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was Assessor at one time ; he has always led a harmless and peaceable life.
FISHER, IRWIN D., merchant, Bellville, Ohio; he was born in Bellville Dec. 5, 1844, and, during his early life, assisted his father in managing a meat market; he received his education in Bellville, with the exception of one year at the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity and one year at Elyria, Ohio. He was married to Barilla Elston, who was a daughter of William Elston, Sr., and she was born in Andover, Mass., Sept. 11, 1845 ; she came with her parents to Ohio in 1845; they were married Nov. 14, 1866, and the following are the names of their children: Burke, born Aug 26, 1867; Willie, Jan. 23, 1869; Addie, Sept. 17, 1872; Fred, March 3, 1874; Rose, May 2, 1876; Mary E., Dec. 12, 1878. In 1867, Mr. Fisher formed a business relation with J. Weaver and embarked in the produce and grocery business ; after they dissolved partnership, one of his brothers became his partner, and this firm in turn was succeeded by Fisher & Neily ; in 1876, Mr. Fisher assumed control of the business and has success- fully conducted it to the present, and the house of Irwin D. Fisher is one of the first groceries in the village; he was Village Clerk three years and Councilman four, and is a member of the Masonic Lodge. Mr. Fisher's father, Daniel Fisher, was born in Schuylkill Co., Penn., Oct. 24, 1816; he learned the tanner's trade; in 1840, he com- menced to butcher in Bellville and continued in the business about thirty years. He was married, Feb. 13, 1844, to Mary E. Poppleton, who was born in Knox Co. June 18, 1824, and the children born to them were the subject of this sketch, Julia, Samuel and Frank.
FITTING, FREDERICK M , was born in Knox Co., one-half a mile south of Ankneytown, Oct. 27, 1810. His father came to this place in 1802, and, in 1813, moved into Jefferson Township, on Sec. 33 ; a few years later, he purchased land adjoining this on the west, on which he died. Casper Fitting came from Chester Co., Penn., to Knox Co. The subject of this sketch was brought up on a farm, and agriculture has been his main occupation in life, and he has made Bellville his home, with one or two exceptions, to the present; in 1830, he commenced to deal in Western land and has given his attention to it ever since ; he now owns about 1,000 acres; in 1838, he became interested in a dry- goods store in Bellville, and continued in this line here and in Worthington Township about ten years; in 1847, he built the mill west of Bellville ; in 1850, he took the contract of building the S., M. & N. R. R. from Mansfield to Bellville; he commenced work in January, 1850, and arrived at Bellville in August of the same year ; he did a greater part of the grading, built the bridges and laid the iron; he also furnished the ties for the road six miles below Bellville ; Mr. Fitting never received but a small amount of his dues, losing about $20,000 ; in 1875, he built an excellent residence in Bellville. He was married to Ruth Markey July 28, 1838, and to them two daughters were born, one of whom is living.
FREDERICK, CHRISTIAN. Mr. Frederick's par- ents, Jacob Frederick and Esther Prinkle, moved from Bedford Co., Penn., to Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, in 1813, where he was born. In 1828, he came with his parents to Knox Co .; his father died in Knox Co., in the 79th
year of his age, and his mother is yet alive (1880) and is 85 years old. Mr. Frederick was brought up on a farm, and at the age of 29 began work at carpentering, laboring six months under instruction, after which he contracted jobs on his own responsibility ; for thirty- five years it was his principal employment, during which time he constructed ten bridges across the Clear Fork, fifteen large barns and a large number of dwell- ing-houses and other buildings. After marriage, he re- sided sixteen years in Knox Co., and then moved into Jefferson Township and assumed control of the Green- wood mill, in which he put a carding machine, and in connection operated a saw-mill; in 1865. he bought a farm, being a part of Sec. 12, on which he moved and has lived to this date. He was born Nov. 16, ISI7; Esther Divelbiss was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Oct. 30, 1822; her father's name was Michael Divelbiss, and her mother's Margaret Swank. Mr. Frederick was married Oct. 11, 1840; children-Lydia was born Sept. 17, 1847; Eli, born Aug. 24, 1843; James, born Dec. 31, 1845; Thomas, born Oct. 7, 1848; Marilla, born March 8, 1851; Mary E., born Jan. 27, 1853; Margaret A., born Sept. 1, 1855; Amanda J., born March 4, 1858 ; John M., born May 13, 1860; Calvin E., born Oct. 21, 1862; Lucinda, born Nov. 12, 1866; Marilla died Oct. 4, 1851 : Lydia married John Ware- ham ; Mary, William S. Charles ; Margaret, Jacob B. Leckron ; Elias, James and Thomas went to the army as substitutes ; James was in the Potomac army, and the remaining two in the Cumberland ; Elias was in many battles, and had eight bullet-holes put through his garments and had his hat shot off once.
FRY, AMOS, farmer; resides on a part of Sec. 23. He was born in York Co., Penn., where he was raised and remained until 1850 ; he then moved to Blair Co., in which he lived till 1863, when he prepared and came to this county, arriving at Bellville the 3d of March ; he at once settled on the farm he now owns, and has given his attention almost wholly to farming and stock growing; he is a charter member of the Jefferson Grange, and has been an active member of the Order; he is also a surveyor of the Patron's Mutual Relief As- sociation. Amos Fry was born Feb. 4, 1830; Eliza- beth Hetrick was born March 10, 1836; they were married June 26, 1852; children-Daniel was born Feb. 27, 1854; Jacob, born June 15, 1856; Levi, born June 10, 1858; Sarah, born April 11, 1860; Jonathan, born Nov. 25, 1861; Mary Elizabeth, born March 23, 1864; Ulysses G., born Jan. 17, 1866: Eli C., born Sept. 5, 1868 ; Manda, born July 16, 1870; Manuel, born April 3, 1874; Verda May, born Sept .. 4, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Fry are members of the Lu- theran Church.
GARBER, SAMUEL ; the progenitor of an industri- ous and well-known family of Garbers. His father probably resided in York Co., Penn., when the subject of this sketch was born, and possessed an extraordinary taste for hunting ; he usually kept a large number of horses and hounds, which worked in well with this sort of life ; the horses were likely not kept solely for the purpose of hunting, as he made a business of purchas. ing "old skeletons," which he fattened upon a mixture made of red-ant hills, and some kind of forage boiled together. He enlisted during the war of 1812, and his
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relatives never again heard from him. He had three sons, named respectively John, Samuel and David. John moved to lowa in an early day, where he died. David resides in this township, and his biography is elsewhere given. Samuel, whose name heads this sketch, was born May 8, 1804, and, during his early boyhood, his mother moved to Bedford Co., Penn., where he was placed in the care of a relative named Mock. He was then about 12 years of age, but the cruel treatment that he received could not be endured, and he returned to the care of his mother, who was then married to Samuel Brawlier. He remained in Pennsylvania, working on the shoe-bench and teaming over the mountains until 1821, when he emigrated with Jacob Mock to Ohio. He worked at shoemaking a short time in this country. He finally engaged himself as a laborer to John Leedy, and made his home with him, where he remained until he was married to Catharine Leedy, his daughter. This transpired Sept. 17, 1825. Their first years were spent on Sec. 28, Jefferson Township, 80 acres of which he entered. Selling this, he bought a part of Sec. 34, on which he lived until the fall of 1851, when he moved upon his father-in-law's farm. In 1863, he bought 192 acres of the north western part of Sec. 13, on which he has since lived. His wife, Catharine Leedy, was born April 9, 1809. Children- John was born Dec. 11, 1826; Levi, March 13, 1828; David, April 3, 1831 ; Lewis, June 11, 1833; Jehu, Oct. 29, 1835 ; Elizabeth, Jan. 10, 1838; Jackson, Jan. 17, 1841; Washington, April 12, 1843; Theodore, Aug. 9, 1845 ; Mary E., Feb. 14, 1848; Benton, April 16, 1850; Mina, Sept. 5, 1854. Deaths-Levi died April 27, 1850, of spotted fever, while attending school in Bellville, and was buried before his friends knew of his death ; Mina, June 30, 1855 ; David, April 5, 1865. The mother died Oct. 24, 1879. Mr. Garber and wife passed their lives in industry, and they leave an exem- plary record, as citizens and parents.
GARBER, LEWIS L., farmer; resides on a part of Sec. 33, four miles south of Bellville ; he is a son of Samuel Garber, ; was brought up a farmer ; worked at the carpenter trade from his 21st to his 25th year, and in 1873 commenced bricklaying as a trade, in connec- tion with farming. He did the brickwork on the Jef- ferson Hall, and half on the Town Hall in Bellville ; he built a fine residence on his farm in 1863, and re- built it in 1878 ; he was born June 11, 1832, and was married to Mary, daughter of John Mock, April 24, 1856; she was born Dec. 17, 1837. Children-Calvin, born Feb. 12, 1857, died six days after ; Mary Alice, March 16, 1858; Hortense, Feb. 16, 1862; Al- wilda, June 4, 1864 ; Luella, July 4, 1866; Jerry, Feb. 12, 1872 ; child not named, July 24, 1879. After marriage, they first lived on his father's farm ; in 1860, he bought his present homestead. Mr. Garber was a charter member of the Jefferson Grange, No. 256. He and his wife are communicants of the Universalist Church.
GARBER, JOHN L., farmer : resides on a part of Sec. 33 ; he was born in Jefferson Township, and brought up on a farm. At the age of 20 years, he commenced to work at the carpenter trade. In 1848, he went with others to Iowa and worked at millwrighting. In 1851, he returned, and, in Richland and Knox Cos., built four-
teen dwelling-houses, besides numerous other buildings. Mr. Garber was born Dec. 11, 1826. His companion, Mary Swank, was born Oct. 21, 1830 ; they were married Aug. 27, 1854; children-Zeruiah was born March 24, 1855; Elizabeth, Feb. 5, 1857; a son, Dec. 15, 1858 ; Samuel M., Nov. 29, 1859; Catharine E., April 16, 1861; Florence, Feb. 15, 1865 ; Verda, March 6, 1867 ; Charles, Feb. 23, 1869; Elvyra, April 27, 1871 ; Walter, July 11, 1873. Deatlıs-a son, died Jan. 2, 1859 ; Catharine, March 20, 1862; Charles, Dec. 10, 1870 ; Elvyra, May 24, 1872. After marriage, Mr. Garber bought a farm in Worthington Township, and moved on it in March, 1855. The next fall, he returned to Jef- ferson Township, and, in 1856, purchased the farm on which he now resides. He has been a successful farmer, and is well fixed. He built his dwelling-house in 1861. He is a charter member of the Jefferson Grange. He and his wife united with the Universalist Church shortly after marriage.
GARBER, DAVID L., deceased ; he was born April 3, 1831, in Jefferson Township, in which he resided till death ; he was married to Susan Leedy, April 8, 1852, who was a daughter of Abraham Leedy, and was born June 7, 1830 ; their children are Aaron, born Jan. 18, 1853; Elihu, Oct. 6, 1854; James Franklin, Oct. 12, 1856; Martha E., June 17, 1858 ; Jennie A., July 19, 1860; Levi, Sept. 19, 1862; Ezra, Aug. 15, 1864. Ezra died Jan. 10, 1865, and his father April 5, 1865. Mr. Garber pursued the avocation of agriculture and stock-growing during his life ; he was member of the church of Christian Brethren. The four sons cultivate the farm known as the John Leedy farm, containing over 230 acres, and are the editors and proprietors of the Richland Star, published at Bellville. Jennie was married to Edwin Crain, Nov. 13, 1879.
GARBER, JEHU L., was born and brought up in Jefferson Township, on a farm ; in early life he taught a few terms of school, and from that time he occupied no position to bring his name prominently before the public until he arrived at middle age; in 1873, the Grange movement commenced to receive the attention of farmers, and he became interested and took a prom- inent part in establishing Jefferson Grange, and became its first Secretary ; he was also the first State Deputy ; he was active in the formation of the Patrons' Mutual Relief Association, prepared its constitution, and the success of the institution is largely due to his efforts, and to this time he has been its Secretary ; he moved on a part of Sec. 34 in 1864, and is giving his attention to stock-growing and agriculture. He was born Oct. 29, 1835, and his wife, Susan Rebecca Wallace, March 20, 1837 ; she was a daughter of George Wallace, and her birthplace was Dauphin Co .; Penn. ; her parents settled in Knox Co., Ohio, about the year 1852; they were married June 19, 1856, and their children are Ella, born Dec. 27, 1856; Irene, Dec. 18, 1858 : Clara Alice, Sept. 17, 1860; Ida May, March 27, 1862; Horatio S., July 5, 1864; Charles, Oct. 15, 1866 ; William J., March 6, 1868; John M., June 7, 1870: George Wallace, July 7, 1874; Mertie E., April 16, 1876; Mamie Della, Sept. 3, 1878. Charles died April 16, 1867. Mrs. Garber became a member of the United Brethren Church when young; they both became members of the Universalist Church
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about ten years ago ; Mr. Garber erected a large brick residence on his farm in 1875.
GARBER, JACKSON L., a son of Samuel Garber, was born in Jefferson Township. and brought up on a farm; he attended the Bellville High School during the winters of 1860 and 1861; the following winter, he taught school, and, during the summer of 1862, traveled in Michigan, Canada West, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Indiana ; he kept a grocery and bakery in Mt. Gilead a part of 1865 and 1866; he sold out and came to Bellville and entered into partnership with Markey & Garber, changing the firm name to Markey, Garber & Co .; he continued this relation till 1867 : after marriage, he moved to Pierceton, Ind., where he opened a shoe store ; after being there a short time, he had to contend against a severe spell of the typhoid fever, which was followed by ague ; he returned to Ohio in December, 1869, and followed school teaching several years ; in the summer of 1871, he visited Florida in search of a home, but without finding a desirable place ; in March, 1873, he moved to Missouri, and is now cul- tivating a fruit and vegetable farm in St. Louis Co .; he has taught ten terms of school. Mr. Garber was born Jan. 17, 1841 ; Mary E. Rummel, daughter of David J. Rummel, was born in Tiffin, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1847; they were married Nov. 24, 1867 ; they have one child -Harley D., who was born Feb. 12, 1879.
GARBER, W. L., was born in Jefferson Township April 12, 1843; he grew up on a farm ; when arriving to manhood, he attended the high school at Bellville a short time; in the winter of 1860-61, he taught school in Knox Co .; he kept a few terms afterward; he con- tinued to work at farming till 1866, when he formed a partnership with A. J. Markey and opened a dry-goods store in Bellville ; they continued doing business a short time under the name of Markey & Garber, and then Jackson Garber entered as a third partner ; the firm dissolved in 1868, and the subject of this sketch went on his father-in-law's farm and cultivated it four years ; Oct. 10, 1872, he embarked as a salesman or wholesale agent for a powder house, at which he is yet engaged, traveling over the south part of Ohio and a portion of Indiana ; he moved his family to Columbus in November, 1872. He was married to Ann Amanda Rummel, daughter of David J. Rummel and Mary Klise, April 7, 1867 ; she was born June 12, 1841; children-Alberta D., born March 15, 1869; Edith Z., Feb. 13, 1872. Mr. Garber and wife are members of the Universalist Church ; he is also a member of the Masonic Fraternity.
GARBER, THEODORE ; resides about two and a half miles east of Bellville, on Sec. 13 ; he was born in Jef- ferson Township and brought up on a farm ; he attended school at Bellville a few terms and commenced to teach in the fall of 1864 and taught five terms. He is an active and official member of the Universalist Church. He was a charter member of the Jefferson Grange, in which he has held various offices ; and an industrious and successful farmer; his house upon his well-im- proved homestead was built in 1870, and the barn in 1878. Mrs. Garber's maiden name was Martha Celestia Lee, and she is a daughter of Ebenezer Lee and Jane C. Long ; her parents lived in Wayne Co. at the time of her birth, and removed to Richland Co. in 1852; Mr.
Garber was born Aug. 9. 1845; they were married Oct. 14, 1869; children-Lee, was born April 14, 1871 ; Elbert Glenn, June 20, 1872; Lloyd M., in April, 1876; a girl, July 24, 1879; Lee died Sept. 10, 1871. Mrs. Garber is also a member of the Universalist Church and Jefferson Grange.
GARBER, BENTON L., farmer. He was born and brought up in Jefferson Township, and upon a farm ; after attending several terms of high school in Bellville, he taught during the winter of 1871-72. On Oct. 12, 1872, he was married, and for some time resided with his father : he then purchased some thirty acres adjoin- ing his father's farm, on which he moved and im- proved; in November, 1879, he again moved on his father's farm ; he was born April 16, 1850; his wife, Lizzie E. Elston, was born June 6, 1854; her birth- place is Provincetown, Mass., from which State her parents came to Bellville in 1855 ; her father was born in England ; their children are Edna, born Aug. 19, 1873; Catharine, born Nov. 22, 1875 ; J. Heber, born Nov. 21, 1877. Mr. Garber and wife united with the Universalist Church in 1873; they are also charter members of Jefferson Grange.
GARBER, DAVID, farmer; born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Sept. 26, 1806, and came to Ohio in 1823; he worked at the shoe trade some when young. He mar- ried Eve Kusard in the fall of 1827; she was born April 7, 1806, and came from Pennsylvania with Daniel Hetrick ; Mr. Garber's first investment in real estate was made in Worthington Township, where he bought 70 acres and paid for it out of earnings made with a hoe and ax; after marriage, he moved the first time on a one-horse sled ; they were fortunate enough to have a bed, a knife and a fork apiece, but no chairs or table ; blocks of trees served as chairs, and an old chest as a table; he is now well fixed; the greater number of their children are dead; the living are Sarah, born Feb. 20, 1833; Samuel K., born March 21, 1842: Susan, born July 29, 1845.
GARBER, SAMUEL K., farmer, was born in Jeffer- son Township March 22, 1842. He was married to Eunice Carpenter, in Crestline, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1863 ; she was born Sept. 16, 1841; her parents came to Holmes Co., this State, from New York, and lived but a short time afterward, and she was brought up by Hugh Oldfield, living near Crestline. She united with the Baptist Church early in life, and from that she received letters to the Evangelical Church, of which she is yet a communicant; Mr. Garber is a member of the Univer. salist Church, to which he united in the fall of 1870; he was also a charter member of the Jefferson Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry. Children-Mary Celinda was born May 5, 1865; David Oliver, born July 28. 1868; an infant born and died in 1875.
GEDDES, JOHN W. Ile commenced life as a brick- maker and teamster ; in 1852-53, he filled the position of an engineer in Indiana. He married Elizabeth Zent Nov. 3, 1855, and then went to Noble Co., Ind., where they commenced to keep house, and he purchased a share in a steam saw-mill. after managing a farm one year ; he retained his interest in the mill about three years, and then went to farming ; after giving this his attention for about thirteen years, he then returned to Richland Co., and in 1876 he bought a part of Sec. 22,
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in Jefferson Township, on which he now lives. Mr.
Geddes' father was born in New York State. Ile was born March 3, 1837 ; his wife, Elizabeth Zent, was born May 22, 1836; children-Mary Lodema was born Sept. 2, 1856; Sarah Lovina, born Sept. 16, 1858; Isaac Alonzo, born June 13, 1861 ; Susan L., born Sept. 16, 1864; Emma Louisa, born Feb. 14, 1866; George Or- ville, Dec. 28, 1874; he died Sept. 11, 1875.
GIBSON, HIRAM E., farmer, carpenter and machin- ist ; he owns a part of Sec. 31, on which his residence is located ; he came from Frederick Co., Md., to Jeffer- son Co., Ohio, with his parents, in the year 1815; in 1818, his parents moved to Knox Co., near the Richland Co. line, and subsequently bought land in both counties. He commenced to work at the carpenter trade about the age of 20 years, and made it his exclusive occupation for nearly twenty years, and at times employed three or four hands ; in the winter season, he gave his atten- tion to the manufacture of furniture; in 1849, he took a position in a machine-shop in Fredericktown, where he remained about three years. Mr. Gibson was born Oct. 1, 1812, and was first married to Elizabeth Elliott, in the fall of 1835; her parents came from Frederick Co., Md., and settled in northern Knox Co .; she was born in February, 1813; they resided first in Richland Co. one year, and then in Knox until the death of his wife, which occurred July 17, 1843 ; he moved his fam- ily to his father's, where it remained until his death, he then built a house on his present farm and moved in it the fall of 1853 ; he built a steam saw-mill on his premises soon after. The second time he was married, Feb. 27, 1855, to Hannah Woodward, who was born Aug. 1, 1815, in Montgomery Co., Md., and immigrated to Richland Co. in 1833 ; his children were five in num- ber and none except the youngest one is living ; his last wife is a member of the Church of England ; he was brought up in the Quaker faith ; Mr. Gibson has frequently been Township Trustee, and on jury ; he was a juror in the famous Lunsford-Robinson murder trial.
GILMORE, ELIZA. She was a daughter of Chris- tian Swank; he was born in Pennsylvania June 9, 1791; Susannah Downey was born Jan. 4, 1800; they were married in March, 1822 ; Mr. Swank came to Knox Co., Ohio, in 1818 ; their children are Eliza, born Feb. 19, 1824; George, born April 13, 1825; H. D., born April 9, 1827 ; Mary, born Jan. 11, 1829; Susannah, born Oct. 5, 1835; father died Oct. 19, 1869; mother died Oct. 5, 1857. Eliza Swank was married to Na- thaniel Gilmore June 9, 1859, and had one child, namely, Casper Nathaniel, born July 22, 1860; Nathaniel Gil- more died July 22, 1860, at the age of 38 years.
GURNEY, OLIVER H., was born in Waldo Co., Me., and is a son of Samuel Gurney, and his mother's name before marriage was Jane Cross; his parents moved to Jefferson Township in 1839 ; at the age of 16, he commenced to work on the Sandusky, M. & N. Railroad as a brakeman, and in three months became a baggage-master, and in three years a conductor; he was agent four years at the station of Bellville, and in 1862 and 1863, he embarked in the manufacture of rakes, and again did the station business some time ; he again went on the road as conductor, and ran the first passenger train out of Chicago on the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad ; he retired from the road April 1, 1878. In 1876, he and his son opened a hardware store in Bellville; he is now leading rather a retired life, in the enjoyment of home and social surroundings ; he was born June 10, 1835, and was married, May 10, 1855, to Louisa E., daughter of George and Betsey (Walker) Howard; was born in Jefferson Township ; children- Howard Worth was born April 23, 1856; Leonard B., born May 26, 1866 ; Carrie May, born March 25, 1873; Leonard died Dec. 22, 1863, and Carrie May died Dec. 17, 1879; Worth was married to Hattie R. Reed Feb. 27, 1878 : she was born Sept. 23, 1857, and is a daughter of N. S. Reed and Cordelia (Geddes) ; a son was born to them March 29, 1879, and he was named Rexford W.
HAMILTON, JACOB, farmer; he is a son of John Hamilton and Sarah Colley, and was born in Washing- ton Township, Richland Co., July 15, 1835. He mar- ried Elizabeth Jane Holland, daughter of William Hol- land; she was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, March 24, 1837. Mr. Hamilton has resided in Jefferson and Washington Townships since marriage, which took place Nov. 9, 1854. Births-Hannibal V. B. was born Feb. 7, 1855 ; Clarence, April 4, 1856; Abijah, June 3, 1859 ; Angeline, Jan. 8, 1860; Florence, Nov. 9, 1862; Sarah, June 30, 1871.
HARDESTY, NELSON, farmer ; is a son of Francis H., and was born in Knox Co. Ohio, Sept. 27, 1816 ; he was brought up a farmer, but worked at brickmaking some years afterward. He was married to Mary A. Durbin Oct. 9, 1845, and set up housekeeping in Mt. Vernon ; he moved on a part of Sec. 28, in 1852, where he has since lived ; one child was born to them-John S., July 25, 1846, in Knox Co. He was married to Missouri Teeter March 4, 1869; she was born March 7, 1849; their children are Scott, born Jan. 26, 1870 ; Albert, July 4, 1871 : Eddie, June 11, 1876 ; Mary Iowa, Feb. 1, 1879, and died when 15 days old. John S. resides ou his father's farm, pursuing the avocation of agri- culture.
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