The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the Northwest territory, Volume 2, Part 56

Author: Durant, Pliny A. ed; Beers (W.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : W. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 1410


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ROBERT McMILLAN, builder, Wilmington, is a life resident of the village. He was born April 28, 1840, and is a son of William McMillan, a native of Pennsyl- vania. He came to Clinton County, Ohio, when but six years of age, and during the latter part of his life was engaged in erecting many of the principal buildings of Wil- mington and vicinity. He died in February, 1873. Mr. McMillan's mother was Elizabeth Henry, a sister of James Henry, of Henry & McMillan, grocers. Robert McMillan grew to manhood in his native village, obtaining his education in the publie schools. He assisted his father at the builder's trade during the latter's life time and has since followed it. Mr. McMillan is probably the largest builder in Wilmington, having erected the larger part of its fine business blocks and private residences. He erected the Methodist Episcopal and Christian Churches, City Hall, Wilmington Pub- lic School building, First National Bank building, County building and Wilmington College, with many others too numerous to mention. Mr. McMillan has been in active service about twenty-two years, and has done his share in improving the appearance of his native place. He resides in a neat and substantial brick residence, on the northeast corner of South and Columbus streets. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Republican in politics, and a member of the village Council. Mr. McMillan was united in marriage in 1870, to Laura F., daughter of Stephen Eldred. They have two children -Ray and C. R.


WILLIAM McMILLAN, junior member of Henry & McMillan, grocers and dealers in queensware, South street, Wilmington, was born in the village of Wilming- ton, January 30, 1856. He is a son of William McMillan, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to this county when quite young. He was a brick-mason and a builder by trade, and erected many of the substantial business blocks and dwellings of Wilmington" and vicinity. He died in February, 1873. Mr. MoMillan's mother was Elizabeth Henry, also a nativeof Pennsylvania, and still residing in Pennsylvania. The subject of


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this notice grew to manhood in his native village, and attended the public schools till four- teen years of age. He then went to Kansas, where he clerked for two years. Returning to Wilmington, he was employed as a clerk in the store of L. D. Sayres, with whom he remained eight years. On July 7, 1880 he formed a copartnership with James Henry in his present business. Mr. McMillan is connected with the Royal Arcanum, and served one year as collector of that organization. He has always been a stanch Republican. Mr. McMillan possesses a very fine private library, in which this work will find a prom- inent place. William McMillan is a young man of excellent habits, and good business qualifications, and bears the esteem of a host of friends and acquaintances throughout the county.


ABRAM MONAMA, maker of boots and shoes, East Main street, Wilmington, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, August 6, 1823. His father was Timothy McNama, a native of Ireland, who came to America during the Irish rebellion of 1778. He removed to Licking County, Ohio, about 1812. Mr. McNama's mother was Rachel MeDonald, a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish descent. When quito young, Mr. MeNama accompanied his parents to Perry County, Ohio, where his mother departed this life and where he was reared and educated. When nine years of age, he commenced learning his present, trade, and has Inboriously followed this ocen- pation for nearly half a century. He resided in Perry County until twenty-two years of age, then removed to Lebanon, and April 2, 1850, located in Wilmington, where he has since resided. Mr. McNama has been very industrious and economizing through life, and his business has always been remunerative. He is a member of the Society of Friends. His maiden vote was cast for James K. Polk, and since then has voted with the Democratic party. He was married November 11, 1847, to Mary A. Elliott, a resident of this county. Two sons have been given them, one now living-Lawthern, a resident of Warren County, Ohio, formerly in business with his father. The other son, William, died of the cholera in 1854. Mrs. McNama is also a member of the Friends.


ISAIAH F. MIARS, Wilmington, was born in the house where he now resides, August 23, 1833. His father was David Miars, a native of Virginia and of German ancestry. He located on Todd's Fork, Union Township, this county, in 1811. He was a blacksmith by trade, but was mostly engaged in farming. In this latter vocation he became quite successful, owning 468 acres at the time of his death, December 19, 1880. Mr. Miars' mother was Sally Stout, a native of North Carolina, and of English parentage. She is a member of the Society of Friends. Mr. Miars grew to man- hood on the old homestead, and has been engaged in farming all his life. He now owns 121 acres of the old homestead farm. Mr. Miars' political views are in sympathy with those adopted by the Republican party, and his official acts have been limited to the directorship of a school district in his native township. He was joined in the bonds of holy wedlock, in 1855, to Matilda Babb, a native of Union Township, of Scotch ancestry, and a daughter of Henry and Anna (Woodruff) Babb. They have been blessed with six children-Luella J .; Elva E., wife of Orlando Walker, a promi- nent young farmer of this township ; Sally Ann, Mary E., Corwin and Henry. Mr. Miars, wife and family are members of the Society of Friends.


ORLANDO MIARS, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio. September 1, 1827. He is the son of Jolin and Catharine ( Miars) Miars, natives of Virginia, of German descent. He has received no other education than such as could be obtained from the district schools of the township. He is by oc- cupation a farmer, and now owns 175 acres of good land. He was married in 1852 to Marcia Buckley, a daughter of George and Ruth (Barnes) Buckley, the former a native of Connecticut, of Welsh and English descent, and the latter a native of Vermont, of English and French descent. Mrs. Miars was born' May 3, 1823, and by her Mr. Miars has had two children, viz., Charles R. and Florence. The family are members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Miars is a Republican in politics, but has never aspired to official honors. He has, however, held several minor offices in the township. He is a kind husband, an affectionate parent and a good and respected citizen.


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JOIIN D. MILLER, P. O. Wilmington, a farmer and. stock-raiser on the MeKay pike, three and a half miles from Wilmington, was born in Center County, Penn., June 29, 1817. He is a son of David and Tamzen ( Whitson ). Miller, natives of Pent- sylvania and of German descent. David Miller came to Clinton County in 1819, locating in Union Township. He was an artilleryman during the war with Great Britain, in 1812. Mr. Miller was reared in the wilds of Clinton County, often watch- ing a herd of deer pass his father's door. He received but a limited education, and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits through life. He was a " squirrel hunter" dur- · ing the rebellion, having enlisted, though over age, as First Sergeant in-the Ohio Na- tional Guards, to repel Kirby Smith in his raid against Cincinnati. He is the owner of seventy-five acres of land, the result of his own untiring industry and economy. He is a Democrat, and has served as School Director. Mr. Miller was married in 1841 to Jane McKinzie, a daughter of John and Isabella (Crawford) McKinzie, of Scotch ancestry, who located in Clinton County about 1809. Four children have been given them, three living-Bell T., married and residing in Tennessee ; Miles D., a farmer and carpenter, and Durias J.


LEVI MILLS, of Mills & Van Pelt, attorneys at law, office over Lamb's jewelry store, Wilmington, was born in Warren County, Ohio, March 14, 1844. His father was Jonathan Mills, a native of Warren County, and a farmer by occupation. He died in 1862. Mr. Mill s mother was Charity Cook. She departed this life in 1860. Mr. Mills was reared amid rural scenes, and resided on his father's farm till twenty years of age. In 1864, he came to Wilmington and commenced the study of law in the office of Robert E. Doan, with whom he remained until admitted to practice. He attended lect. ures at the Cincinnati Law School during the winters of 1865-66, 1866-67 and 1867-68. and'on the third Wednesday of April, 1868, was admitted to practice at the bar. He returned to Wilmington and formed a law partnership with R. E. Doan. Soon after. this relationship was discontinued, and Mr. Mills practiced his profession alone for three years. In October, 1873, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Clinton County on the Republican ticket, but resigned after a year's service. On December 5, 1873, he was admitted to practice in the United States Courts, and soon after formed a copart. nership with Felix G. Stone, the firm of Stone & Mills doing business for three or four years. In 1878, he entered into partnership with David B. Van Pelt, and the firm of Mills & Van Pelt does a flourishing business. Mr. Mills has always been a Republican. but of late years has become a Prohibitionist in sentiment. In the fall of 1881, he was nominated at Loveland, Ohio, for Attorney General of Ohio, by the State Anti- Liquor Alliance, but declined the proffered honor. Mr. Mills' parents were members of the Society of Friends, and he was reared in the doctrines of that church. Upon attaining his majority he became a licensed minister of the Friends' Society. The fact of a minister of the Society of Friends being an attorney at law is a very rare occurrence in the history of the church. Mr. Mills was united in marriage in October, 1862, to Ruth: W. McMillan, a native of this county. Four children have been sent to bless this union : three daughters are living-Hattie, Mary and Irene. Robert J. is deceased. Mr .. Mills enjoys a birthright in the Society of Friends. Mr. Mills is the present Secretary of the Pioneer Association of Clinton County, and as such has done much toward the preservation of the local history so fully portrayed in this volume.


FRANK BIRDSELLE MILLS, junior member of the law firm of Stone, Walker & Mills, Wilmington, was born at Sabina, Richland Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, April 30, 1857. ITis father was Abner C. Mills, a native of Kentucky, who located in Darke County, Ohio, in 1840. A few years later, he removed to this county, where he "farmed it " till his death, June 10, 1875. Mr. Mills' mother was Huldah Hall, also a native of Kentucky. She departed this life in 1864. Our subject resided in his native village till he was fourteen years of age. In 1869, he went to Burlingame, Kan., where he lived one year. He then returned to Sabina, and received a good English education in the public schools there, and subsequently at the Wilmington College of the Society of Friends. In 1875, he came to Wilmington, and read law with Stone & Walker. After the death of his father, in 1876, he went to college for


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three years. He next studied law with Savage & Smith, and was admitted to the bar in April, 1879. He opened an office, and practiced his profession alone until February, 1880, when he became a member of the present firm. Mr. Mills is a member of Wil- mington Lodge, No. 52 (Masonic), and " a genuine old-fashioned Republican " in pol- itics.


THOMAS MILLIKAN, retired farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in North Carolina, March 1, 1808. His father was Eli Millikan, a native of that State, and a blacksmith by trade. He came to Warren County, Ohio, in the fall of 1811, and the following year to Clinton County, locating on a farm of eighty acres on Todd's Fork, in Union Township. The greater part of his life was spent in agricultural pursuits, but he also worked some at his trade. He married Mary Kersey, also a native of North Carolina. The fruits of this union were nine children, eight of whom yet sur- vive-William, residing in Henry County, Ind .; our subject, JJohn, Nathan, Almeda, Permelia, Rebecca and Eli. Zachariah died at the age of nine years. Mr. Millikan resided on the farm in Union Township till his death, in August, 1849. He was then sixty-five years of age. Mrs. Millikan departed this life five or six years later, at the advanced age of seventy years. Mr. Millikan was a successful fariner, at one time own- ing 250 acres of land. At the time of his death, he owned 100 acres. The subject of this notice was reared on the farm, and when young assisted his father in the black- smith shop. He worked at the latter trade in winters, and followed brick-making in the summers for some time. He finally purchased fifty acres of land, near his father's, south of Wilmington, and also entered a section of land in Iowa, the latter piece being now divided between his children. Since buying the first-named piece of land, Mr. Millikan has increased its acreage to 144, and there he resided till November, 1880, when he gave up farm life and removed to Wilmington. He erected a substantial brick residence on South South street, where he is passing the remainder of life in comfort and peace. He has always enjoyed good health. Mr. Millikan was married, in 1836, to Sarah Potterfield, a native of Loudoun County, Va. Seven children have been born to them. Six. are living at present-Elizabeth; Nathan; Mary, wife of Howard A. Haynes, of Wilmington; Catherine, wife of Francisco Hyatt, of Clark Township; Joseph and Priscilla. One child, Rebecca, died in her thirteenth year. Mr. Millikan is Republican in politics. Mr. Millikan's parents were Friends, and he possesses a birthright in that society. Mrs. Millikan is also a member of the Friends. COL. JOHN C. MOON, Wilmington, solicitor of insurance, is a life resident of Clinton County. He was born in Clark Township, May 1, 1830. His father, Solomon Moon, was a native of Tennessee, and accompanied his father (Jacob Moon) to Ohio about 1806. They located in Clark Township, where Solomon was engaged in farming till the day of his death, February 7, 1856. Col. Moon's mother was Hannah McLin, a native of Ohio, who died a few years ago. She was the mother of twelve children, of whom our subject was the seventh. child and third son. Col. Moon was reared a "farmer's boy," obtaining his edu- cation at the old Martinsville Academy, then one of the most noted educational in- stitutions in Southern Ohio. His father was a plasterer by trade, and our subject would assist him during the summer months, and teach school in the winter ones. He thus devoted his time until 1860. In 1859, he removed to Wilmington, and was soon after elected Superintendent of the Wilmington Public Schools. While occupying that position, he was elected County Surveyor, having received a good education in civil engineering. In 1862, he appointed a deputy surveyor to take his place, and im- mediately enlisted in Company F, Eighty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months). He was elected Captain of the company, and, upon the expiration of the three months, raised Company B of the Eighty-eighth Regiment, and went with" them to the field. Their principal duty was to guard the prisoners at Camp Chase. In the spring of 1864, President Lincoln appointed Capt. Moon as Lieutenant Colonel , of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, and he served in that capactity during the remainder of the war. The regiment was attached to the Army of the James, and was before Richmond. After the. fall of Richmond,


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Lient. Col. Moon was made Colonel of the regiment, and ordered to proceed to Browns- ville, Texas, to guard the frontier. He remained there till March, 1866. In 1865, he was brevetted Brigadier General. While in Texas, Col. Moon was attacked with the "Texas fever,' which so disabled him as to necessitate his coming home for recovery. He returned to Texas again, but since the war has had occasional spells of this dreadful disease. Col. Moon represents several of the best insurance companies in America and England, but ill health bars him from doing a very large business. He is a member of Clinton Lodge, No. 92 (I. O. O. F.), of Vienna, and Hiawatha Encampment, No. 70, of Wilmington. Religiously, Col. Moon is a Universalist; and politically, an uncompro- mising Republican. He was married, January 25, 1853, to Susan W. Johnson, a native Mrs. Moon of Highland County, Ohio. They have two children-Ella and Lizzie.


is also a believer in Universalist faith. Col. Moon is the author of the interesting sketch of the "Moon family," which finds a place in our history of Clark Township.


DANIEL C. MOON, Wilmington, dealer in flour and feed, S South street, was born near Westboro, Jefferson Township, this county, June 26, 1844. His father was James Moon, a native of Tennessee, a member of the Moon family who are so numerous in the south part of Clinton county, and a sketch of which will be found in the history of Clark Township. James Moon was a blacksmith by trade, and accom- panied his father to Martinsville, Ohio, in 1819. He married Sarah A. Clark, a native of West Virginia. Of the sixteen children born to them, thirteen are now liv- ing, our subject being the thirteenth child and seventh son. Both parents are yet living, and reside at Independence, Montgomery Co., Kan. Both enjoy good health. Our subject was reared in Jefferson Township, and in 1861, when but seventeen years of age, enlisted in Company E, Forty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was veteranized in the same regiment. He served nearly four years, during which time he was wounded five times, once through the shoulder; from the latter wound he draws a pension. Mr. Moon was honorably discharged in July, 1865. He came back to Westboro and " farmed it " a year or so. He then removed to Central Illinois, where he was engaged in farming two years; thence to Westboro, and in February, 1871, came to Wilmington. Since that period, Mr. Moon has been mostly engaged in mercantile pursuits, and at present enjoys a good trade. He is Republican in politics. and served two years as Coroner of Clinton County, also as Deputy Marshal of Wil- mington for the same length of time. While serving in the latter capacity, Mr. Moon unfortunately killed a colored man, whom he was attempting to arrest. On the trial for murder, it was proven to have been a sud accident, and he was completely vindi- cated of the charge. Mr. Moon enjoys a birthright in the Society of Friends. He was married in 1864 to Elizabeth Holliday, native of Clinton County. They have three children-Cora, Otto and Burt, all attending school. Mrs. Moon is also a mem- ber of the Friends.


JOHN H. MOORE, retired farmer, P. O. Wilmington, is a life resident of Clin- ton County. He was born in Adams Township September 8, 1817. His father, Joshua Moore, was a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio about 1808. His first location was in Chester Township, this county, and did his first work for Nathan Linton, of Union Township. Ile was a cabinetmaker, carpenter and millwright, having served an apprenticeship at all three trades. He was married in 1814, at th: Springfield Meeting-House, to Nancy, sister of David Strattan, an old pioneer of this county. This was the first marriage ever celebrated within the four walls of that edi- fice. After his marriage, Mr. Moore cut off the timber from the spot now occupied by the residence of Zimri Haines, on West Main street, Wilmington, hewed the logs, and erected a log cabin in the new clearing. His first child was born and died in this cabin, and soon after Mr. Moore removed to Lytle's Creek, in Adams Township, where he lived till his death. He was born October 17, 1791, and died February 7, 1875. Twelve children were born to him-David, John, Sarah A., Micajah, Joseph, William, Joshua, Harriett, Nancy, Benjamin, Jehu and Seth. Seven of them are liv- ing at present. Mrs. Moore died in the latter part of 1881, aged eighty-four years. John Haines Moore, the subject of this notice, remained on the old homestead till six-


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teen years of age, and then learned the weaver's trade, following that occupation for many years. He also learned the cabinet trade, and subsequently rented a grist-mill at Clarksville, Vernon Township, putting up and operating a saw-mill in connection. During his stay of two years in the mills, he lost his health, and for two years suffered from what the physician called consumption. Recovering, he engaged in mercantile pursuits at Sligo, Adams Township, and two years later commenced carpentering. Hc erected the greater part of the present dwellings of that village, and some that have since been removed. IIc finally purchased a farm of 270 acres in Adams Township, where he resided many years. He was married, June 25, 1840, to Ruth Lindley, a native of Salem, Washington Co., Ind. Four children were born to them, three of whom are living-Lindley M., a dentist, residing at Sanford, Orange Co., Fla .; Oliver, a farmer of Adams Township; and Isabell, wife of James Hadley, of Adams Town- ship. On March 31, 1869, Mr. Moore suffered the loss of his companion, who was tenderly laid at rest in the Springfield Meeting-House. Burying-Ground. For ton years after the death of his wife, Mr. Moore traveled over the Union, visiting thirty-two States and Territories. On November 28, 1877, he was married at Philadelphia by its Mayor, W. S. Stokley, to Mary A. Haines, then living near that city. Mr. Moore and his first wife were members of the Orthodox Friends, in which society Mr. M. enjoys a birthright. His present wife is a member of the ficksite branch. Mr. Moore is a Republican, and once served as Justice of the Peace of Adams Township for three years.


F. M. MOORE, Wilmington, President Clinton County National Bank, is a life- long resident of this county. He was born February 16, 1837, and is a son of M. Moore, a native of Kentucky, who located in Clinton County at an carly day. He re- sided in the county till his death, which occurred in 1846. Mr. Moore's mother was Rebecca McGee, a native of Ireland. She departed this life in 1846. The subject of this notice received a fair English education in the district schools, but being of a busi- ness turn of mind early obtained a position as clerk in a store at Jasper, Greene Co., Ohio., where he remained a short time. Before he had attained his majority, he en- gaged in mercantile pursuits at Cuba, in this county, and subsequently at Martinsville. He remained in the latter village ten years, but wishing a larger field of labor came to Wilmington, and soon after became connected with the Clinton County National Bank. In 1873, Mr. Moore was elected its President, and has since occupied that position. Mr. Moore has taken considerable interest in secret societies and their labors, and for many years has been a member of both the Odd Fellow and Masonie fraternities. He is connected with Wilmington Lodge, No. 52 (Masonic), and Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127 (I. O. O. F.), and Patriarchial Cirele, No. 12. Politically, Mr. Moore has always been a warm admirer and sustainer of the principles adopted by the Republican party. He is a member of the Christian Church, and for some time has officiated as Deacon in the denomination at Wilmington. Mr. Moore was onee a County Commissioner, and at present is a member of the Village Council. He was united in marriage, August 11, 1858, to Martha Moon, a native of the southern part of Clinton County. Five ehil- dren were the issue of this union, two of whom are living-A. Newton, born May 20, 1859, and William M. Mr. Moore is a quiet, practical man, of great force of charac- ter, combining a steady perseverance in business, with an easy, gentlemanly deportment. He devotes his entire time and attention to the business of the bank, and his name is a guarantee for integrity, soundness and fair dealing. His life and present position are evidences of what perseverance and industry can accomplish.


JEREMIAH MORRIS, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Wayne Town- ship, Clinton Co., Ohio, May 1, 1846. He is a son of James and Elizabeth ( Haynes) Morris, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Ohio. Mr. Morris received a good English education in the Wilmington schools, and subsequently at Earlham Col- lege of the Society of Friends, at Richmond, Ind. He has been a farmer through life, and now owns a good farm of 100 acres. He is a Republican in politics, and has been a School Director for six years. He was married, in 1869, to Jennie Geffs, born in Wayne Township in 1846, and a daughter of Jacob Geff's. They have four children -James F., Quineey S., Jessie M., and Charles Foster.


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DANIEL B. MORY, physician and surgeon, Wilmington, was born in Schenectady County, N. Y., September 9, 1822. His father was George W. Mory, a farmer of Sche- nectady County. He was a poor man, but gave each of his children a good English educa- tion. When six years of age, Dr. Welch (subsequently of this county ) ealled to attend Dr. Mory's mother, and Mr. Mory saw the physician give her some powders to alleviate her sufferings. From that moment Dr. Mory resolved to become a physician, and never relinquished the resolution, nor the hope till he secured his diploma. When seventeen years of age. his parents decided he could forthwith make his own living. He therefore came to Wilmington, where he was somewhat acquainted, and, wanting to finish his education, engaged to do chores mornings, evenings and Saturdays, for Sam Smith, to pay board while going to school. This arrangement proved satisfactory to both parties, and D. B. Mory made such progress with his studies that, in the fall of 1840, he secured a certificate to teach. His first school was in Clark Township, where he taught during the winter of 1840-41. In the spring, he returned to Wil- mington, and renewed his agreement and labors with Mr. Smith. The following fall, he commenced studying medicine with Dr. A. T. Davis, and that winter taught school in the "Frederick District." The following summer, he took up his medical studies, and that winter taught school in the " Polecat District." The next spring, he returned to the office of Dr. Davis, where he remained till the fall of 1845, when, with the assis- tance of an uncle, Roger B. Mory, he attended the Ohio Medical College, at Cincin- nati, where he subsequently graduated. He immediately located at Centerville, Ohio (in the spring of 1847), where he soon gained a large practice. For thirty-one years, Dr. Mory ministered to the sick of that region, and won for himself high honors and boundless gratitude. In August, 1878, he came to Wilmington, where he located, and where his success has exceeded his most sanguine expectations. He still retains a good practice at Centerville and its vicinity. Dr. Mory is a member of the Masonic fraternity-of the lodge at New Vienna, and the chapter at Wilmington-of Reed's Creek Lodge (I. O. O. F.), at Centerville, and of the County and State Medical Associa- tions. Politically, his views have been Republican for many years. He was married, in the fall of 1847, to Sarah A. Hodson. She bore him two children-Mary A., wife of Thomas Nordyke, and Sarah J. After her death he was married the second time, to Eliza J. McFadden. One child was born to them-Daniel B., Jr .; graduating from the Ohio Medical College in March, 1882. Dr. Mory suffered the loss of this eom- panion in 1871. The maiden name of his present wife was Louisa Matthews.




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