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J. W. YEAGLEY, attorney at law, Dennison, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, September 12, 1843. He is a son of John and Sarah (Ramsey) Yeagley, the former a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, the latter a native of Ohio, and of Irish ancestry. Our subject attended the common schools of his native county, and was always an apt pupil, naturally inclined to literary pursuits. At the age of twelve, he had attained such proficiency in his studies that he could have obtained a teacher's certificate. When quite young, he commenced to teach school, and continued doing so for ten years. He was so successful, that for about half of the time he was retained at Pleas- ant Hill School, in Pekin, Jefferson County. During the whole ten years, he only taught at five different schools; he was three years Superintendent of the Irondale Public Schools. He devoted his leisure time in this period to the study of law, which he determined to make his profession; by getting up early in the mornings and studying late at nights, he made considerable prog- ress in this study, and soon was ready to enter a law office, as a student of Blackstone. He studied under Mr. W. A. Owesney, a leading attorney of Steubenville, and was admitted to practice in the courts of Ohio, in the fall of 1873, and in the United States Courts on March 21, 1880. While a stu- dent, he was noted as being an indefatigable reader, and having a remarkably retentive memory. Finding Dennison to be a growing and promising new town, without an attorney, Mr. Yeagley settled here April 13, 1874, and from the first took a leading position among the practicing attorneys at the Tusca- rawas County bar, and now enjoys a lucrative and increasing business. He was Mayor of Dennison for two terms, and filled the office in a highly credit- able manner to himself, and satisfactorily to his fellow-citizens. Mr. Yeagley is a gentleman of superior literary attainments, and has read most of the standard authors on all leading subjects, both modern and ancient; he has a fine library, in which he spends most of his leisure time, studying and read- ing. He is a great lover of poetry. and can quote readily from most all the
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standard poets. He is an excellent Bible scholar, and has for several years, been the popular teacher of a large Bible class in the Dennison Presbyterian Sunday school. Mr. Yeagley is pleasant and affable, an entertaining conver. sationalist, an impressive, fluent and forcible public speaker, and one who seldom forgets a face. He is a successful business man, cautious yet unerring in his calculations, and has never made a business failure in his life. What he possesses financially has been made by his own energy and perseverance. He has also taken an active part in everything that tended to promote the prosperity of the citizens of Dennison. He was one of the organizers of the Dennison Coal Company, an important and prominent enterprise of the com- munity, He is a stockholder and director in the Farmers' and Merchants' Na- tional Bank of Uhrichsville, Ohio. He was married, in 1876, to Miss Maggie A. daughter of Mr. John C. Robertson, a wealthy and highly respected citi- zen of Jefferson County. This marriage has been blessed with three children -Sadie C., Emma R. and Bessie. Mrs. Yeagley is a member of the Denni- son Presbyterian Church, and is an amiable and devoted Christian lady. Mr. Yeagley takes great interest in political matters, but never aspired to any of- fice. His learning, integrity and ability, however, would fit him to discharge the dutles of any public position in which he might be placed by his party or friends. His character is above reproach, and he numbers among his friends all those who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. He is devotedly attached to his wife and family, and spends the happiest part of his life in his home.
JAMES R. YEAGLEY, one of the firm of Yeagley & Bro., dealers in boots and shoes and gents' furnishing goods, North Center street, Dennison, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, August 17, 1843. He is a son of John and Sarah (Ramsey) Yeagley, the former a carpenter by trade. Our subject learned the trade of his father, and came to Dennison, where he worked as carpenter and contractor with great success, often employing from ten to twenty men. He built a large number of the houses in Dennison. In 1876, he became engaged in his present business on North Center street, and owns his business rooms. The firm also owns a store in Lorain, Ohio, the brother of our subject having charge of it. Mr. James R. Yeagley was married in Dennison, 1876, to Linda, daughter of Joseph Healea, whose sketch appears in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Yeagley have two children-Alice V. and Ray mond Roy. Mrs. Yeagley is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Uhrichsville. In politics, the former is a Democrat. He has been Council- man of Dennison; is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of I. O. O. F., charter member of Encampment No. 198, and the subordinate Lodge No. 389. Our subject is the owner of two houses and lots, and his neat, sub- stuntial residence on Grant street, valued at $4,000. In 1861, he enlisted, during the late rebellion, in Company G, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. September 20, 1863, he and the whole division were taken prisoners by the enemy, and confined in Libby, Belle Isle, Danville, Andersonville, Charleston and Florence, S. C., Prisons. He suffered all the horrors of the rebel prisons eighteen months. He was in several large battles, among others Ivy Mountains, Ky., Perryville, Stone River, Hoover's Gap, and Chickamauga campaign, under Gen. Buell and Gen. Rosecrans. He received several scratches from the bullets of the rebels. Lawyer Yeagley, of Dennison, whose biography appears in this work. is a brother of, our subject.
DENTON YOUNG, foreman of the carpenter shops of the Pan Handle Railroad Company, Uhrichsville, Ohio, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, September 2, 1832. He is a son of Denton and Elizabeth (Devolt) Young, natives of New York and Virginia respectively. The father was a farmer and
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stock-dealer, and our subject was reared on a farm, receiving a subscription school education in the log schoolhouse. He chose the carpenter's trade as his occupation, which he learned in Port Washington, Ohio, with Mathias Ginther, serving three years. He then worked at his trade for ten years; then worked as a bridge carpenter for one year for the Pan Handle Railroad Company. He came to Dennison, May 14, 1865, and helped to build the railroad shops. He was appointed foreman of the carpenter shops soon after the big strike, in February. 1874, and has occupied this position ever since. In 1854, he was married to Nancy A., a daughter of Richard Carr, a prominent farmer of Tus- carawas County, Ohio. To them were born the following children: Mary, wife of W. P. Thompson, an engineer on railroad in the South; Emina J., at home; Etta, wife of George Oliver, a painter in Uhrichsville, Ohio; Fannie S., a teacher in the Uhrichsville Union Schools; W. V., partner in the firm of Mazurie & Young, confectioners in Uhrichsville; and C. D., at home.
DANIEL ZIMMERMAN, proprietor of daily Meat Market, Dennison, was born in Auburn Township, this county and State, September 7, 1846. His parents, Daniel and Susanna (Buhller) Zimmerman (both deceased), were natives of Switzerland, coming to this county in 1833, the former pursuing farming for an occupation. Our subject is the fifth child in a family of eleven chil- dren, five sons and six daughters, all of whom are living. He was married, July 22, 1877, to Phebe W. Eckert, who was born in this county in 1851. She is a daughter of Charles and Caroline (Barnhart) Eckert residents of Auburn Township, the former a merchant, who came to Tuscarawas County in 1833. Mr. Zimmerman was a resident of Pittsburgh for five years, after which he came here and engaged in his present business, which he has followed since 1872. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. He owns property in Dennison, where he is a leading citizen.
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HARRISON ADDY, carpenter, Newcomerstown, is a native of Guernsey County, Ohio, where he was born June 27. 1830. He is a son of William and Wealthy Anna (Jones) Addy, natives of Virginia, the father, who was a farmer, of Irish, the mother of Welsh descent. They were early settlers in Coshocton County, and are both deceased. Our subject was the youngest of a family of twelve children, six boys and six girls. He has been twice married. The first occasion was in 1856, with Elizabeth Atkinson (deceased), born in Guernsey Coun- ty in 1831, and a daughter of Robert Atkinson. She died in 1871. By this union there was one child, Minerva, wife of Seth Scott, of Peoria, Ill. His sec- ond marriage was in 1877, with Margaret A. Current, a native of Coshocton Coun- ty, Ohio, where she was born November 5, 1847. She is a daughter of George and Susanna Current, the former of Trumbull County and the latter of Coshocton County, Ohio. To this union was born, September 25, 1878. one child, Joseph Arthur. Mr. Addy has been a resident of this county for eight years. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church.
DR. A. M. BEERS, Newcomerstown, settled in Newcomerstown May 25, 1858. He is a nephew of Dr. S. Beers, and was born near Mauch Chunk, Penn. He was educated at Easton, Penn., and graduated in medicine at the University of Penn- sylvania, Philadelphia. He served as First Assistant Surgeon during the war with the famous Ninth Regiment Ohio Infantry, and after their time had expired he served in the same capacity with the Ninety-second Regiment Ohio Infantry, until the war closed, when he resumed his profession in Newcomerstown, where
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he is still hard at work. He was married, June 10, 1868, to Mary J., youngest daughter of John and Ann Hogland. The result of this union is five children. viz .: Bell, George A., Warner, William A. and Mary J. Dr. S. Beers settled in Newcomerstown September 3, 1855, and died May 18, 1868, aged fifty-one years. He was born near Easton, Penn., and graduated at the University of Pennsylva- nia at Philadelphia. He was a man of more than ordinary ability in his profes- sion, controlled a very extensive practice, and is justly entitled to the credit of having been at the head of his profession in the Tuscarawas Valley.
GEORGE BENTON. carpenter, builder and contractor, Newcomerstown, was born in Fayette County, Penn., August 26, 1836, and is a son of Thomas and Re- becca (Conard) Benton. The former, a native of England, emigrated to Ohio about the year 1840. He was a carder and spinner, and died about thirty years ago, aged forty-four. The latter died in 1882, aged seventy. Both are buried at Port Washington. They were married in Browns County, Penn., and were the parents of six children, all living. Our subject is the oldest child. He was mar- ried, March 1, 1860, to Ann M. Ripley (deceased), daughter of A. S. Ripley, of Salem Township, this county. She was born in this county September 4, 1839, died April, 1879, and is buried in Newcomerstown. Our subject's grandmother, on his mother's ride, is also buried there. Mr. Benton is the parent of four chil- dren, three boys and one girl-G. K., Anna May, William C. and Lawrence.
R. BICKER, undertaker, cabinet-maker and furniture dealer, Newcomerstown. was born in the province of Westphalia, Prussia, in 1821. He was in the stand- ing army for five years, acting as Orderly Sergeant on Public Buildings, such as bridges, roads, etc. He was educated in his native country, where he was married to Doetta Itskee, also a native of Germany. To this union twelve children have been born, six living. When our subject was ten years old, his father, Robert. died, leaving him the oldest in the family. Our subject was a charter member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is a Democrat. He has been an active business man and very successful. His wife is an intelligent lady and a kind mother.
DANIEL BOOTH, merchant, express agent, Postmaster, Post Boy (estab- lished eight years), is a native of this county. He was born April 10, 1840, and was married, in 1863, to Lucinda Graham, a native of Belmont County, Ohio. where she was born in 1842. She is a daughter of Abner Graham. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Booth are the parents of ten children, seven living. Their names are as follows : John Mc., Lula, an infant (deceased), William, Harry, Alice, Ida, Daniel, Alvin and Walter H.
JOHN BROWNING, farmer, stock raiser and dealer, P. O. Albany, was born in Alleghany County, Md., April 1, 1821, and is a son of John and Mary (Berk- shire) Browning, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Scotch and Irish extrac- tion, the latter of German descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1837. Our sub- ject was twice married. May 24. 1846, he married Jane Williams (deceased). daughter of Samuel Williams, and by this union there was one child-Theodore. His second marriage was September 18, 1853, with Mrs. Mary (Coutts) Stocker, widow of Aaron Stocker, by whom there was a family of three children, one sur- viving, Benjamin F. The names of the deceased are William H. and Eliza J .. who died in infancy. Mrs. Browning is a native of Washington Township, this county, and was born December 19, 1823. She is a daughter of William and Jane (Huey) Coutts, natives of New Jersey. By this second marriage there is a family of five children-Samantha J. (wife of Alexander Schlupp), Cornelia (wife of Eugene Woodard), Amanda C. (wife of Lemuel Murphy), Mary L. (wife of John Woodard, brother of Eugene), and John Wesley (at home). Mr. and Mrs. Browning have been members of the United Brethren Church, our subject for forty, and his wife for twenty-four years, and the former has held office in the same from his first entry. He owns 360 acres of land in this county, and in Oxford and Salem Townships. He has been successful, and what he has accumulated has been due entirely to his own energies and perseverance.
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JOHN A. BURRIS, of the firm of Burris & Neighbor, liverymen, Newcom- erstown, is a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, and was born August 12, 1846. He is a son of Jeremiah and Margaret (Pope) Burris. Our subject's father was a member of the Eightieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B, and died at Camp Sullivan, Miss., in August, 1862, aged about fifty years. Our sub- ject enlisted in the same company October 4, 1861, and was discharged in August, 1865. He was married, October 4, 1871, to Josephine Gardner, born in this county December 11, 1847, and a daughter of William and Susanna (Tufford) Gardner. To this union have been born four children, two living-Lena B. and Anna J. The deceased are Charles and A., both dying in infancy. Mr. Burris had a brother, William R., killed by lightning in Newcomerstown in 1868, and is one of a family of ten children, seven boys and three girls, eight living.
JUDGE J. M. BURT, retired farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, is a native of Orange County, N. Y., born December 11, 1810. He is a son of Daniel and Sarah (Fought) Burt, the latter a daughter of Capt. John Morris Fought, a German, of the Revolutionary army. Our subject was married, April 15, 1834, to Mary Ann Bradner, born in Orange County, N. Y., December 20, 1813, and a daughter of James Bradner. Our subject was educated at the common schools of New York, and followed teaching, although he was raised on a farm. He is the fifth child in a family of nine children, six boys and three girls. He came to Coshocton Coun- ty, Ohio, October 2, 1831, but returned home and was married. He remained at New York two years, and returned to Ohio by wagon, a journey that occupied seventeen days. His father was a citizen of Coshocton County, and died in 1846. aged seventy years ; he is buried at West La Fayette, Ohio. He came here in 1837, and was a farmer. Our subject is the parent of twelve children, of whom five are living (four being married), viz .: Margaret, J. B., Harriet, L. P. and William F. The deceased are Martha A., Caroline, Clara, Mary, Daniel ; John and Lillis died in infancy. Judge Burt has been remarkably successful in life in agricultural pur- suits. He has filled many township offices in Coshocton County, and in 1848 was elected, under the old constitution, Representative of that county for a term of one year, and re-elected in 1849 ; was Associate Judge for two years, when the office was abolished, and was elected a member of the State Board of Equaliza- tion from the district composed of the counties of Coshocton and Tuscarawas, in 1859-60. He was elected a member of the Ohio Senate from the same district in 1865, and re-elected in 1869, serving two terms. All the said elections were se- cured by the Democratic party. They removed from West La Fayette, Coshocton County, to Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County in May, 1878, where they now re- side.
LEWIS CARHARTT, tanner. Newcomerstown, was born in Roscoe, Coshocton Co., Ohio, July 1, 1833, and is a son of John and Lavina (Purdy) Carhartt. both natives of Ohio, the former of Muskingum County, of English descent, and by occupation a tanner. Our subject was married, in Plainfield, Ohio, February 23. 1855, to Margaret Burt, a native of Otsego County, N. Y. She was born February 23, 1835, and is a daughter of J. M. and Mary Ann Burt, of Newcomerstown. By this union there is one child, Harriet, born in Plainfield, Ohio, July 20, 1872. Mr. Carhartt was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the capacity of a musician, and is a member of the Masonic order, Lodge No. 175, Lone Star, at Newcomerstown. D. L. Williams is a partner with Mr. Carhartt in the business.
WILLIAM H. CRAIG (deceased) was born at Warrenton, Jefferson Co., Ohio, January 3, 1811, and was a son of Roland and Rosanna (Rabe) Craig, the former a native of Ireland and a pioneer of Jefferson County. Our subject was married, September 26, 1832. in Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, to Nancy Flemming. born - March 13, 1813, in Smithfield. Ohio, and a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Mathews) Flemming, the former of whom was a native of Ireland, and died in 1845, aged seventy-five years. The latter was born in 1783, in Chambersburg. Penn.,
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of Scotch descent, and died in 1866. They were pioneers of Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, settling there in 1803, when there was but one log cabin in the place. They were buried at Smithfield, Ohio. Mrs. Craig is the mother of eight children. one of whom is living, Thomas F., born December 29, 1845. Susanna, born No- vember 21, 1838, was the wife of Peter Saydom, of Columbus, Ohio. She died in Columbus July 23, 1875. Thomas F. was married, November 2, 1876, to Mary Vivian, of Coshocton, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas Vivian, of Cadiz, Ohio She was the mother of three children-May, William C. and Maggie. Our subject, as a merchant, sold goods in Cadiz, Ohio, for ten years, and for eighteen years in Newcomerstown. He was an Elder of the Presbyterian Church, of which his wife was a member, and died August 16, 1879, in the sixty-eighth year of his age.
THEODORE F. CRATER, merchant, Newcomerstown, was born January 8. 1846, in Newcomerstown, and is a son of Isaiah G. and Jane (Rogers) Crater, the former a native of New Jersey, and of German descent ; the latter a native of Ohio, and of English descent. Our subject's father came to this county in 1840. and was a merchant by occupation. He died November 29, 1882, aged sixty- seven years. Mr. Theodore F. Crater was married, December 18, 1873, to Emma C. McFadden, who was born August 18, 1850, in Newcomerstown, and is a daugh- ter of William and Margaret J. (Herring) McFadden, who came to this county in 1850, where Mr. McFadden died. His widow is a resident of Newcomerstown. Mr. and Mrs. Crater are the parents of two children-Cecil A., born December 2, 1873, and Roy C., born January 15, 1876. Mrs. Crater is a member of the Lutheran Church, and her husband is a member of the I. O. O. F., Newcomers. town Lodge, No. 445. He was a member of Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, having enlisted September 19, 1864. He participated in the battle of Kingston, in the spring of 1865, besides numerous skirmishes, and received his discharge July 11, 1865. He has acted as Township Trustee three terms, and was for three years a member of the City Council. He owns considerable real estate. Clifford Crater, a brother of our sub- ject, was killed at Newcomerstown about the year 1868, by jumping from a freight car while the latter was in motion.
THOMAS CRAWFORD, proprietor of brick yard and manufacturer of bricks, Newcomerstown, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1848, and is a son of Hillory and Esah (Hale) Crawford. He was married, in 1876, to Martha Jacobs, born in 1852, and a daughter of David Jacobs. By this union three children were born, two boys and one girl-Emma, William and Edward. Our subject's father died in the army. He was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment, and died in Texas at the close of the war in 1865. He was a native of Ohio, of Irish descent, his wife being of German lineage. They were early settlers of Jefferson County. Our subject's maternal grandfather, Henry Hale, was a shoe maker by trade. Mr. Thomas Crawford has been in the brick-making business for himself for six years, and four years for W. H. Mabery in the city of Newcomerstown.
SARAH P. CRETER, Newcomerstown, was born June 25, 1800, in Morris County, N. J., three miles from Chester and Schooley's Mountain, and six miles from Mineral Springs. She is a daughter of Morris and Anna (Stephens) Creter. both of New Jersey, the former of German extraction. Our subject is the sixth child and third daughter of a family of twelve children, viz., David, Andrew. Elizabeth, George, Margaret, Sarah P., Barbara, Ann Delano, Sophia Bowman, Morris, Anna Maria and John Gilbert (twins). All are deceased except Sarah P. and Morris. Andrew, brother of our subject, was born November 17, 1791, died November 26, 1861. He came to Ohio in the fall of 1817; was married soon after to Elizabeth Neighbor, and was the parent of five children, viz., Clark (de- ceased), Catharine, Ann, Elizabeth and Andrew Jackson, living. His family are residents of Newcomerstown, and their aunt, Sarah P., makes her home with them, but has ample means of her own for her support as long as she lives. She was + presented by her brother Andrew. on his deathbed, with some part compensation
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for taking charge of his household and bringing up his children. She came to Ohio in the last week of September, 1830, when she was thirty years of age.
MORRIS CRETER, Newcomerstown, is a native of Morris County, N. J., and a son of Morris and Anna (Stephens) Creter, also natives of Morris County. Our subject married, September 8, 1829, Lanoh, a daughter of John P. Voorhies. She was born in Middlesex County, N. J., February 14, 1808, died June 7, 1838. She was the mother of five children, four living. Mr. Creter took for his second wife, May 19, 1839, Mrs. Jane Clark, widow of Dr. H. G. Clark. She was born on the Isle of Wight, and was a daughter of James Abraham. By this union there were six children, three living. Our subject's third marriage was January 20, 1860, with Mrs. Eliza H. Wolf, widow of Perry C. Wolf, born March 2, 1823, in Coshocton County. Mr. Creter had but $44 in cash, and his wife and child when he came to Ohio. In 1838, he bought five and three-fourths acres of land that is now part of Newcomerstown, and he is now owner of 330 acres. Our sub- ject was engaged in trucking, then in the grocery and grain business for four years, extensively, until 1842. The house he lives in he has inhabited since 1843, and there he desires to end his days. Mr. Creter is the father of ten children, and has six grandchildren. He is in his seventy-fifth year, and is hale and hearty. He moved into Ohio in November. 1830; where the spot Newcomerstown now stands on was a wild forest. Only two houses stood on the town plat proper; one was of brick occupied by Judge J. Neighbor and Jacob Overholtz, the other by Baron Schenk. Mr. Creter was a Justice of the Peace from 1842 to 1845, and Associate Judge from 1845 to 1852. In 1870, he was elected Justice of the Peace for three years, and afterward re-elected, serving in all twelve years. He was al- ways a Whig and Republican. Activity, energy and perseverance have placed Mr. Creter in the comfortable circumstances he now enjoys, and his love for labor is well illustrated in his own words-" I will retire when I die."
L. C. DAVIS (deceased) was born in Meadville, Penn., June 12, 1813, and died April 29, 1881. He was a son of Samuel and Rebecca (Culbertson) Davis, and came to Ohio when young. He was educated at the Granville College in Licking County, Ohio; was admitted to the bar in Millersburg, in 1839, and was admitted to the United States Court in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1877; was Prosecuting Attorney of Tuscarawas County in 1846, and was elected Representative by the Republican party in 1860. He was married, August 2, 1846, in Newcomerstown, Ohio, to Cath- arine (Miller) Yunge, born in that place September 4, 1823, and a daughter of J. J. and Anna (Neighbor) Miller, the former of whom was born May 11, 1788, and the latter born in German Valley, N. J., March 1, 1800. She was of German descent. They were married December 31, 1818. Mrs. Anna Miller came to Ohio in 1815, with her parents, Nicholas and Catharine (Sharp) Neighbor, and her husband came in 1816. Our subject is the parent of five children, four living-Florence A., mar- ried to Robert Patterson, of Culpeper, Va .; Lorenzo M., a druggist in Cleveland, Ohio, married to Fannie C. Gillette ; Byron C., married to Kate Burt; Lillis M., at home; the fifth child died in infancy. Mrs. L. C. Davis was twice married; the first time on December 3, 1841, to Rev. E. C. Yunge (deceased). He was a minister of the Lutheran Church, and a native of Baltimore, Md., born Febru- ary 19, 1810, died January 28, 1846, son of J. A. and Rebecca Yunge. To this union three children were born-Anna, Herbet and Jesse, all deceased Mr. Yunge was raised in Maryland; was educated at Gettysburg, and preached in Newcomerstown, Ohio, for several years, and died there.
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