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Mr. and Mrs. Limber and family are mein- bers of the Methodist church, and Mr. Limber is a member of Buckley post, G. A. R., at Akron. In politics he is a republican and has held the office of township supervisor, but has been content rather to pursue a profitable pri- vate business than to trust to the precarious profits of public position, and in this respect he shows the sound sense for which he is given universal credit, as well as for his many other good qualities.
ORAIN H. LOCKERT. of Richfield, Summit county, Ohio, is one of the old soldiers of the Civil war, is a ie- spected citizen and the head of an ex- cellent family. He was born in Richfield township, January 24, 1840, a son of James
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and Minerva (Moon) Lockert, or, as the name was originally spelled, Lockhart. He received a common-school education, was reared as a farmer and enlisted August 29, 1864, in com- pany H, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, at West Richfield, Ohio, and was innstered in at Camp Cleveland, Ohio, and served until honorably discharged June 15, 1865, from the hospital at David's Island, New York harbor. He was in the battles of the Cedars, at Murfreesboro. Tenn., Fort Fi-her, Town Creek, Wilmingion, and in the last of the Atlanta campaign, and at Goldsboro.
Mr. Lockert was always an active soldier, prompt and cheerful in the discharge of his duty, and was in all the campaigns, battles, skirmishes and marches in which his regiment took part. He was not wounded, nor a prisoner, but at Raleigh, N. C., he was taken sick with camp fever and was in hospital at Raleigh and New Berne, N. C., thence taken on a hospital boat to David's Island, New York harbor, and was in hospital altogether about seven weeks. After the war Mr. Lock- ert returned to Richfield township and re- sumed farming. He married, January 6, 1870, in Richfield township, Helen Andrew, who was born December 17, 1844, in Boston town- ship, Summit county, Ohio, a daughter of Emanuel and Eleanor (Moffit) Andrew -- both natives of England, and who settled in Boston township at an early day, where Mr. Andrew died soon after arriving. Their children were Emanuel, Robert, Ada, Lydia and Helen, of whom Emanuel and Robert were both privates in the Eighty-second Ohio regiment during the Civil war, in the three years' service.
After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Lockert settled on their present farm of 116 acres. He has greatly improved his farm and built an attractive residence, and is a good, substan- tial farmer. To Mr. and Mrs. Lockert have
been born Harley L. and Wilbur H. In politics Mr. Lockert is a republican and is a member of A. N. Goldwood post, G. A. R., at West Richfield, Ohio, and he has held the office of senior vice-commander and quarter- master.
James Lockert, father of subject, was born in Galway, Saratoga county, N. Y., of Scotchi origin, was a farmer and came to Summit county, Ohio, and settled in Richfield town- ship about 1830 or 1832 and bought a small piece of land in the woods, which he cleared up, and then bought the farm where Lorain H. Lockert now lives. He married, in New York state, Miss Minerva Moon, also of American extraction, and the children born to this union were Elizabeth, Julia, Mary, Mi- nerva, James, Alexander and Lorain H. The father, James Lockert, was a member of the Baptist church and a deacon many years. In politics he was a republican and a strong Union man. He went to David's Island, N. Y. harbor, when subject was sick, took care of him for about one week, secured his discharge and brought him home, as he was not ex- pected to live. Mr. Lockert was a well- known and much respected citizen, and was township trustee one year. Lorain H. has also been township trustee five years and holds the office at the present time.
HARLES M. LUSK, of Hudson, Ohio, an ex-soldier of the Civil war, but now a respected farmer, de- scends from pioneers of Summit county.
His grandfather, Capt. Amos Lusk, came from Connecticut, settled in Hudson town- ship in 1801, when it was a wilderness, aud cleared up a farm. He was married in Stock- bridge, Conn., to Mary Adams, who was born
Charles Dr. Luck
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in Stockbridge May 15, 1768, a daughter of John Adams, who was a cousin of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. They were the parents of nine chil- dren, of whom Diantha, born January 12, 1801, was married to John Brown, of Osa- watomie, Kan., and Harper's Ferry fame, and by him she had five children-John, Jason, Ruth, Owen and Frederick.
In June, 1812, the little settlement of Hudson was startled by the announcement of the war with Great Britain. A company was formed at Hudson and surrounding townships and Amos Lusk was appointed captain of the company. The news reached Hudson that Hull had surrendered Detroit, and that the French and Indians in great numbers were making their way down the lake. The settle- ment was inuch excited, and preparations were made for placing the women and chil- dren in a place of safety, and the militia com- pany was summoned to the place of rendez- vous, and on a Sabbath morning Capt. Lusk paraded his company on the green and was prepared to act on the first order, when a messenger from Cleveland announced that the forces approaching were paroled troops of Gen. Hull. Later Capt. Lusk's company was ordered to old Portage, was placed under Gen. Wadsworth's command, and afterward was ordered to Hudson and Sandusky, and served three months, but saw no battle. Capt. Lusk settled in Hudson township on the farm now occupied by Charles M. Lusk. He cleared up a good farm from the woods, became a substantial citizen, and died May 24, 1813- aged forty years-from the effects of a fever contracted during the wai of 1812. His chil- dren were Minerva, Lorin, Edward, Milton 4 . and Sophia, who. married a Mr. Clow.
Milton A. Lusk, father of our subject, was born June 2, 1803, in Hudson, Ohio, on the homestead, received a pioneer education, was
reared a farmer, and learned the hatter's trade. He married, at the age of twenty-three, Dency Preston, born in Canton, Mass., and their children were Henry, Lorin, Charles, Lucy and Amos. Mrs. Lusk died, and he married Sallie Secoy (née Post), born Septem- ber 14, 1815, in Westbrook, Conn., a daugh- ter of Joshua and Mollie (Dee) Post. She was the eleventh daughter of a family of thirteen children --- all living to be over sixty years of age, with one exception.
Mr. and Mrs. Lusk had one daughter, Dency. Mr. Lusk was a substantial farmer, owning the old homestead of 116 acres and was a respected and industrious man, and was a strict abolitionist. His house was a station on the Under Ground railroad and he assisted in carrying runaway slaves to places of safety. He was a member of the Congregational church, a teacher and superintendent of the Sunday-school, and his father, Amos Lusk, was one of the founders of the first Congregational church at Hudson, September 4, 1802. He lived to the venerable age of eighty-one years, and died at Macedonia, Ohio, a highly re- spected citizen.
Charles M. Lusk, our subject, was born October 28, 1832, on the old homestead, re- ceived a common education and learned farm- ing. engineering and steam fitting. In Bed- ford, Ohio, at the age of twenty-seven years, in April, 1860, he married Mary J. Snow, a native of Independence, Ohio, and by her he had one child-Nellie E .--- the mother being now deceased. Mr. Lusk first settled in Bed- ford, Ohio, and then went to Newberg, where he was engineer at the State Lunatic asylum. He next returned to the home farm and en- listed. at Hudson, in December, 1863, in Capt. J. R. Sanford's company E, One Hun- dred and Twenty-eighth Ollio volunteer infan- try, to serve three years or during the war. and was honorably discharged at Columbus,
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Ohio, July 5, 1865, the war having closed. Most of his service was on johnson's Island, as guard at the celebrated prison for Confed- erate officers, and where there were at one time, 3,300 prisoners. Mr. Lusk assisted in calling the roll in the prison for eighteen months, and has a correct knowledge of the treatment of these men. He says that they were well supplied with United States blank- ets, and plenty of wood was furnished for fires. The prison was a stockade and barracks, and as good as was furnished for the guards. The food was good, with fresh bread daily and fresh meat was furnished three times a week, and other rations were abundant. They were furnished with tea and coffee until late in the war, when, as the Union prisoners were starv- ing in rebel prison-pens, these luxuries were shut off. Medical attendance was given them. Several plans were formed by the Confeder- ates for escape, but they were frustrated.
After his service, Mr. Lusk returned to Newberg, and was an engineer a few years; then was first engineer for the city work-house four years, and then engaged in steam fitting in Cleveland for three years; was next janitor of the Central high school at Cleveland, and afterward did repair work for the Cleveland board of education and followed stationary en- gineering. In June, 1895, he came to his present farm of thirty-five acres, which he had purchased the year previous, and built an at- tractive residence. Mr. Lusk married, for his second wife, Mrs. Jane Louise Nelson (née Giffin), born in Auburn, N. Y., a daughter of William and Jane W. Giffin.
Mr. and Mrs. Lusk had the following chil- dren: Nellie E., Rollin W. and Milton W. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lusk and Nellie, Rollin WV. and Milton W. are members of the Con- gregational church, and in politics Mr. Lusk is a republican. He is a member of the Knights of Honor of Cleveland, and at one time held
the office of financial reporter. He is also a member of Gen. W. T. Sherman post, G. A. R.
'OHN H. McCRUM, treasurer of the Akron Varnish company of Akron, Ohio, was born in Altoona, Blair county, Pa., July 3, 1865, and is a son of Ephraim B. McCrum, who was born at Mifflintown, Pa., October 7, 1833, and is a
son of John H. and Margaret M. (Grier) Mc- Crum, also natives of Mifflintown, Pa. The McCrum family was one of the earliest to set- tle in Juniata county. Pa. The grandfather of J. H. McCrum was a farmer and miller. He was very prominent in the whig party, was twice elected under its auspices to the Pennsylvania legislature, and died in 1854, at the comparatively young age of thirty-seven years.
The Grier family was also among the early
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settlers of Juniata county, the maternal great- grandfather of the subiect of this review hav- ing come from the north of Ireland. His wife bore the maiden name of Priscilla Mcclellan, and was a relative of the famous Houstons, of Texas, and also distantly related to a former president of the United States, James Bu- chanan. The grandparents of Mr. McCrum were members of the Scotch-Irish Presbyte- rian church, the father being a man of un- usual public spirit and active in all things that tended to the public weal.
John H. MeCrum was educated in the public schools of his native city, and shortly after his school days were over he entered an insurance company's office, where he per- formned clerical work for two years. In Janu- ary, 1882, he entered the office of the B. F. Goodrich company of Akron, Ohio, with which he held a position as clerk until the fall of 1883, when he accepted a situation as cor- responding clerk with the King Varnish com- pany, and in May, 1886, was elected its secre- tary. In 1889, in conjunction with D. R. Paige, he bought out this company, which was later incorporated as the Imperial Varnish company, and Mr. McCrum became its presi- dent. January 27, 1897, the Akron Varnish company was incorporated, with a paid-up capital stock of $250,000, as successors to Kubler & Beck and the Imperial Varnish com- pany, and is officered as follows: E. G. Ku- bler, president; J. M. Beck, vice-president and general superintendent; J. H. McCrum, treasurer, and S. H. Koliler, secretary, its plants being Factory A, corner of Main and State streets, and Factory B, on North Canal street.
Mr. McCrum has always been active in promoting the business interests of Akron since his residence in the city, has interests in its mercantile or manufacturing concerns, outside his interest in the Akron Varnish company,
and is altogether a wide-awake, up-to-date young man of business.
The marriage of Mr. McCrum took place January 14, 1891, to Miss Sarah E. Motz, daughter of Henry M. Motz, of Akron, and this happy union has been blessed by the birth of two children --- Ralph and Helen. The resi- dence of the family is at No. 208 Adolph av- enue, and a happier one is not to be found in Akron. In his politics Mr. McCrum is a stanchi republican, but has never sought offi- cial preferment.
OBERT ALEXANDER MCKENZIE, a respectable young farmer of North- ampton township, Summit county, was born in Holmes county, Ohio, April 25, 1861, a son of James and Nancy (Karr) Mckenzie. His grandparents, Brodie and Jane (Young) Mckenzie, were natives. respectively, of Scotland and Ireland, and were the parents of four sons and two daughters. Brodie Mckenzie came to America in 1818, and jane Young came to America with her parents, William and Elizabeth Young, here married and settled in Holmes county, Ohio, about 1823.
James McKenzie was reared a farmer and also learned the carpenter's trade. He served in the 100-day service in a Holmes county regiment of volunteer infantry during the Civil war, and in 1866 settled in Northampton, Summit county, where his death took place in 1 890. He had led an industrious, upright and honorable life, and had won the respect and good will of all his neighbors, without excep- tion. The nine children born to him and wife were named, in order of birth, Martha Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Sarah Ellen, Matilda Ann. Robert Alexander, William Gibson, Cle- menzie, Nora and John Calvin, of whom
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the younger two were born in Northampton township.
Robert A. Mckenzie, whose name opens this sketch. remained at home with his parents until eighteen years of age, when he hired out on a farm; two years later he began working at the carpenter's trade, and this trade he has followed ever since in connection with farm- ing. March 6, 1888, Mr. Mckenzie married Miss Irena May Wild, daughter of Frederick and Susan (Brumbaugh) Wild, of Northamp- ton township, and of whom more may be read in the metnoir of Solomon C. Wild, a brother of Mrs. Mckenzie, to be found on another page. Three children have blessed the mar- riage of Mr. and Mrs. Mckenzie, viz: Nancy Leota, born August 17, 1891; Olan Alex- ander, born November 3, 1892, and Ruth Irene, born November 20, 1895.
In 1896 Mr. Mckenzie bought a good farm of forty acres, on which he has already made many notable improvements, his skill as a car- penter coming into good play in this respect. As he had passed his early life on his father's farm, he is as well qualified for the calling of an agriculturist as he is for following his trade of carpenter, and his success in the former will be merely a matter of time. In politics Mr. Mckenzie is a stanch republican, and with his wife is a member of the United Pres- byterian church. He is very popular in his township, is respected as an upright citizen, and esteemed as an industrious young man who has earned his property by his personal efforts.
B RYAN MARTIN, one of the old sol- diers of the Civil war and a popular and careful official of Northfield town- ship, Summit county, Ohio, was born January 6, 1829, in county Meath, Ireland, a son of Patrick and Elizabeth (Kiernan) Mar-
tin. Mr. Martin received his education in Ireland and came to America when a young man, embarking at Liverpool, England, March 29, 1849, on the good ship Silas Greenwood, and landing in New York city May 4, 1849. Mr. Martin came directly to Ohio, via the canal and steamboat. He worked on the state boat three years, making repairs on the Miami & Erie canal, and also worked at farm work until July 5, 1854, when he married Miss Mary Howard, who was born in county Wick- low, Ireland, in March, 1834, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Highington) Howard. Benjamin Howard was an English soldier and was at the battle of New Orleans. He mar- ried in Ireland, and his children were Ben- jamin, Thomas, Edward, Catherine, Ann and Mary. Mrs. Martin's mother died when Mrs. Martin was about two years old and the latter was reared by her father until twelve years of age, when she came to America, in 1847, with her brother Thomas and her sisters Catherine and Ann, and settled in Northfield township.
After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Martin settled in Northfield township, and Mr. Martin was engaged in various kinds of work until 1865, when he enlisted, at. Cleveland, February 15, 1865, for one year or during the war, in com- pany B, One Hundred and Eighty-eighth regi- ment Ohio volunteer infantry, Capt. John H. McGrath, and served in Tennessee at Mur- freesboro and Tullahoma. Mr. Martin was company clerk, and after a month's service was detailed to be clerk at Gen. Dudley's headquarters, in Tullahoma, as he wrote a clear and beautiful hand, and served in this position until honorably discharged, Septem- ber 22, 1865. Mr. Martin then. returned to Ohio and engaged in farming, bought his present premises in 1881, and now has a pleasant home. A republican in politics, he was elected assessor of Northfield township, in 1882, and has held this office to the satis-
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faction of the people since that time. His books are very clearly and nicely kept in the
plainest of old-fashioned handwriting. To Mr. and Mrs. Martin have been born Thomas, September 4, 1855; John, October 4, 1857; Mary E., November 22, 1859; Bryan, Febru- ary 5, 1861; Catherine, July 13, 1863; George, February 16, 1865: Ellen, July 14. 1869; Hattie A., October 14, 1870; Jeannette, No- vember 17, 1871, and Emma M., September 4, 1874. Mr. Martin is a member of George L. Watterman post, G. A. R., at Peninsula, and has always been an industrious and respected citizen, well known for his straight- forward dealings and honest character.
ILLIAM M. MARTIN, of West Richfield. Summit county, and an old soldier of the Civil war, who has reared an excellent family. springs paternally from sterling Irish ancestry and on the maternal side of sturdy Penns. 1- vania-Dutch stock. He was born May 7, 1839, in Wayne county, Ohio, on a farm four miles north of Wooster, on the old mud pike, a son of William I). and Abigail (Fetterman) Martin. Hle received a common-school education, was feared to farming, and enlisted when about twenty-one years of age, at Marshallsville, Wayne county, Ohio, September 25, 1861, in company G, Sixteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, to serve three years or during the war, under Capt. Hamilton Richardson and afterward under Capt. Philip Smith, and was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, November 1, 1864, having served one month, five days, over time. In February, 1862, he was engaged in general reconnoitering at Cumberland Gap, and August 6, 1862, had sharp fighting against a urprise force at Tazewell, Tenn. December 27, 28, 29, was engaged in the battle at Chick- asaw Bayou, where the regiment lost very
heavily in killed, wounded and missing. In a charge, December 29, Lieut .- Col. Kershner, eleven company officers and 139 men were taken prisoners. January 11, 1863, Mr. Mar- tin was at the battle of Arkansas Post; April 29, he witnessed the bombardment of Grand Gulf; May I, he was engaged in the fight at Port Gibson; May 16, 1863, took part in the battle of Champion Hills; May 17, 1863, was in the battle at Black River Bridge; May 19, was in the first charge in the rear of Vicksburg; May 28, was engaged in a general and bloody charge on the enemy, Shotwell, at Vicksburg; July 6, left with the expedition in pursuit of Johnson, and arrived at Jackson, Miss., July 10. Our subject was not in this battle, hav- ing been taken prisoner, with seventy-one of his comrades, while acting as guard near Clin- ton, Miss., but was paroled five days later, the rebels being surrounded at Brandon, Miss. Mr. Martin was sent to St. Louis, Mo., thence to Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, Louisville, Ky., and New Orleans, La., where he was ex- changed in November, 1863, and rejoined his regiment there. In April, 1864, he was on the Red River expedition, and was in many skir- mishes near Alexandria, while company G was engaged in constructing the famous dam across the Red River, after which they were in camp, most of the time on the Mississippi, until dis- charged. Mr. Martin was always an active soldier, was not sick in hospital and was prompt and cheerful in the discharge of all his duties. He was in all the battles, skirmishes and campaigns and marches in which his regi- ment took part, except when a prisoner on parole.
After the war, Mr. Martin returned to Stark county. Ohio, and September. 17, 1872, married Susan Miller, who was born at Bryan, Williams county, Ohio, July 10, 1855, a daughter of fienry and Mary (Taylor) Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Marcin located in Stark county,
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Ohio, at Canal Fulton, and Mr. Martin engaged in drilling for coal and farming and threshing. In 1884 he came to Summit county and worked at Cuyahoga Falls in the rivet works three years, and in 1887 came to Richfield and farmed, and bought his present farm six years later. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have had born to them the following children: Adam I., Clifford D., Ethel M. and Edward W. In politics he is a republican, and is a member of Goldwood post, No. 104, G. A. R., at Richfield, in which he has held the office of senior vice-com- mandcr. He is also a member of the Knights of Maccabees. Mrs. Martin is a member of the Presbyterian church.
William D. Martin, father of William M., was born in Lancaster county, Pa., a son of a native of Ireland, who came to Pennsylvania be- fore the war of the Revolution, in which he was a soldier. William D. Martin was a farmer and married in Wayne county, Ohio, where he came when a young man. He had been a soldier in the war of 1812. His wife, Abigail Fullerman, was of Pennsylvania-Dutch stock, and a daugliter of Peter Fullerman-a farmer of Wayne county. To Mr. and Mrs. Martin were born the following children: William M., Francis M., Peter C., Susan and Lorinda. In politics Mr. Martin was a democrat. He died in Canal Fulton, aged seventy-seven years, a member of the Lutheran church. He had two sons in the Civil war. Francis M. was in the One Hundred and Fourth regiment, company A, Ohio volunteer infantry, in the three years' service and was wounded in battle, being in the Atlanta campaign and with Sherman to the sea.
Mrs. William M. Martin is the daughter of Henry Miller, who was born in Lebanon county, Pa., and is from an old Pennsylvania- Dutch family. His children were Susan, Franklin, Nora, Mary J., Nathan and Edward C. Mr. Miller was a fariner and moved from
Pennsylvania to Ohio and settled in Williams county, where he married. He then made his home in Stark county, where lie died, aged sixty-three years, and was a hard-working, in- dustrious man, respected by all who knew him.
AMES E. MARQUITT, of West Rich- field, Ohio, an old soldicr of the Civil war and a prominent farmer and re- spected citizen, was born in Hinckley township, Medina county, Ohio, June 20, :835, a son of Zachariah and Susan (Seaton) Marquitt. He received a good, common- school education and taught school six years in Berea. Hinckley and Brunswick. He en- listed at Brunswick, June 22, 1862, in com- pany K, One Hundred and Third regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, to serve three years or during the war, served out his time and was honorably discharged at Cleveland, Ohio, August 22, 1865, having been mustered out at. Raleigh, N. C. He was in the battles of Cov- ington, Ky., during Morgan's raid, shirmishcs at Georgetown, Lexington, Frankfort, Louis- ville, Bowling Green, Danville, all in Ken- tucky, and at Stanford, Crab Orchard, Somer- set, and he was with Burnside on the moun- tains of east Tennessee, and during this raid every man carried fifteen days' rations. There was skirmishing at Knoxville, Tenn., and there the regiment struck the railroad, having marched between 300 and 400 miles. and Mr. Marquitt was much worn out and much weakened by dysentery. After de- stroying the railroad from Knoxville to Lou- don, Tenn., they went into Knoxville, guarded the city for about one month and were hemmed in by the rebels nineteen days on one-fourth rations and suffered greatly from hunger. They were in this vicinity until the spring of 1864 then went from Knoxville to Chattanooga, joined Gen. Sherman, and were
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all through the Atlanta campaign. He was in the battles of Dalton, Resaca, Pumpkinvine Creek, Buzzard's Roost, Renesaw Mountain, and in the battle in which Gen. McPherson was killed and saw him carried from the field, and he was also in the great general battle be- fore Atlanta and in the battle at Jonesboro, and then his regiment went after Hood, and was in the battles of Franklin and Nashville; they followed Hood to Clifton and took part in the battle, and then took transports to Louisville, Ky. Being transferred to Cincin- nati, Ohio, by rail, they went to Washington, D. C., and Alexandria, Va., and saw at the latter place the hotel in which Col. Ellsworth was shot; they next took transports from Alexandria to Fort Fisher and were in the bombardment of that fort and were in a skir- mish at Smithville, N. C., where they captured 400 prisoners and fought through to Wilming- ton, N. C., which they captured. They had fighting at New Berne and shirmishing through to Raleigh, N. C. (Mr. Marquitt being color bearer by detail) and here his regiment cap- tured rebel Gov. Vance, whom Mr. Marquitt and four comrades and an officer, Lieut. Spencer, were detailed to take to Washing- ton, where they turned him over to Sec .- of- War Stanton. Gov. Vance gave each of the guards $20, Confederate money, and said: "Boys, if these were greenbacks I would see that you fared better." When they turned him over to Stanton, the secretary, seeing the lieutenant in charge had a furlough home, said, "Boys, would you not like a furlough home?" and gave them free transportation home and back to their command by any route they chose to take. Mr. Marquitt re- joined his regiment at Raleigh, N. C., but the war was closed. They took boat via the "cean to Baltimore, took train on the Pennsyl- vania Central, and eighteen miles from Altoona a car wheel broke and piled up several cars,
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