Our county and its people : a memorial record of St. Lawrence County, New York, Part 84

Author: Curtis, Gates
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1328


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years. He fell heir to his father's real estate, consisting of 1,000 acres of land, which he left to his niece, Mrs. Julana Harris, and nephew, Frank E. Farnsworth. He died June 30, 1892. Alonzo L. Farnsworth, youngest son of Joel, was born in Norfolk, and here lived until his death, which occurred at the age of twenty-one years. Mr. Harris and wife have two children : Silas A. and Jessie A., both at home.


Hazelton, M. V., Fowler, a farmer of Fowler, was born March 2, 1838, in the same house where he now resides. He married in April, 1863, Clarinda Rhodes, and their children are Lida I., now Mrs. Kelley, and Annett E., now Mrs. Bancroft. Their chil- dren are Hazel Bancroft and Howard H. Kelley. Our subject's father was James H., who was born in 1809, and now lives with M. V. His grandfather was Simeon Hazleton, one of the first settlers of the town of Fowler. The name was formerly Hazelden, from hazel, a tree, and den, a valley ; but in this country it took the forni of Hazelton. Robert and John Hazelton came from England with Ezekiel Rogers in 1637 and settled at Rowley, Mass., and their descendants are well scattered over the United States. The family have published a book of genealogy.


Hawkins, Harry, Morristown, was born in Dublin, Ireland, June 6, 1847, and came to America when five years old. He landed at Quebec and lived seven years in Ottawa. Then he moved to Lanark, Canada, and in 1887 came to Morristown, where he has been in a flourishing business for four years. Mr. Hawkins married Mary Munro, and they have two children: Clara Elizabeth and William Alexander. Mr. Hawkins is a Democrat, a member of the Foresters and an adherent of the Presbyterian church, of which his wife is a member.


Hatley, Walter, Waddington, was born in Waddington October 11, 1842. His father, James Hatley, was born in Jedborough, Scotland, and came to Waddington in 1832 and settled on a farm where he lived and died. He married Nancy Oliver, a native of Scotland, by whom he had five children, of whom four are now living. Mr. Hatley was a Republican in politics, and he and his wife were members of the Scotch Presby- terian church. He died in 1849 and his wife in 1887. Walter Hatley was reared and educated in Waddington, and when seventeen years old went to San Francisco, Cal., where he learned the printer's trade. He worked on the Daily Alta seven years, then went to Sacramento and was with H. S. Crocker as job printer for three years. In 1869 he returned to Waddington, where he has since been engaged in farming. June 15, 1865, he married Zillah M., daughter of Florian A. Carnal, a native of Switzerland, born in 1807, who came to Waddington in 1830, and was once engaged with the Ogdens. He was a blacksmith by trade. His wife was Matilda Fitzgerald, by whom he had five children. His wife died and he married, second, Mary Abby, a native of England, by whom he had one daughter, the wife of our subject. Mr. Carnal died in 1888 and his wife in 1883. Mr. Hatley and wife have seven children : George L., Mary Agnes, Frederick F., Clinton W., Howard H., Ruby M., and Erastus C. Mr. Hatley is a Dem- ocrat, and he and his wife are members of the M. E. church of Waddington. Mr. Hat- ley is a member of Waddington Lodge No. 393, F. & A. M., and a member of Prescott Chapter No. 22.


Hall, Anson, S., Norfolk, was born in Norfolk October 24, 1819. His father was Erastus Hall, a native of Tyringham, Berkshire county, Mass., born in 1786. He was


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reared on a farm and educated in the common schools He married in his native town, Betsey Jackson, by whom he had six sons who grew to maturity, four now living : Giles, Hezekiah B., who resides in Norwood; Anson S. and Thomas S., a resident of La Canada, Cal. In June, 1809, Mr. Hall came to Norfolk and contracted for a farm of eighty acres on the banks of the river, being the first land-taker for a farm in this town. In the month of March following he brought his family and cut the road from the union in Potsdam to his land. Here he lived and died. Fearing he could not pay for his eighty acres, he sold one-half, but afterwards purchased it with an addition of 107 acres. He became a very extensive land owner, having at one time 2.700 acres of land in Norfolk. He was justice of the peace for many years, assessor a number of years, and also held other town offices. He was an ardent churchman and assisted largely in building the Congregational church at Raymondsville, of which he was a member in his last days. He died March 28, 1869, and his wife February 1, 1860. An- son S. Hall was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools, Ogdensburg Academy and select school at Raymondsville, which was established by Erastus Hall. Mr. Hall engaged in farming with his father until twenty-six years of age. April 22, 1846, he moved on the farm he now owns of 225 acres, owning now 450 acres, keeping an average of twenty-five cows. Mr. Hall in 1852 went to California and engaged in mining and farming. He returned in 1861 to the farm, where he has since resided. He married, December 23, 1845, Eleanor Webber, a native of Stockbridge, Vt., who came came to Norfolk when three years of age. Her parents were Justice and Julia ( Rich- ardson ) Webber, who came to Norfolk in 1827 and afterwards went to Illinois, where they died. Mr. Hall and wife have had five children : George E., Catherine J., born in California, where she died ; Ella M., born in California, who died in Raymond- ville, aged twenty-five years; a son who died in infancy ; Nettie L., born in Norfolk, who resides in Massena, the wife of H. B. Russell. George E. was educated in Maringo (Ill.) High School and Potsdam and Gouverneur Academies. He was in the mer- cantile business at Norfolk and Chase Mills, but for the last ten years has been a farmer. He married Alice Haggett, a native of Madrid, by whom he has two daugh- ters : Nellie E. and Jessie E. He is a member of What Cheer Lodge No. 689, and of Norfolk Grange No. 541, of which he is at present secretary. Mr. Hall was a Whig until war time, when he joined the Stephen A. Douglas branch of the Dem- ocratic party and remained with this party until 1886, since which time he has been an independent in politics. He has been overseer of the poor six years and assessor three years.


Hackett, Patrick, Ogdensburg, was born in Ireland in 1832 and received his early education there. He came to this country in 1850 and completed his education in the schools of Ogdensburg. He afterwards entered the hardware business with Chaney & Co., which afterwards became Chaney & Allen, and eventually W. B. Allen & Co., Mr. Hackett being the junior partner. For eighteen years and a half W. B. Allen & Co. carried on active business operations, until the death of the senior member. Mr. Hack- ett purchased the entire business in 1884 and has since successfully conducted it. He now carries on here, besides his hardware business, a foundry. Mr. Hackett married Julia Grant, and they have had ten children, seven of whom are living. He is a mem-


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ber of the Catholic church, and was treasurer for the late bishop fifteen years. He has served in the Common Council a number of years and is now a member of the board of education. He is a Democrat and a member of the Jeffersonian and Ogdensburg clubs.


Hobkirk, Adam J., Waddington, was born in Scotland July 4, 1832, a son of John Hobkirk, a native of Scotland, born October 19, 1798, and educated there. He married Christian Riddle, a native of Scotland, born December 12, 1793, by whom he had one son and three daughters. In 1835 Mr. Hobkirk came to Waddington and settled in the wilderness on the farm our subject now owns. Here he lived and died January 4, 1852, and his wife died April 12, 1875. Adam J. Hobkirk was three years old when he came to Waddington, where he was reared and educated. He married June 5, 1861, in Toronto, Canada, Margaret Scott, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and came to Wad- dington with her parents, who afterwards went Canada, where the father died, the mother being still living. Mr. Hobkirk and wife have had seven children : Agnes W., John, Christian, Adam N., Margaret B., Edith J. and Mary. Mr. Hobkirk owns a farm of 180 acres and has cleared most of it himself. He follows general farming but his principal business is dairying, keeping twenty-two cows. He has always been a Re- publican in politics, has been assessor seven years and was elected justice of the peace in 1890. He and his wife are members of the Scotch Presbyterian church, and he has been an elder in that church for about twenty-five years.


Hobkirk, Adam A., Waddington, was born in Waddington, April 7, 1839, a son of Adam Hobkirk. He was reared on a farmn and educated in the common schools of Waddington. He engaged in farming and has always followed that occupation. He now owns 136 acres of land and his principal business is dairying. He married, Octo- ber 12, 1876, Margaret Rutherford, of Waddington, born September 24, 1838, a daughter of William Rutherford, a native of Scotland, born in 1784, and came to Waddington in 1832. His wife was Christy Forsythe, of Scotland, and they had five sons and five daughters. He was a shepherd while in Scotland, and a farmer in Wad- dington. He died in April, 1873, and his wife September 13, 1881, aged eighty-six years Mr. Hobkirk and wife have had four children : Bessie F., Ella C., William A., and Alexander F. He is a Republican in politics, and he and family are members of the Scotch Presbyterian church.


Hobkirk, Thomas F., Waddington, was born in Waddington, November 26, 1841. His parents were Adam Hobkirk, born in Scotland, November 10, 1796, and Elizabeth Furgeson, born March 9, 1801. They came to Waddington in 1830 and settled the farm now owned by Adam A. Hobkirk. They had ten children, of whom seven are now living: Jane, the oldest daughter who resides with Adam A. Hobkirk ; Mar- garet, wife of Andrew W. Rutherford, of Potsdam; Mary, wife of Robert Tait; Isabel, wife of John M. Rutherford ; and Christian, wife of Walter E. Elhott. Mr. Hobkirk was an elder in the Scotch Presbyterian church for many years. He died December 7, 1864, and his wife, April 18, 1871. Thomas F. was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of Waddington. He has always been engaged in farming and owns 136 acres, his principal business being dairying, keeping fifteen cows. Mr. Hobkirk married in 1869, Agnes G. Hargrave, a native of Madrid and


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a daughter of Joseph Hargrave, and they have had four sons and five daughters : Willis A., Joseph H., Libbie B., Mabel E., Ethel M., Ross T., Arthur E., and two de- ceased. Mr. Hobkirk is a Repubican and is now serving as assessor. He and wife are members of the Scotch Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Hobkirk has been a member since eighteen years of age.


Hale, Oscar H., Norfolk, was born in Norfolk on the farm he owns, February 6, 1835. His father was Ira, son of Moses Hale, a native of Vermont, where he was reared and educated. He married Freelove Barber, September 30, 1798, by whom he had six sons and three daughters. He came to Norfolk and settled on a farm, and here spent the remainder of his days. Ira Hale was born in Vermont, Feb- ruary 15, 1800, and in 1823 came to Norfolk and purchased twenty-five acres of land, where our subject now resides. The next year he settled where he resided until 1859, when he built a residence at North Stockholm, and there spent the remainder of his days. He married Amelia Judson, February 18, 1823. Her father was one of the early settlers of Norfolk, where he lived and died. Mr. Hale and wife have had these children : O. J. Hale, who in 1857 went to Milwaukee, where he lived until his death November 8, 1886. He was a prominent and wealthy man, and for a number of years was connected with the transportation business ; our subject and one daughter, Louisa D., wife of M. R. Knapp, of Stockholm. Mr. Hale owned about 600 acres of land. He was agent at Knapp's Station about thirty years, and was then en- gaged in the mercantile business a number of years. He was land agent for Mr. Constable forty years, was prominent in politics, was a Whig in an early day, and a Republican after its organization. He was supervisor of Norfolk several years, and also of Stockholm. He was justice of the peace a number of years. He died October 30, 1878, and his wife March 2, 1848. Oscar H. was reared on a farm and educated in the commnon and select schools of the town and St. Lawrence Academy. At eighteen years of age he engaged with his father in store and station at Knapp's Station. Mr. Hale took up farming and except in 1864 when with his brother in Mil- waukee in transportation business, has since followed that occupation. Where he resides he owns 470 acres of land, follows general farming, and keeps a dairy of thirty- six cows and 150 sheep. April 8, 1858, Mr. Hale married Margaret Gage, of Fairfield, Herkimer county, and daughter of Elijah B. Gage of the same place, but who settled in Norfolk in 1844, and spent his last days. Mr. Hale and wife have had four daughters : Ettie A., H. Louise, Margaret G., and Gertrude M. Mr. Hale has always been a Republican, has been an assessor nine years, and at present is supervisor of Norfolk, a position he has held for seven years in succession. Mr. Hale and wife are members of the Congregational church of Norwood, of which Mr. Hale has been clerk twelve years, and at present is one of the elders. Mr. Hale has been connected with County and State Grange, and was county deputy five years.


Hazelton, Thomas Jefferson, Gouverneur, was born in Fowler, December 8, 1816, and spent his early life in farming. He was eight years in the hotel business and some time in the mercantile line. Lately he has been engaged in the real estate business, and owns a farm still. He married first, Fannie Wight, in Fowler, N.Y., and their children are: Andrew Jackson and George Dallas Hazelton, His second wife, Fidelia


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(Saunders) Hazelton, is still living. Mr. Hazelton was supervisor of Fowler sev- ` eral years and was J. P. sixteen years. His father, Simeon was born in Upton, Mass., in 1783, and died in Fowler, August 15, 1877. His mother's name before marriage was Anna Haily, and she was born in Putney, Vermont.


Hutton, G. E., Gouverneur, was born in Macomb, August 2, 1865. His father was William Hutton, and his grandfather came from England. In 1890, Mr. G. E. Hutton married Anna D. Fox, daughter of G. W. Fox. In 1892 the partnership of McFerran & Hutton, grocers, etc., was formed and still exists. Mr. Hutton was one of the charter members of the Marble City Lodge of Foresters. His father and grandfather came from England.


Hali, Hezekiah Brewer, Potsdam, third son of Erastus and B. J. Hall, was born in the town of Louisville February 15, 1815. The early life of our subject was spent on the homestead farm. He was educated in the common schools, old St. Lawrence Acad- emy at Potsdam and Ogdensburg Academy at Ogdensburg. At sixteen years of age he was chief of a party of surveyors on the McVicker lands, of which his father was agent, and was engaged with his father and brother in lumber manufacture, farming and various enterprises until he was twenty-eight years of age. He married in Janu- ary, 1846, Jane, daughter of Bernard Armstrong, a native of Scotland, who at the time was a manufacturer of Raymondville. Mrs. Hall was born near Edinburgh, Scotland. After his marriage he started for himself at farming. In 1850 he went to California, where he engaged in mining for some months and then returned to his home. In 1863 he succeeded his father as agent for the McVicker lands in Norfolk and Louisville, a position which he held until 1891. In 1869 he sold his farm in Raymondville and moved to Norwood, where he has ever since made his home. He has now retired from active business. Mr. Hall is a member of the Congregational church at Raymondville. He has no living children. The present Mrs. Hall is a daughter of Lloyd C. Yale, for- merly a farmer and merchant of Norfolk. They have one adopted daughter, Katie W.


Heath, Almon D., Potsdam, was born in Adams March 5, 1854, a son of Luman, a farmer and mechanic of that town. Almon was seventeen years of age when he went to Watertown, where he was employed in the store of Johnson, Wiggins & Co. (now the firm of H. T. Snook & Co.). He was with them until 1882 when he came to Pots- dam and became a member of the firm of Davies, Heath & Barbour, which existed until 1884, when it was changed to Heath & Scott, who ran it until 1892. Mr. Heath is a member of Excelsior Lodge No. 548, I. O. O. F. He is a director of the People's Bank of Potsdam and also a director of the board of directors of the Potsdam Building and Loan Association. Mr. Heath married in November, 1880, Mary C. Hubbard of Wa- tertown.


Scott, Brayton T., Potsdam, was born in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence county, Octo- ber 21, 1859, a son of G. B. Scott, long connected with the tanning business in that town. Brayton was only four years old when his parents moved to Jefferson county, where they have ever since lived. He was educated at Ives Seminary at Antwerp and his first occupation after leaving school was as a clerk for Wiggins & Goodale in Wa- tertown, where he remained three years, then represented their interests in Potsdam for


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four years. He became a partner in their store April 1, 1888. Mr. Scott is a member of Racquette River Lodge No. 231, F. & A. M. He married in 1890, Maggie, daughter of Robert Wood, a miller of this town.


Holbrook, Giles Eliphlet, Potsdam, was born on a farm in Potsdam, March 19, 1839. The earliest ancestor we find trace of in this family is Eliphlet, grandfather of our sub- ject. He was a native of Vermont and emigrated to this county from Georgia, Vt., in 1809. He was a farmer by occupation and settled on a tract of land in Potsdam, where he reared a family of eleven children and spent the balance of his days. He died in 1823, at forty-nine years of age. Reuben Holbrook, father of our subject and the old- est son, was born in Georgia, Vt., June 3, 1804. He was educated in the common schools and at the death of his father the whole management of the family depended on him. He was always an ardent Republican, and a Universalist in belief. He mar- ried Mary Tousley, also a native of Vermont, and they had three children, two now living, Charles H., a railroad station agent of Brandon, Vt .. and Giles E. The early life of our subject was spent on the farm. He was educated in the common schools and old St. Lawrence Academy. After leaving school he taught for three win- ters and in the spring of 1863, engaged in mercantile business at Norfolk in partnership with E. H. Atwater. The parnership lasted until the fall of 1865, when Mr. Holbrook removed to Norwood and established a general store and since that time has continued in business there. With one exception it is the oldest business house in Norwood. In 1889 Mr. Holbrook purchased a portion of the B. G. Baldwin homestead, some thirty- two acres, within the corporate limits of the village of Norwood and has since de- voted his time to the laying out of streets and improvements of the property, by setting it into village lots, which he is now selling to prospective builders. Mr. Holbrook married in 1862, Janette E., daughter of Moses B. Hale of North Stock- holm, and they have one, son, Frederick S., for twelve years in the employ of the Central Vermont railroad, now manager of a hotel near the World's Fair grounds in Chicago.


Haig, J. A., Madrid, was born in Potsdam October 20, 1848, was educated in the common schools and St. Lawrence Academy, and entered college in 1869. He resided at Daily Ridge until the age of twenty. He came to Madrid in the fall of 1873 and be- came principal of the Madrid Union Free School. After teaching two years he went to Massena and became principal of that school, where he taught five years. Returning to Madrid in 1880, he entered the law office of C. R, McClelland. The school princi- palship being vacant, he entered the school and taught one year. In 1881 he was elected school commissioner of the second district of the county and served nine years, being twice re-elected. In the spring of 1891 he was elected supervisor, which office he has continued to fill since. He has also been justice of the peace for a period of ten years and was candidate for delegate to the national convention in 1892 and was sent as alternate from this Congressional district. He is a member of the Reformed Presby- terian church. July 12, 1876, Mr. Haig married Mary A. Hawley of Springfield, Vt., and they are the parents of four children : Ernest Hawley, born February 12, 1879; Alan Virgil, born July 22, 1881 ; Myron J., born September 25, 1885; and Helen Eliz- abeth, born May 12, 1888.


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Capell, Harvey A., Parishville, was born in Parishville June 15, 1820, on the farm he now owns. His father, William, was a native of Massachusetts, born January 25, 1787, who married Elizabeth Hayden and had eleven children. About 1810 Mr. Capell went to Canada and then came to this village, where he superintended a saw and grist mill for Mr. Parish, and later moved on the farm where our subject was reared. His wife died in Parishville April 3, 1834, and he moved to Ohio, where he died August 26, 1837. Harvey A. received a common school education and with the exception of nine years as traveling salesman has always been a farmer. He now owns 165 acres, having added seventy-seven acres to the original purchase of his father. He married Betsey Field, March 23, 1848. She is a native of Malone, N. Y., born November 17, 1824. Her father, Ebenezer, was a native of Rhode Island, born January 14. 1775, who married Lucinda Russell, a native of Connecticut, born November 10, 1783. They had thirteen children, twelve of whom grew to maturity. Mr. Field died January 20, 1853, and his wife August 11, 1848. Mr. and Mrs. Capell have had six children : Elma L., Orlando H., C. Elizabeth, William H., Mary E., and Vernon F., who died aged four years. Mr. Capell is a Republican and has been assessor three years. He and his wife are members of the Congregational church of Parishville ..


Dominy, Levi S., Massena. The great-grandfather of our subject, Nathaniel, was born on Long Island in the early part of the 18th century (on the paternal side) and was in the war of the Revolution, being located in New York. His grandfather, Will- iam, was born in the same place and was in the battle of Plattsburg in the war of 1812. His grandfather on the maternal side was on the staff of General Warren, and caught him when he fell at the battle of Bunker Hill. Levi, our subject, son of William and Betsey (Huntley) Dominy, was born October 23, 1831, in Beekmantown. Clinton coun- ty, N. Y., was educated at the common schools and graduated at the Albany Normal School in 1853. He then taught school nearly all the time until 1862 at a private acad- emy at West Chazy, N. Y. He was mustered into the U. S. service as captain of Co. B., 118th N. Y. Inf., August 29, 1862, at Plattsburg and went to Relay House, Md. On October 24, he went to Fort Ethan Allen, Va., and from there was detached on en - gineer duty, which he performed till December, 1862, when he accompanied his regi- ment to Washington, D. C. He was then detached and placed in charge of the Balti- more and Washington depot and Soldier's Retreat, where he remained until April 20, 1863, when he and his regiment were ordered to Suffolk, Va., where they participated in the engagement against General Longstreet. His regiment was ordered to York- town, Va., and subsequently participated in the expedition of Gen. J. A. Dix against Richmond. At the close of the expedition the regiment returned to Yorktown and the captain was detached on court-martial duty until October 7, 1862, when the regi- ment was ordered to Norfolk and the captain was detached on military commission. In early December the regiment removed to Newport News and he was detached on court martial and continued in that duty till February, 1864, when he and his regiment were in the movement under General Wister, who co operated with General Kilpat- rick in an effort to release the Union prisoners in Richmond. That movement proving a failure, his regiment was removed to Bower's Hill and the captain was again detached and placed in command of an infantry force which was to hold the outposts at Suffolk,


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Va. While there they had a severe engagement with the enemy, but held their posi- tion. On April 20 the regiment was ordered to Yorktown and became part of the forces known as the army of North Carolina and Virginia, commanded by Major Gen- eral Butler, He participated in the battle of Walthall Junction, Va. He took com- mand of his regiment during the battle of Drury's Bluff, which was a seveve one, the 118th lost 199 men out of a total of 320. May 27 the regiment took transport for White House, Va., from which point they joined the army of the Potomac and partici- pated in the battle of Cold Harbor, the captain in command of the regiment. On June 12 the regiment took transport from White House to Bermuda Hundred and partici- pated in the first attack on Petersburg, June 15, 1864. In August, 1864, the regiment was returned to the command of General Butler at Bermuda Hundred, where they re- mained until September 29, when they crossed the James river and carried Fort Harri- son. This is the only engagement of the 118th regiment in which the subject of this sketch did not participate, he being at the time absent with leave. He was promoted to major, September 16, 1864, to take rank from June 15, 1864; and to lieutenant- colonel, February 28, 1864, to take rank from September 16, 1864; and was brevetted colonel after the close of the war by Gov. Reuben E. Fenton, for gallant and meritorious services. On October 27, 1864, he commanded his regiment at the second battle of Fair Oaks, Va., after which he returned to Fort Harrison, where he was detached as president of court martial at headquarters of Gen. Charles Devens. On April 3, 1865, he was with his regiment at the capture of Richmond, where he remained till his regiment was mustered out, June 13, 1865. After the close of the war he entered the University of Albany in the department of law, from which he received the degree of L. B., May 26, 1866, and was admitted to the practice of his pro- fession. For several years he was superintendent of the "Queen of the Harvest" Manufacturing Company at West Chazy, N. Y. In 1882 he located at Massena and began the practice of law, and he still remains there. In politics he has always been a staunch Republican, and has been justice of the peace for seven years, on the board of education for nine years, etc. He married, first, Betsey, daughter of Simeon Hedding of Chazy, N. Y., November 6, 1852. She died August 7, 1873. For his second wife he married Fannie E., daughter of Cornelius De Witt of Fredonia, N. Y. They had one daughter, Belle, born July 4, 1880, and died July 21, 1881.




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