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DANIEL REAM, farmer, P. O. Pharisburg, was born in Ross County, Ohio, July 29, 1820. His parents were John and Catharine (Redman) Ream, natives of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Ohio at a very early day, and were among the pioneers of the Buckeye State. Our subject was married, April 27, 1840, to Harriet Muncy, daughter of Thomas Muncy, and a native of Delaware County, Ohio, where she was born in 1822. By this union thirteen children were born, of whom twelve survive. Mrs. Ream dying, three years later Mr. Ream was again married .
A. W. ROBINSON, hotel-keeper, Magnetic Springs, was born in Union County, Ohio, March 30, 1829. He is a son of Asa and Ann Catharine Robinson, the former a native of Massachu- setts, of English descent, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent. Our sub- ject was married, December 18, 1851, to Elizabeth E., a daughter of William D. and Jane (Trus- ler) Kirkland, and a native of Tennessee, born May 16, 1881. By this union they have three daughters-Jennie C., Elizabeth E. and Mollie M .- all now living. Our subject is a farmer by occupation, and owns a fine farm near the Springs, which furnishes the hotel tables with vegetables in their season, he being one of the proprietors of the hotel conducted under the firm name of Savage & Robinson. This house was built in 1880, and has been used as a hotel since June, 1881; it contains forty-three rooms, thirteen of which are double, furnishing ample accommodations for the many guests entertained there every summer. Mr. Robinson read medicine with an older brother for eighteen months, and has paid some attention to the treatment of cancers and chronic diseases. He is a member of Delaware Lodge, No. 18, F. & A. M., at Delaware, Ohio, a Republican in politics, and with his wife a member of the Christian Church.
WILLIAM H. STYER, farmer, P. O. Claibourne, is a son of Joseph T. and Abigail M. (Carns) Styer, and was born in Knox County, Ohio, January 4, 1852. His parents were mar- ried in Union County in 1850, and had seven children, viz. : Adeline, Charles, William H., Martha E., James S., George A. and Eber. His grandparents were Joseph and Rachel Styer, and William and Jane Carns. Our subject was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools. He married Lizzie Maskill, who was born in Union County January 12, 1851. She is a daughter of John and Adeline (Wells) Maskill, the former a native of Clark County and the latter of Ross County. Her grandparents were Robert and Isabelle Maskill. Mr. Styer has five children, viz. : Millie M., born February 16, 1876; Arthur, born May 29, 1877 ; Carrie, born December 31, 1878; Webb L., born October 12, 1880; and John S., born June 24, 1882. Mrs. Styer was educated at the Marysville High School, and taught nine terms in six schools of this county. Mr. Styer is a Republican in politics. His wife is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
NELSON SMITH, farmer, P. O. Claibourne, is a son of John and Rebecca (Tracy) Smith, and was born December 14, 1832. On May 27, 1853, he married Ann Jane Crawford,
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by whom he had seven children, viz. : Alsenia E., John E., Sarah, Josephine, David, Sherman and two infants, deceased. Mrs. Smith died August 25, 1873, and on December 24, 1873, Mr. Smith married Margaret A., daughter of Thomas R. Price, and a native of Tuscarawas County, born in June, 1834. Mr. Smith owns 107 acres of land on which he is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He owns a celebrated horse which was imported by W. H. Hawk and J. F. Smith. It is a dapple gray, weighing 1,800 pounds, and was purchased August 31, 1881, at a cost of $15,000. He also has two very fine mares which he keeps for stock purposes. Mr. Smith is a member of the Grange, and of the M. P. Church. He is a Republican in poli- tics, and has lived in the county twenty-three years.
JOSEPHUS SMITH, farmer and veterinary surgeon, P. O. Claybourn, was born in Fayette County, Ohio, October 16, 1828. He is a son of John and Rebecca (Tracy) Smith, the former a native of Greenbrier County, Va., and the latter a native of Maryland, and came to Highland County, Ohio, in 1812. Our subject was married December 18, 1850, to Elizabeth Carson, who was born in 1833. She died and on March 2, 1862, Mr. Smith married Eliza Ann, daughter of John aud Polly Earheart. She was born in Ross County, Ohio, September 2, 1834, and by her five children were born, viz : Ellraphy, deceased, aged eight months; Anthraatis, born October 12, 1865; Amanetta, born November 11, 1868; Wilbur Crawson and Josephus, born October 30, 1879. Mr. Smith was a member of the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volun- teer Infantry from May 2 to September, 1864. He is a farmer and veterinary surgeon, having practiced the latter profession successfully for thirty-three years. He owns fifty acres of land, on which he resides.
ISAAC STOUFER, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1835, and is a son of John and Nancy (Harvey) Stoufer. His parents moved from Pennsylvania to Mus- kingum County, Ohio, where they remained three or four years, and about 1857 came to Union County. They settled about one mile west of where our subject now lives, but soon afterward moved to Wyandot County, where the father died. The wife still survives and is residing at Larue, Ohio, in the seventy-seventh year of her age. Our subject was raised in town in Penn- sylvania, and, during a part of his residence, in Muskingum County, and has provided for him- self since twelve or thirteen years of age. He conducted an ashery in Pharisburg for a time. and for about fifteen years operated a saw mill. In 1857, he married Miss Mary Welsh, a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Welsh, by whom he had one child-Laura, deceased, aged two years. Mrs. Stoufer died in 1862, and in 1867 he married Mattie Langstaff, daughter of James H. and Catharine (Dixon) Langstaff, and by her has one child, viz., Laura, born August 10, 1830. Mr. Stoufer purchased sixty acres of land one mile north of Pharisburg, in 1867, and turned his attention to farming. In the spring of 1882, he disposed of his farm and purchased one hundred and sixty acres where he now resides and on which he has re- cently erected a handsome and commodious two-story frame residence. He is a Republican in politics, but, having no aspirations for official honors, he has never been called to serve in any official capacity.
A. J. SMITH, farmer, manufacturer of pressed brick and tile and proprietor of a saw mill, Magnetic Springs, is one of the prominent citizens of the township. His father, a native of Virginia, of English descent, emigrated to Ohio at an early day and settled in Fayette County. In 1824, he married, in Ross County, Christina Howard, a native of Pennsylvania, who also came to Ohio at an early day and settled in Fayette County. They had a family of eight children, five boys and three girls; both parents died in Union County. Our subject was married in 1864 to Sarah Ann Redding, a daughter of William and Priscilla Redding, the former of Dutch and the latter of English descent. She was born June 4, 1842, and by her Mr. Smith has had eight children, viz .: William S. T., Flora R., Rosalie, Lilla M., Andrew J., Minnie A. and Benjamin F. and Frederick W., twins. Mr. Smith was raised on the Black farm, to which he went when four years of age, and remained until twenty-four. After his marriage, he was "burned out" at Pike's Peak, and in 1869 he went to the Rocky Mountains, where he remained one year and dug for gold nine months. He at one time owned over 800 acres of land in Ohio and Iowa, but now owns only 140 acres, on which he has 500 or 600 rods of hedge fence. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Granger's fraternity. He makes farming the principal object of his attention, but also operates a saw mill and manufactures drain tile ex- tensively and is engaged in the cultivation of grapes.
ROBERT B. SMITH, farmer, P. O. Pharisburg, son of Andrew and Jane (Barr) Smith, natives of Pennsylvania, was born in Washington County, Penn., July 12, 1837, and emigrated to Ohio at the age of sixteen years. On December 15, 1864, he married Margaret Westlake, a daughter of Josiah and Christina (Krouff) Westlake, and a native of Belmont County, Ohio, where she was born September 15, 1836. They have had three children, viz .: Eva J., born January 27, 1866, Josephine C., born February, 1869, and William Barr, born January 26, 1871. Our subject was rearei to farm life and has made farming his life occupation. His pa- ternal grandparents were James Smith and Jane, his wife. His maternal grandparents were Robert Barr and Christina, his wife. His wife's grandparents were Samuel Westlake and Elizabeth Reed, his wife.
GEORGE SHREYER, farmer, P. O. Pharisburg, was born in Germany February 2, 1812, and was a son of Adam and Margaret ( Helman) Shreyer. He emigrated to America and thirty- five years ago located where he now resides. He is a farmer by occupation, and has succeeded
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in accumulating 221 acres of land. He was married April 19, 1839, to Catherine, daughter of Jacob and Ann Catherine (Sicrist) Weaver, a native of Fairfiel I County, Ohio, where she was born February 22, 1820. By this union ten children were born, viz., Jacob, who married Anna W. Wagner and now lives in Fairfield County ; Ada, deceased; Ann C., Phebe Margaret, Samuel W., who lives in Kansas ; Keziah, Frances R. Mary Alice, Della Maria and Emma Phonetta. The last named is the only one residing at home, the others being married and settled elsewhere.
ROBERT SHARP, farmer, P. O. Pharisburg, was born in Ross County, Ohio, September 24, 1810. lle is a son of Henry and Nancy (Travilian) Sharp, natives of Albemarle County, Va., the former of English and the latter of French descent. Our subject was married September 4, 1833, to Ann, daughter of Jacob and Eleanor (Devoss) Davis, natives of Ross County, Ohio. By this union five children were born, viz., Allen T., deceased, born July 21, 1834; Matilda, wife of David Ca- hill, born March 17, 1836; William, born May 6, 1838, a soldier in the Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Clarissa, wife of D. R. Armitage, born April 27, 1840; and Russel B., born July 6, 1843. Mrs. Sharp died November 15, 1844, aged thirty-one years, and on November 12, 1846, Mr. Sharp married Julia Organ, daughter of John and Susannah (Teter) Organ, a native of Cham- paign County. By her he had two children-Charles W., born December 22, 1852, and Jennie R., born October 80, 1865. Mr. Sharp owns a farm of eighty-two acres of land, upon which he resides, where he devotes his time wholly to farming and stock dealing. He has crossed the Alleghany Mountains twenty-six times during his life, in the prosecution of his business. He was Superintendent of the County Infirmary for several years ; Deputy Sheriff four years under James B. Whelpley, and Sheriff two terms ; Coroner one year, and, in the latter capacity, held an inquest on the body of C. S. Hamilton, who was killed by his son. Mr. Sharp is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been a class-leader forty years, and of the Palestine Lodge, No. 158, F. & A. M., and Royal Arch Chapter, No. 99, F. & A. M. His father was born in 1781.
JOHN N. TRICKEY, proprietor livery stable, Magnetic Springs, was born in Licking Coun- ty, Ohio, July 6, 1848; he is a son of Christopher and Caroline (Redmon) Trickey, the former a native of West Virginia, of German descent, and the latter of Irish parentage. Our subject grew up on the farm, receiving such schooling as was attainable in the country schools. He followed farming until July 22, 1881, when he engaged in the livery business with Lester Oliver; the latter having since retired. John Mickey has been taken into the firm, under the name of Trickey & Mickey. Mr. T'rickey was married, November 15, 1872, to Margaret Brannan, daughter of John and Mary A. (Elliott) Brannan. By this union two children were born, viz., Mary, who died. June 7, 1880, and Sadie, born February 21, 1877. Mr. Trickey owns a very desirable piece of property at Magnetic Springs, on which he resides. IIe is well adapted to his business, which he conducts in a very successful manner.
J. R. TAYLOR, farmer, P. O. Pharisburg, was born in Champaign County, Ohio, August 15, 1847. He is a son of William H. and Eliza Ellen ( Robinson) Taylor, the former of English and the latter of Irish descent. Our subject was raised on a farm, and early adopted the occupation of a farmer for his life work. In 1872, he married Miss Emma Bowen, who was born in 1852. By this union four children were born, viz., Ada, Lulu Eva, Harry Wayne, and an infant daughter. Mr. Taylor owns a well-improved farm of 147 acres, near Pharisburg, upon which he resides, and which he cultivates in the most successful manner. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge and Encampment, and in politics a stanch Republican, taking an active interest in all questions of public reform, and, especially those advanced by his party. For six years he ably served his township in the capacity of Justice of the Peace.
JOHN WOOD, farmer, P. O. Claibourne, is a sou of Ingram and Ann (Maskill) Wood, and was born in Union County November 12, 1845. He was reared on a farm and educated in the Union County common schools. He was married October 20, 1870, to Miss Margaret Jolliff, who was born in Union County. They have four children, viz., Francis, born July 20, 1871 ; Min- nie, born April 17, 1874; Vina, born March 13, 1877, and Harry, born June 25, 1880. Mr. Wood devotes his whole time to agricultural pursuits, and in cultivating his farm of forty acres, which lies one mile south of Claibourne. He served four months in Company D, One Hun- dred and Thirty-sixth Regiment, Ohio National Guards, Capt. Norville. His wife is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
A. WALKER, farmer, P. O. Magnetic Springs, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, March 16, 1821. Ilis parents were Alexander and Margaret (Cain) Walker, the former a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch descent, and the latter a native of Virginia, of Irish and Dutch descent. Our subject was married to Mary Adolphin Utley, a daughter of Jared and Polly (Fisher) Utley, and a native of Delaware County, born October 24, 1839. By this Union six children were born, viz., William R., born October 24, 1859; Elizabeth Ann, wife of Marion Roberts, born January 21, 1861, and mother of two children, Charles and George; Solomon A., boru November 3, 1863; Mary Margaret, born May 31, 1867; Daisy Dell, born March 11, 1875. and George Ray, born April 16, 1877. Mr. Walker is a farmer by occupation and owns seventy- five acres ofland, which he purchased eight years ago. He is a member of Richwood Lodge, No. 347, I. O. O. F., and he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. He is a Democrat in politics. His father and seven brothers served in the war of 1812. His father was also a Revolutionary soldier. His grandfathers were James Walker and James Cain.
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CHAPTER IX.
ALLEN TOWNSHIP.
A T the time of the organization of Union County, the territory now com- prising Allen Township was embraced in Union Township. In 1822, when Liberty Township was formed, this territory was then mostly embraced there- in, and thus remained until June 5, 1827, when, at a meeting of the Commis- sioners of Union County, it was agreed " that a new township be set off to be called Allen Township, to be bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at the southeast corner of Liberty Township, thence running with the east line of said township north six miles; thence running west to the west line of said Liberty Township; thence south to the line between Champaign and Union Counties; thence east with the said Liberty Township line three miles to the corner; thence south with the said line of Liberty Township to the northwest corner of Union Township; thence east with the north line of Union Town- ship to the beginning." Levi Phelps, Clerk of the Board of County Com- missioners.
ALLEN TOWNSHIP SURVEYS.
The earliest surveys in the territory embraced in this township were made in October, 1797. The surveys are as follows: Surveyed for Henry Whitning 740 acres, Survey No. 102, June 6, 1813; Walter Dun, D. S. Surveyed, De- cember 3, 1823, for Charles Simms, 1,200 acres, Survey No. 158; James Gallo- way, D. S. Surveyed, June S, 1806, for James Denny, assignee, 300 acres, Sur- vey No. 1,502; James Galloway, D. S. Surveyed, September 28, 1799, for John Hefferlin, 100 acres, Survey No. 2,598; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, No- vember 4, 1797, for Richard Stephenson's heirs-at-law to Hugh Stephenson- deceased, 1,000 acres, Survey No. 2669; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, No- vember 1, 1797, for Peter Manifold, assignee, 1,000 acres, Survey No. 2,833; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, October 30, 1797, for Samuel Wallace, 1,000 acres, Survey No. 2,875; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, October 23, 1797, for Lucas Sullivant, assignee, 1,300 acres, Survey No. 2,979; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, November 26, 1797, for John Mumford Gregory, 800 acres, Survey No. 2,980; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, November 26, 1797, for Andrew Torborn, 1,000 acres, Survey No. 2,981; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, November 26, 1797, for Andrew Torborn, 1,000 acres, Survey No. 2,983; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed. December 20, 1797, for William Carter, 1,000 acres, Survey No. 3,151; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, De- cember 20, 1797, for Henry Baumgaitner, 200 acres, Survey No. 3,156; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, April 10, 1799, for Richard Stephenson, 800 acres, Survey No. 3,163; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, September 28, 1799, for Obadiah R. Harrison, 200 acres, Survey No 3,241; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, September 17, 1799, for Lucas Sullivant, 1,000 acres, Survey No. 3,681; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, September 11, 1799, for George McCrider, 100 acres, Survey No. 3,697; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, Sep- tember 17, 1799, for James Wilson, 100 acres, Survey No. 3,741; Lucas Sulli- vant, D. S. Surveyed September 17, 1799, for James Wilson, 200 acres, Sur- vey No. 3,742; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed September 30, 1799, for Lucas Sullivant, assignee, 200 acres, Survey No. 3,748; Lucas Sullivant, D.
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S. Surveyed, September 30, 1799, for Lucas Sullivant, 200 acres, Survey No. 3,748; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, September 30, 1799, for James Cole- man, assignee, Joseph Flipps, Rowland Estes, Lucas Sullivant, assignee, and David White, assignee, 600 acres, Survey No. 3,749; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed September 28, 1799, for George Custard, 100 acres, Survey No. 3,752; Lucas Sullivant, D. S. Surveyed, December 12, 1805, for the repre- sentatives of Lewelling Jones, 1,100 acres, Survey No. 4,814; James Gallo- way, Jr., D. S. Surveyed, November 5, 1807, for Peter Manifold, 481 acres, Survey No. 4,610; James Galloway, Jr., D. S. Surveyed December 15, 1809, for John Hays, 200 acres, Survey No. 4,880; James Galloway, Jr., D. S. Sur- veyed May 1, 1806, for Thomas Sears, 500 acres, Survey No. 4,933; Duncan McArthur, D. S. Surveyed, July 22, 1809, for Zadoc Bailey and James Crop- per, 120 acres, Survey No. 6,295; James Galloway, Jr., D. S. Surveyed, March 5, 1811, for Rice Haggard and Nancy, his wife, 8663 acres, Survey No. 7.022; James Galloway, Jr., D. S. Surveyed, October 26, 1813, for Anthony Walke and Abridgeton Jones, 3,337 acres, Survey No. 7,822; Walter Dun, D. S. Surveyed, November 1, 1815, for Walter Dun and Nathan Haines, assign- ees, 500 acres, Survey No. 8,565; Walter Dun, D. S. Surveyed, February 5, 1819, for Walter Dun, assignee, 200 acres, Survey No. 9,796; Walter Dun, D. S. Surveyed June 17, 1823, for John Evans and William Withers, 140 acres, Surveys Nos. 12,242 and 12,262; Duncan McArthur, D. S. Surveyed, January 11, 1825. for Walter Dun and George Clark, assignees, 82 acres, Surveys No. 12,081 and 12,744; Walter Dun, D. S. Surveyed for John Guthrie, 320 acres, Survey No. 4,606-a part of said land is in Logan Coun- ty. Surveyed for James Galloway, 360 acres, Survey No. 5,746. Surveyed for Walter Dun, -- acres, Survey No. 7,772 (mostly in Logan County). Surveyed for N. Bailey, 120 acres, Survey No. 6,295. Surveyed for Mazy Vance, 1,000 acres, Survey No. 12,308. Surveyed for H. Massie, 40 acres, Survey No. 14,602. Surveyed for James Galloway, 260 acres, Survey No 15,309.
EARLY SETTLERS.
This township was the fifth in date of organization in Union County, and although from its geographical position it was not settled as early by several years as the southern townships of the county, yet settlers entered this terri- tory quite early, and after the first settler located withinits boundaries he was followed by others in rapid succession; and within the period of fifteen years from the time of the location of the first settler the township of Allen was quite thickly populated. The township is located in the southwestern part of the county. It is bounded north by Liberty and Paris Townships, on the east by Paris, on the south by Union Township and Champaign County, and on the west by Logan County. Just who was the first settler within the precincts of this territory it is difficult now to ascertain, as there were several who located here at nearly the same time. We have, however, concluded to commence our pioneer list with the name of Henry Vangordon, who, if not the first settler, was one of the first. He was a native of Pennsylvania, married Catharine Carter, emigrated to Ohio at an early day, came to Allen Township and set- tled on Buck Run, on land now owned by Jacob Leonard, it is believed, about 1820. Subsequently he removed to Illinois, where he died. His children were as follows: Henry, married Eliza Spain, became a minister in the United Brethren Church, and moved to the West; Samuel and Mary (twins), the former is deceased, the latter married Philander Spain, and now resides in Illinois; Elizabeth and Charles, died in early childhood; George, removed to the West, and Wesley was killed by a falling tree when a child. Mr. Henry
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Vangordon was one of thirteen voters at the first election after the township was constituted; also one of the first Trustees, and its fourth Treasurer.
Daniel Allen, a native of Pennsylvania, married Rachel Burwell, and about 1813 emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Madison County; abont 1820-21, came to Allen Township, where he settled and remained until his death, being killed by falling from a load of oats and breaking his neck, in 1832. The township was named in honor of him. As a man and citizen, he was highly esteemed and respected; was one of the first thirteen voters, and one of the three first Trustees; was an earnest and devoted Christian and a class leader in the church. His children were as follows: Mary, married David Reed, and subsequently removed to Iowa, where she died; Jonathan, married Roanna Talbot, and also died in Iowa; Betsy Ann, married Uram Carpenter, and now resides in Logan County, Ohio; Samuel, Isaac and Wilson, all removed to Iowa, where they married and settled.
Isaac Allen, a brother of the above Daniel Allen, early removed to the State of New York and married Theresa Andrews. In the fall of 1811, they emigrated to Ohio and settled in Pike Township, Madison County. In 1829, he removed to this county and settled in Allen Township, where he resided till his death, in 1863. His wife died in 1860. Of their children-Romanta, married Anna Mather, and removed to Iowa, where he died; Lury, married Alvin Wilcox, and subsequently removed to Indiana, where she died; Phebe, married William Mather, and now resides in Iowa; Mira, married Chistopher Wilbur, is now a widow and lives on the home place; Nathan B., married Margaret Mather, and now resides in Iowa; Emily, married Warren Lathrop, is deceased; Harriet, married Michael Mullen, and removed to Iowa, where she died; and Caroline, who died in infancy.
Jonathan Burwell, a native of Pennsylvania, settled in Allen Township about the same time with Daniel Allen. He married a Miss Vangorden and had the following children: Ephraim, Rachel, Eleanor, John, Sarah, Phebe, Catharine, Elizabeth and Anna. Mr. Burwell died in summer of 1829. He was one of the first thirteen voters.
Southard Mather, a native of Maryland, came with his father's family to Milford Center, Union County, Ohio; there he married Perlina Rice, and set- tled in Allen Township about 1822-23. Subsequently he removed to Iowa, where he died. He was also one of the first thirteen voters, and the first Clerk of Allen Township.
Moses Redford, it is believed, was a native of Virginia; emigrated to Ohio and first located at Milford Center, where he followed shoe-making. Finally, he married Betsey Southard, settled on Buck Run, and was one of the thirteen who voted at the first election in 1827. Subsequently he removed into Cham- paign County.
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