The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Part 102

Author: Warner, Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1884
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HENRY DECKER, farmer and stock-raiser, and by trade a stone mason, at which he worked for six or seven years, P. O. Albany, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, July 25, 1830, and is a son of Joseph and Catherine (Hartman) Decker, natives of Pennsylvania, the latter of German extraction. They emi- grated to Guernsey County, Ohio, at an early day. Our subject was married, De- cember 5, 1850, in this county, to Belinda Delong, born in Harrison County, Ohio May 13, 1830, and a daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Fisher) Delong, na-

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tives of the neighborhood of Cadiz, Harrison County. To this union were born eleven children, ten living-Ozias A., John P., Sarah C. (deceased), Henry H., Louis J., Isolina B., George Mc., Susan V., Martha M., James W. and Joseph F. Four are married-Isolina, wife of Henry Chapman; Ozias, John P. and Louis J. All have families except Louis. Our subject has six grandchildren. He owns 180 acres of land in Oxford, Salem and Washington Townships; is a member of Port Washington Lodge, No. 202. F. & A. M., and a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church.

WILLIAM S. DENT, merchant, Newcomerstown, established 1865, was born in Guersney County, Ohio, in 1841, and is a son of George H. and Maria (Snider) Dent, the former born in Virginia in 1805 ; emigrated to this county in 1848, and died in 1865. He was by occupation a merchant and wool dealer. He was the parent of seven children, five boys and two girls, one of the latter deceased. Our subject was married in 1864 to Mary Mulvane. She was born in this county in 1841, and is a daughter of David and Mary (Ross) Mulvane. To this union two children were born, Hattie, born in 1867, and Dwight, born in 1869. Mr. Dent enlisted in August, 1862, in the Fifty-second Regiment, Company D, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served six months, being discharged on account of dis- ability. He is a member of Masonic Lodge, No. 175, "Lone Star;" has acted as Trustee, Justice of the Peace, and has been a member of the City Council and of the School Board, also President of Fair Association two terms. Mrs. Dent is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.

ROBERT F. DENT, of the firm of Orme & Dent, dealers in hardware, agri- cultural implements, etc., Newcomerstown, was born in this county January 7, 1851, and is a son of George H. and Maria (Snider) Dent; the former (deceased) was a native of Maryland, the latter is a native of Winchester, Va. Our subject married, December 31, 1871, Mary E. Nugen, born April 20, 1851, in Newcomers- town, in the house she now lives in, and is a daughter of Wesley and Elizabeth (Hunkin) Nugen, natives of England, both deceased. They were early settlers of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Dent are the parents of one child, Byron B., born in Newcomerstown November 17, 1872. Our subject is one of a family of seven children, viz .: Gertrude H., wife of Byron Roberts, of Topeka, Kan .; William S., Albert, Amanda (deceased), Oscar B., Robert Frank and George W. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Newcomerstown Lodge, No. 445. His brother, William S., was a member of the Fifty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, and was discharged on account of disability, and his brother Albert was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment, Company C, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted as a private, and was promoted to a Captaincy, serving about four years.

LEWIS R. FLETCHER, farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in Coshoc- ton County, Ohio, January 5, 1830, and was raised there till thirteen years of age. He is a son of Adam and Catherine Fletcher, the former a native of Staten Island, N. Y., of English descent, the latter is of German lineage Our subject was married, October 9, 1856, in Coshocton County, by Rev. John Baker, to Mary Culbertson, born near Keene. Coshocton County, June 23, 1833, and a daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Wilson) Culbertson, the former of Ohio, the latter of Pennsylvania. The result of this union has been a family of six children, four boys and two girls, both of the latter deceased. Their names are Henry W., Clara E. (deceased), James H., Anna B. (deceased) and Albert H. and Robert W. (twins). Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher are members of the United Brethren Church, along with the two oldest children, and Mr. Fletcher is the owner of 160 acres of land. two miles south of Newcomerstown.

WILLIAM FRUSH, painter and carpenter, Post Boy, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, near Shepherdstown, February 16, 1819, and is a son of Henry and Rebecca (Rippeth) Frush ; the former, a native of Maryland, of German extrac- tion, died in 1838, aged fifty-eight years ; the latter, a native of Pennsylvania, of English descent, died in 1872, aged sixty-three years. Our subject was brought

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up in Belmont County, and educated at the common schools. He is the first son and third child in a family of eleven children, three boys and eight girls, five sur- viving, and has been a resident of this county sixteen years. He enlisted May 1, 1864, in the One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and participated in three battles, viz., Maryland Heights, in July, 1864; Snicker Gap, in July, 1864 ; and Winchester, in August, 1864 ; he was also engaged in numerous skirmishes, and was discharged September 12, 1864. Mr. Frush resides with his sister, Amelia A., born in Belmont County April 4, 1828 ; she is owner of five acres of land.

WILLIAM H. GARDNER, drayman, Newcomerstown, was born in this county in 1844, and is a son of William and Susan (Tufford) Gardner, natives of New Brunswick, N. J. The former, who was a farmer, was born in 1798, and died April 24, 1876 ; the latter was born March 27, 1810, and died May 10, 1878 ; she came to this county at the age of six years. They were married in 1829. and are both buried in Newcomerstown. The latter was of German, the former of English descent. They were the parents of ten children, five boys and five girls, viz., Margaret, Catherine, Annis, Sarah Ann (deceased), Josephine, Alvin, William, John, George and Ira ; Catherine and Alvin are single. Our subject was married, December 24, 1873, to Martha Packer, born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1842, daughter of Samuel and Eliza Jane (West) Packer, both deceased. Mr. Gardner has been a drayman for seven years, and by trade is a stone-mason. He is a mem- ber of the order of Odd Fellows, and during the war was a member of the One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Regiment, Company H, serving eleven months. He participated in the battles of Kingston and Murfreesboro, Tenn. He worked for nine years on the Pan Handle Railway. Mr. Gardner's wife's father was a native of Jersey, her mother of London, England. Her father died September 17, 1869, aged fifty-six years ; her mother died about the year 1848, aged twenty-two years.

GEORGE GARDNER. section foreman on the Pan Handle Railway, Newcom- erstown. was born in that city January 27, 1850, and is a son of William and Susan (Tufford) Gardner, natives of New Jersey. Our subject was married to Annetta Pocock, February 20, 1879, also born in Newcomerstown February 23, 1856. She is a daughter of Elisha and Emma C. (Hand) Pocock ; the former, a blacksmith. of German extraction, was born February 5, 1821, in Maryland ; the latter was born January 5, 1824, in New Jersey. They were married in 1842. Our subject is the parent of one child living, Clarence E., born September 4, 1880. Two are deceased, one died in infancy, and Bernice, born December 10, 1882, died February 22, 1883. Mr. Gardner has acted as section foreman on the Pan Handle Railway for five years. He is a member of the Masonic order, connected with No. 175. Newcomerstown, and his wife is a member of the M. P. Church.

IRA GARDNER, butcher, Newcomerstown. was born January 1, 1853, in this county, and is a son of William and Susan (Tufford) Gardner, natives of New Jersey. Our subject was married March 19, 1882, to Minnie, daughter of E. S. and Samantha (Frost) Pocock, of New Jersey, the former living, the latter de- ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner are the parents of one child, Charles Edwin, born October 26, 1882. Our subject's parents were early settlers of this county, his father being by occupation a carpenter. Mr. Ira Gardner is the youngest of ten children, five boys and five girls, two of the latter deceased.

DR. JOHN W. S. GOUDY, of the firm Goudy & Sons, dealers in gro- ceries, glassware, queensware, provisions. etc .. Newcomerstown, Ohio, is a son of Andrew and Nancy Goudy, and was born January 13, 1833, in Brooke County, W. Va. In 1845, his father emigrated to Warrenton, Jefferson Co., Ohio, where he received his educational training, at intervals assisting his father, who was largely engaged in mercantile pursuits. In his eighteenth year, he entered the medical office of Dr. James M. Kelly, a very distinguished physician of War- renton, with whom he remained one year, then going to finish his course of study with Dr. William M. Worthington, formerly Physician to the Marine Hospital,

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Cincinnati, Ohio, after which he entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadel- phia, and there finished his collegiate course in March, 1855. Immediately after leaving college, he set out to find a suitable location, and was influenced by his brother-in-law, Dr. S. R. Thompson, to locate in Uhrjchsville. On March 27, 1855, he opened an office in the Commercial House, then kept by William McCul- lom. A good professional income was soon secured. On February 28, 1858, he married Ann Eliza Huston, a daughter of Jacob and Margaret A. Huston, a young lady of most remarkable gifts-handsome, accomplished, a leader in every circle in which she entered. To her the Doctor ascribes nearly all of his successful professional life. The fruits of this marriage are two sons. The oldest, John H., was born January 23, 1859, and married Lottie E. Richmond, daughter of John Richmond, of Evansburg, Coshocton Co., Ohio; the youngest, Rollin A., born October 30, 1863, who is a law student, and at home. February 1, 1860, the Doctor came to Newcomerstown, and on April 1, following, brought his family. Immediately upon his locating here, he began a course of unusual professional success. Although a young man, he at once became a leader in his profession. and has maintained it to this day, standing as one of the most prominent physi- cians of the Tuscarawas Valley. In his eighteenth year, he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his parents were members. In 1865, the Methodist Episcopal Church had no church building in Newcomerstown. The society was small and poor. However, it was determined to build a church. In this, as in everything else that the Doctor took hold of, success followed. Assisted by John W. Ayers, they procured what they could by subscription, which was not one half required, and then they borrowed the balance, giving their own individual pledges as security for it. The church was completed, and to-day the Methodist Episcopal Church of Newcomerstown is largely indebted for its strength and influence to Dr. Goudy, aided by John H. Ayers and A. C. Tufford. He is yet in the prime of life, of large wealth, active, energetic, and of indomitable perseverance in what- ever he undertakes. The Doctor is a widower, having lost his wife in June, 1882.

JESSE HILL, farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in this county in April. 1813, and is a son of Jesse and Mary Hill, natives of Virginia, of English descent. The former, who was a son of Charles Hill, died March 28, 1844, the latter died March 28, 1834. They had a family of nine children, five boys and four girls, five living. Our subject is a twin brother of Isaac Hill, of Salem Township. He was married, April 14, 1839, to Rebecca Hagans, a native of Guernsey County, Ohio. She was born near Winchester, in March, 1822, and is a daughter of Charles and Margaret (Bailes) Hagans, the former from Pennsylvania, died in 1857, aged sixty years; the latter died in the West, in about the year 1876, aged seventy-six. Mrs. Jesse Hill is a twin sister of Susan, who died at the age of twenty-four years. and they were members of a family of thirteen children, six boys and seven girls, five deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hill are the parents of six children, three boys and three girls, two of each deceased. The survivors are Isaac, and Floe, wife of William Harvey, who has one child-Blanche. Mr. Hill owns 214 acres of land in this township. Our subject's daughter, Susan, was married to Jesse Osler, of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. They were killed with their two children, Rolly W., aged seven years, and Neva May, aged five years, by a cyclone which swept away the house. This occurred June 9, 1879.

G. W. HOGUE and his son, Evans M. Hogue, P. O. Newcomerstown, are farm- ers and stock-raisers in this township. Mr. Hogue, Sr., was born near St. Clairs- ville, Belmont Co., Ohio, March 28, 1820, and is a son of Solomon and Sarah (Sea- man) Hogue. The former born in Loudoun County, Va, in 1789, came to Ohio with his parents in the year 1801 and in 1813 married Sarah Seaman, who was born in Ohio County, Va., near West Liberty. G. W. Hogue was married, Sep- tember 7, 1843, in Guernsey County, Ohio, to Martha Harris, born in Tuscarawas County, Oxford Township, near Newcomerstown, October 17, 1822. She is a daughter of George and Mary (Evans) Harris; the former, who came to Ohio in

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1807, was born in Ohio County, Va., July 1, 1788, died July 23, 1854. The lat- ter was born in July, 1797, died April 9, 1839. They were married October 10. 1815. Mr. Harris was a farmer and stock-raiser and land speculator. Mr. and Mrs. Hogue had a family of two children-Martha R., born January 8, 1845, died June 19, 1849, and Evans M., born May 9, 1850, in Linn County, Iowa. Evans M. Hogue was twice married. On the first occasion, August 23, 1874, to Mary E. Hill, born in Salem Township, this county, January 21, 1848, died September 3. 1875, and a daughter of Isaac, Sr., and Eliza (Booth) Hill. One child was born to this union, May 23, 1875, and died June 20 of the same year. For his second wife he chose, in 1876, Florence A. Harris, born in the neighborhood of Port Washington, Salem Township, this county, August 6, 1856, and a daughter of Isaac E. and Sarah A. (Price) Harris. The former, who was a farmer near New. comerstown, was born August 21, 1825, died March 17, 1857. The latter was born December 18, 1827. They were married July 11, 1844, and were both na- tives of Ohio. Evans M. Hogue and wife have a family of two children-Estella May, born May 13, 1877, and Claude Harris, born January 14, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hogue have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1853, and their son and his wife are also members.

CONARD HOSFELT, dealer in groceries, produce, glassware, notions, gents furnishings, etc., Newcomerstown, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, March 31. 1847, and is a son of Peter and Anna Martha (Roppell) Hosfelt, both natives of Hesse, Germany, and who emigrated to Ohio forty-five years ago. The latter died March 21, 1880, and is buried in Newcomerstown. Our subject's father was born November 12, 1807, and his mother February 22, 1810. They were married February 8, 1833. Their family consisted of ten children, all boys. Conard, our subject, was married, September 15, 1875, to Hattie Law, who was born June 5, 1849, daughter of John Law, of Post Boy, this county. Her mother's maiden name was Anna Crucer. John Law was born January 21, 1813, in Fayette County, Penn., and his wife September 26, 1815. She died July 3, 1863. They were the parents of seven children, and were married in Belmont County in 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Conard Hosfelt have a family of five children-Samuel Franklin, born February 27, 1876 ; George Washington, May 23, 1877 ; Urias Jessie, October 18, 1878 ; Anna Bell, December 28, 1880 ; and Mary J., June 21, 1883. Mr. Hosfelt is the seventh son in a family of ten, seven living. He has been a resident of Newcomerstown ten years, and was raised on a farm. He is a mem- ber of a Masonic Lodge at Plainsfield, Coshocton County, Ohio. Mr. Hosfelt had the misfortune to lose his dwelling-house by fire April 10, 1883, suffering a total loss.

JOHN HURSEY, retired farmer and blacksmith, Newcomerstown, was born January 18, 1791, in Virginia, and moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, at the age of twenty-seven years. He is a son of George and Julia Ann Hursey, and was married in 1818 to Margaret Chadwell, who died October 6, 1852. By this union there were eight children, two deceased. Mr. Hursey was next united, July 10, 1857, to Maggie E. Chadwell, a distant relative of his first wife. She was born December 25, 1834, in Jefferson County, Ohio, near Smithfield, a daughter of Duffet and Mahala ( Chaney) Chadwell, natives of Indiana. The former died aged forty-five years ; the latter died twenty years ago, aged fifty years. Mr. and Mrs. John Hursey are the parents of one child, A. C., born near Albany, this county, Sep- tember 29, 1859, and was married, January 9, 1881, to Amanda Hart, of this county, born in 1860, and a daughter of Jacob Hart. By occupation, he is a farmer and school teacher. Our subject participated in the war of 1812, of which he is a pensioner. He worked at blacksmithing for about seven years. His parents came to Ohio in 1816, settling in Jefferson County. His father was sixty- four years old when he died, and his mother was seventy years old at her decease. Mr. Hursey has been a member of the M. P. Church for about fifty years, and his wife for twenty years. The latter has been a dress-maker since fifteen years of age, learning her trade with a Miss E. Bolls, Smithfield, Ohio.

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W. A. JOHNS, druggist (of the firm of Wilkin & Johns), and Notary Public. Newcomerstown, was born March 27, 1836. at New Castle, Coshocton County. Ohio, and is a son of Joseph and Hannah (Clark) Johns, natives of Ohio and of Welsh extraction. The former was born in 1810; died in 1876 ; the latter was born in 1815, and at present resides on the old homestead. The grandparents of our subject were natives of New Jersey, and moved to Ohio in 1805. Our subject was married in 1864 to Margaret H. Wilkin, born in Cannonsburg, Washington County, Penn., March 17, 1842, and is a daughter of James and Delilah Wilkin, natives of Pennsylvania, but who moved to Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1860. By this marriage there are two children-Loulou A., born in December, 1864. and Winnifred, born in November, 1869. Mr. Johns' first outset in life was as a clerk in a hardware store in Coshocton, in which store he was steadily employed for five years ; then opened a drug store in Roscoe, Coshocton County, in the spring of 1864; carried it on one year ; sold and opened another in Utica, continuing two years ; again sold and bought in Coshocton, where he remained in the drug busi- ness until 1871, when he came to Newcomerstown and engaged in the printing business, establishing, in that year, the first newspaper in Coshocton, which he carried on one year with Dr. A. M. Beers, under the firm name of Johns & Beers. and then sold. Was again engaged in newspaper business during years, 1879, 1880 and 1881, when he became a partner in the drug business with A. J. Wilkin. Mr. Johns' experience in the drug business has been large, having been owner from time to time of several drug stores. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the I. O. O. F.

NELSON JOHNSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born December 6, 1831, in Coshocton County, Ohio, brought up in Guernsey County, and educated at the common schools. He is a son of Ezekiel and Mary Ann (Eagle) Johnson. The former (deceased) was born in Jefferson, Ohio, July 1, 1806, and the latter was born in 1810, of Irish descent. Our subject's grand- father, Ephraim, was an early settler of Coshocton County, and is buried in Guernsey County. Mr. Nelson Johnson was married, August 23, 1860, to Charity Scott, born near Wheeling, Va., in November, 1836, a daughter of James V. and Ellen Scott, of Scotch descent. They are the parents of eleven children, of whom seven are living-Mary E., Emma P., Alonzo, Laura D., Hattie, Cassie and Mar- tha. Three sons and one daughter died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Johnson is the second in a family of eleven children, six of whom are living, two boys and four girls.

RICHARD JOHNSTON, farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in Ireland, and at the age of ten years emigrated with his parents, Richard and Mary (Arm- strong) Jolinston. He was married, July 4, 1831, to Rebecca, daughter of Will- iam Little. She also was born across the Atlantic. She died April 16, 1852. To this union six children were born, two boys and four girls-Telenia, Mary (de- ceased), Francis A., John A., William W. and Margaret J., all married. Our sub- ject was reared in a family of eight children, and is the sixth child and fourth son. He owns 100 acres of land, and has been an active man, but is now living a well- earned, comfortable, retired life. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. . Mrs. Johnston was also a member of that church.

RICHARD KING, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 30, 1820, and is a son of David and Rachel (Phelps) King, natives of Maryland and of English descent. Our subject was married twice, first to Mary Thompson, born in Ireland November 20. 1819, died June 5. 1877. She was a daughter of John I. and Elizabeth Cruthers, of Irish descent. To this union eleven children were born, six boys and five girls, two of the latter deceased. His second marriage took place December 22, 1878, with Mrs. Nancy Ellen Jewell, widow of George Jewell. She was born in Virginia November 20, 1845. Her father was a Mr. Robinson, of Virginia, of English descent. Mr. King owns 277 acres of land in Sections 13, 18 and 17, and has been a resident of this

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State forty-one years. He is a member of the United Brethren Church, and has acted as Trustee three terms of one year each. He has also been a member of the School Board for eighteen years. His sons are all married except one, and all farmers. One is in Iowa and the rest in Dakota.

WILLIAM H. KIPP, railway agent on the Pan Handle Railroad, New- comerstown, was born in Westphalia, Prussia, April 12, 1841, and emigrated to Dresden, Muskingum County, Ohio, where he lived until nineteen years old, and then went to Newark, Ohio. His father was born December 27, 1816; his mother on June 21, 1817, and was married at the age of twenty-four years. She was killed by the kick of a horse in May, 1878, at Frazeysburg, Ohio. They had a family of eight children, one deceased. Our subject was married, September 23,, 1861, to M. E. Lisey, born in Switzerland September 23, 1841. They are the parents of five children, viz .: Ida E., wife of William Harris, assistant agent for his father-in-law ; Anna E .; Edward H .; Charles. E., died March 6, 1873 ; and Ella R. Mr. Kipp has been acting as agent for eleven years, and helped to build the Pan Handle Railway. He is a son of Henry and Christina E. (Stockdick) Kipp, the latter deceased. Mr. Kipp enlisted in Company D, First Ohio Cavalry, August 5, 1861, and was discharged in October, 1864, at Columbia, Middle Tenn., and mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, October, 1864. He was in the Army of the Cumberland from the spring of 1862 to June, 1863, acting as Private Orderly in Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas' escort, and participated in all the engagements of the Army of the Cumberland under Gens. Buell, Grant, Rosecrans and Sherman until the Union victory of Atlanta, Ga. He belongs to no religious denomination, but takes the Bible as his only rule of faith, and expects to be saved by and through the resurrection only. He discards the doctrine of immortal souls, etc.

J. F. LEGGETT, minister of the Gospel, P. O. Conotton, Ohio, was born in Union Township, this county, October 17, 1854, and is a son of Elijah and Eliza (Le- masters) Leggett, the former born August 2, 1821, the latter on December 23, 1826. They were married in 1845, and were the parents of twelve children, five boys and seven girls, viz .: W. B., born October 6, 1846 ; Abraham, born April 15, 1848, died October 15, 1850 ; Nancy E., born March 23, 1850 ; Elizabeth J., born May 8, 1852 ; J. F., born October 17, 1854 ; Racel A., born September 3, 1856 ; John C., born October 2, 1858 ; Sarah M., born July 22, 1861 ; Catherine R., born November 19, 1865 ; E. S., born December 29, 1866 ; Mary A., born De- cember 11, 1869 ; and Emma, born December 10, 1871. The subject of this sketch was married, March 20, 1879, to Luella J. Skeels, born March 31, 1861, in this county, and a daughter of T. B. and A. R. (Smith) Skeels, also natives of this county. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Leggett are the parents of two children-Odessie B., born January 17, 1880 ; and Oreta, born March 4, 1882. Mr. Leggett received a common school education, and is a minister of the United Brethren Church. He was received into the Muskingum Conference, United Brethren Church, at its sixty-fourth Session, held at New Philadelphia in 1871, Bishop J. Dixon presiding.

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The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Part 102

Author: Warner, Beers & Co. Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1017

Author: Warner, Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1884
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1017