Smith) of Delaware, Ohio.
RICHARD PILGRIM was born in Bedfordshire, England, in 1811. His grandfather and father were gamekeepers. He was a farmer and gamekeeper for Baron Parke, and later was a farmer in De- vonshire. He married Isabella Elliott. They had five sons and one daughter. In 1862 he left England for Canada, where he re- mained until 1868, when he located in Chemung county, N. Y., where he died February 28, 1877. His widow resides in England. His sons, Samuel E. and Richard E., made their homes in New Zealand. Thomas lives in Bristol, England. Fred Pilgrim, of Waverly, who was born January 21, 1852, in England, learned the trade of a baker in Devonshire, and came to America in 1872. In 1884 he started a bakery in Waverly, of which he is still proprie- tor. In 1882 he married Charlotte Crispin. They are both mem- bers of the Episcopal church.
LEROY EDGECOMB was born at South Cortland, N. Y., July 15, 1824. He came to Barton when a young man and engaged in lumbering business and was also a farmer. In 1847 he married Arletta, daughter of James Beacham. They had one daughter, Addie, wife of Harold Linson, who resides in New York city. May 1, 1861, Mr. Edgecomb enlisted as a soldier in the civil war. On February 28, 1862, as a result of an accidental discharge of his gun while on picket duty, he was mustered out of service. He was a member of W. C. Hull Post, 401, G. A. R. In 1870 Mr. Edgecomb came to Waverly, engaged in the coal business and subsequently conducted a meat market. He died February 5, 1895. Mrs. Edgecomb resides in Waverly.
WILLIAM H. HULSE, son of Isaac D. and Catharine W. (Win- field) Hulse, was born in Elmira, N. Y., March 30, 1855. Isaac D. Hulse was a native of New Jersey, born in 1820. He was a suc- cessful teacher for a number of years. From New Jersey he went
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to Chemung county, and from there came to this county in 1855 engaging in farming until he entered a meat market in Waverly kept by Buley & Ellis. After some time had passed the firm be- came Buley & Murray. In 1870 Mr. Buley sold to S. W. Miller, and in 1874 or '75 Mr. Murray sold to Frank S. Morley, of Green's Landing, Pa. Through all these changes of proprietors Mr. Hulse retained his position and held it at the time of his death in 1885. Of his seven children two sons and one daughter are living. Wil- liam H. Hulse attended the schools of East Waverly, then Fac- toryville, until he was eight years old, and then went to work on a farm for Lewis Whittaker. He worked for him " off and on " for six years. His people then moved to the north part of Waverly. From the time Mr. Hulse was twenty-five he was employed for two years as a baker by J. W. Knapp. His attention was then at- tracted to the employment so long followed by his father, and to thoroughly become acquainted with the business he worked in the market of Miller & Morley for two years, and later one year in that of G. N. Pike, and for two years longer was with S. W. Miller. He then established a meat business for himself which has profit- ably continued to the present. On Christmas day, 1883, Mr. Hulse married Paulina J., daughter of James and Mary J. Bowen. Her father died when she was quite young, and her mother died in Kansas (where the family home had been for years) on Decem- ber 31, 1886. She has one brother living, a stock-raiser and farmer, residing in the Indian territory.
ISAAC WILCOX and his wife, Nancy (Newcomb) Wilcox, had eleven children ; Samuel, James, Newcomb, Crandall, Gilbert, Gardner, Elizabeth, Cornelia, Maria, Jane, and Isaac, of whom Isaac, born September 17, 1801, married Sarah Stark. Of their children, George S. Wilcox was born August 2, 1826, in Plains township, Luzerne county, Pa. He was educated in the common schools of his birthplace and Wyoming seminary. After leaving school he engaged in lumbering which he followed about five years. For the next forty years he made farming his business. On March 30, 1852 he married Clara C., daughter of Ezra and Mary (Black) Williams, and had four children ; Evaline, born April 15, 1853 ;
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Horatio S., born January 31, 1855, (married Clara Brosious, June 16, 1896. He is station agent for the L. V. R. R. at Lehigh Valley Junction, Pittston, Pa., and has been in the employ of this com- pany for fourteen years); William W., was born February 24, 1856. (He is in the meat business with Frank Pike. They conduct two markets, one in Waverly and one in Sayre, Pa.); Mary Elizabeth, born February 4, 1863.
FREEMAN SHELP, son of John, was born in Pennsylvania and came to live at Owego when a mere lad, and commenced to drive stage when but 13 years of age in the employ of Cooley and Max- well ; one of his routes was from Owego to Elmira. He was long a driver on the road and was well known. He married Sally Hill. Of their three children Charles F. Shelp is the only one living. He has followed various vocations, has been a dealer in cattle, also a manufacturer and dealer in lumber, and is now a contractor and the street commissioner of Waverly. He married Mrs. Mary (Hubbell) Monroe, daughter of Isaac Hubbell. Her first husband, Charles Monroe, died in the union army. Mr. Shelp has three children, Gertrude, Ralph and Isabel. Gertrude graduated from the Waverly academy in 1880 and from Genesee Normal school in 1883, and commenced teaching as preceptress at Stamford (Del- aware Co.,) seminary and later was preceptress of Hobart graded school. She attended the National Teachers' Association at Den- ver, Colorado, in 1895 where she stood at the head of the highest rank. She is now preceptress of the Garfield Memorial school at Colorado Springs.
ABIAL F. HILL, a native of Orange county, came to Barton very early and first settled on the farm where Jonas Squires lives. He bought 225 acres on Shepard creek. He had three children by his first wife, Thomas, Edmond and William. His second wife was Fanny Thomas. Of their seven children, Sally, Jane, Adaline, Malıala, Mary Ann, Arminda and Charles, none are now living. Mr. Hill was an upright man and a citizen of worth.
ELWIN W. MANNING, son of Job R. and Mary A. (Davenport) Manning, was born on Oak Hill in Barton, November 21, 1853.
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Having a good common school education Mr. Manning became first a farmer for some years, and then a brakeman on the Erie railroad, where after one week's service his hand was crushed which ended his railroading. He was then a photographer for three years, and then he carried on millinery for seven years. He then went to Toledo, Ohio, and was superintendent of the works of the Smead Heating and Ventilating works. In 1895 he re- turned to Waverly and purchased the bottling business of Genung & Bell which he now conducts. Mr. Manning is also the patentee of a bottle stopper. The patent was filed January 30, 1896, the patent number being 561,013. The patent claims, first, "The combination of a bottle stopper having a boss or projection on its upper face, said boss or projection having an oblong slot. There- from a wire secured around the neck of the bottle, and having bearings at opposite points, a lever having its end portion loosely engaged with said bearings ; a bail whose transverse arm loosely engages the slot of the stopper, and whose inturned end portion loosely engages the bearings of said lever, and an arm pivotally connected to said stopper and to the wire which surrounds the neck of the bottle ; second, in a bottle-stopper fastening, the com- bination with the stopper having the oblong slot or slots, the bail loosely engaging the slot or slots, the lever engaging said bail, and the wire on the neck having bearings engaged by lever, of an arm pivotally engaging said wire at its lower end and hinged or pivoted to the cover at its upper end." Mr. Manning married, first, Miss Ella Doane, who died March 11, 1890, second, Miss Elizabeth Gonyer, his present wife.
WALLACE HIRAM LOCKERBY, son of Benajah Lockerby, was born in Odessa, Schuyler county, October 7, 1851. His grand- father, Samnel Lockerby, was a Scotchman, and his grandmother a "Pennsylvania Dutch" woman. Their home was on the hill east of Alpine, in Schuyler county, and their descendants now own and occupy the property. His mother was a Massachusetts Yankee woman named Terry, who came to York state (in a cov- ered wagon and driving a yoke of oxen) with her parents in pio- neer days and located on Terry Hill, seven miles above Horseheads.
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Her mother, Mrs. Phebe Terry, was the last person but one to draw a pension from the war of 1812. W. H. Lockerby has been twice married, first to Minnie, daughter of William Trowbridge, Esq., of Grand Rapids, Mich .; second, to Nancy A., daughter of John P. Rumsey, of Trumbull Corners, Tompkins county. Mr. Lockerby is the inventor of the Lockerby match box, the Lockerby barber trip and the Lockerby ball-bearing caster, a peculiarly in- genious invention. He is also developing other ideas of value. He has compounded and placed on sale Lockerby's "Eczema and Dandruff Cure," which is pronounced a valuable preparation. Mr. Lockerby has had experience in many lines of business, although since 1870 he has been a barber. During a residence in Michigan some years since he was a head sawyer in the large mills at Sand Lake. In 1879 he located in Horseheads, and, with the exception of sixteen months passed in Chicago, that was his home until 1885, when he moved to Ithaca, where he was burned out with a loss of all his property. In 1886 he come to Waverly. In 1889 he went to Tyrone and built the Lake House, which he conducted until 1892. Returning to Waverly, he has since been proprietor of a barber shop. His place of business is now 418 Waverly street. While in Horseheads Mr. Lockerby was a member of the Pioneer brass band and of the Pioneer Hose Co., and he is now a member of the order of American Firemen, belongs to the fire police of Waverly, and also to the Masonic fraternity.
STEPHEN MILLS, a native of Connecticut, came with his wife and child Daniel to the town of Nichols, and in 1791 settled in Barton on the farm now owned by John Westfall. He was a soldier of the revolution. Of their six children were Daniel, Lewis, Samuel, Abigail and Sally. He was a good farmer. Lewis, his son, was married with Betsy, daughter of John Hanna, and settled on Tall- madge Hill about 1812. He had three children, Miami (Mrs. Syl- vanus Wright), John (deceased), and William G. William G. Mills was born June 11, 1818, and married . Susan Shackelton on December 11, 1840, and settled on the farm where he now lives. He was a farmer and dealt in stock. His wife died July 22, 1886. Children : Charles L., Mary E. (Mrs. Cornelius Case), Lottie (Mrs.
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Spencer Brougham), Wilson, Theodore, Adolphus, Emma (Mrs. D. J. McDonald), Addie (Mrs. James Rhodes), and Augusta (Mrs. Thurlow B. Gale). Theodore Mills, son of William and Susan (Shackelton) Mills, was born July 21, 1850, on Tallmadge Hill. He was educated in the common schools of Barton and the Wa- verly academy, and for nine years after leaving school he was en- gaged in farming. He then came to Waverly and engaged in the soda water business with C. M. Barlow. In March, 1883. he pur- chased Mr. Barlow's interest, and about April first of the same year he took Silas Wolcott as partner. They continued together for eighteen months, and in March, 1884, Mr. Mills took as part- ner M. D. O'Brien, and they have continued business since under the firm name of Mills & O'Brien. Mr. Mills was married with Phebe, daughter of Peter Lewis, in 1875.
CHARLES BELLIS was born at Knowlton, N. J., on June 2, 1820. He came to Barton in 1839, and first worked on a farm by the month and in the lumber woods. Saving his earnings, in a few years he purchased a farm near the center of the town, which was his home for life, and in 1841 he married Mary Sliter, daughter of Peter, and had five sons and four daughters. In 1863 Mr. Bellis enlisted in Company L., 14th regiment New York heavy artillery, but on December 31, 1863, was transferred to the 6th regiment heavy artillery, and was in service therewith until discharged on July 5, 1865. He returned home with a broken constitution, and, although he lived until November 15, 1881, he never saw a well day. His widow survives him, living in South Waverly. Their children are Robert H., of Waverly, Henrietta, Ursula, and James E., of South Waverly, May (Mrs. Henry Russell), and Kittie, of New York city, Philip E., J. Judson, of Camden, N. J., and Wil- liam L. William L. Bellis lives at Smithboro where he is station agent and telegrapher for the Erie railroad. He married Cora E., daughter of Enos and Electa (Hibbard) Andrus, and has one son, Royal E., born on June 30, 1886.
PETER SLITER, a native of Knowlton, N. J., who came to Barton in 1837, and lived here until his death in 1862, was a greatgrand-
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son of Nicholas and Lydia Sliter, emigrants from Holland to New Jersey. Peter was a shoemaker, and his wife, Phebe, was a daughter of John and Hannalı (White) Young. She died in 1846. Their children were William, Robert, Harvey, James, Joseph, Catharine, Nicholas, and Mary.
H. THOMAS PIERCE, son of Dr. W. B. and Madeline E. Pierce, daughter of Hiram E. and Susan (Winslow) Thomas, was born November 28, 1870, in Waverly, his present home. He is a motor- man on the electric railroad running between Waverly. Sayre and Athens. This road is owned and operated by the Waverly, Sayre & Athens Traction Co. Mr. Pierce married, in 1893, Edith, daughter of Thomas H. L. and Julia (Steinberg) Wilcox. They have two children, Percy W., and Dorothy.
SAM. O. SHOEMAKER, son of Charles and Cynthia J. (Reynolds) Shoemaker, was born March 24, 1849. His father was a farmer and the son was early acquainted with the labors of a farm. In 1871 he married Mary E. Howard and they had three sons. The next year he came to Waverly and engaged in gardening, and was employed by the Erie railroad as yard switchman. He was agent for the U. S. Express Co. for seventeen years, then opened an office for the Adams Express Co. and was in its employ for two years, and then for several years he conducted a livery business. Mr. Shoemaker is a member of the I. O. O. F., Manoca Lodge, No. 219.
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