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ANDREW BAIRD, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Greenville; the subject of this memoir was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Oct. 26, 1844, and is a son of Tunis Baird, also a native of Warren Co., Ohio, his father coming from New Jersey, and are of Scotch descent. Andrew was raised in the above county, his early occupa- tion being that of a farmer's son ; he obtained the advantages of a common-school education ; he remained with his father upon the farm till the spring of 1864, when he enlisted in the 146th O. N. G., and went forward to battle for the Union. He was forwarded to West Virginia, where he served the full term of his enlistment, and received his discharge at Camp Dennison, Ohio, in September, 1864. He then returned to Darke Co., and farmed one year upon the old home farm, and in the latter part of the year 1865, he went to Illinois, where, upon the 22d day of June, 1866, he was united in marriage with Miranda Collett. She was born and raised in Darke Co. In September, 1866, he returned to Darke Co., since which time he has followed farming with the exception of some eighteen months, during which time he was engaged in the coal and wood business in Greenville. The children of Andrew and Miranda (Collett) Baird are five in number, four daughters and one son, viz .: Lula, Ella M., Franklin T., Cora D. and Kittie.
JACOB BAKER, attorney at law, Greenville ; born in Butler Township in 1840 ; practiced law in Greenville since 1864, where he has been connected with some of the most important legal proceedings had in the county ; was defeated for the Legislature in 1865, and elected in 1867. He introduced and carried through several important pieces of legislation. He was a delegate from this Congress- ional District to the St. Louis Convention at which Mr. Tilden was nominated for President.
CHARLES BACHMAN, tailor and clothier, No. 88 Broadway. Greenville, Ohio. There are probably but few of the successful business men of Greenville, who have shown the energy, enterprise, and quick conception of the wants and demands of the public, as the subject of our sketch, who is among the popular clothiers of Greenville. He was born in Prussia June 1, 1836, and emigrated to to America when 18 years of age ; in 1861, he located in Eaton, and followed the occupation of merchant tailor, until 1867, at which date he came to Greenville,
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where he has since followed the above business, with the exception of two years. As one of the patrons of the above gentleman, we can cheerfully recommend him as educated in his business, and to his honorable dealings, together with his large and carefully selected stock of seasonable goods and to his personal attention to the details of every branch of his business, may be attributed the secret of his success. A card of his business is to be found in the business directory of Green- ville, in another part of this work. His marriage with Julia Marenthall was cele- brated in 1861. She was also a native of Prussia. They are the parents of three children, viz., Jennie, Samuel and Maley.
DAVID BEANBLOSSOM (deceased) ; one of the early pioneers of Darke Co., was born in North Carolina, May 25, 1801 ; when 16 years of age, he came to Ohio and located in Darke Co., consequently he was one of its very early settlers. He was twice married; his first wife was Susannah Rarick ; she died about the year 1834; eleven children were the fruit of this union, of whom one is now living-Joseph, now living in Greenville Township. His marriage with Mary Delk was celebrated Nov. 6, 1836; she was born in Darke Co., a few miles south of Greenville, Sept. 30, 1816 ; she was a daughter of Etheland Delk, who was born in North Carolina, and came to Darke Co. in a very early day. The children by the last marriage were fourteen in number, of whom two are deceased. The living are Ludena, born May 20, 1840 ; Enos, Jan. 6, 1842 ; Ann Eliza, born Oct. 25, 1843 ; Julia A., born Nov. 24, 1845 ; William, Jan. 6, 1848 ; Elizabeth S., born Oct. 22, 1849 ; Margaret M., born Feb. 9, 1852 ; David D., Jan. 14, 1854 ; John C., April 18, 1856 ; Rachel and Isabell (twins), and Henry A., born Jan. 13. 1859. Of the deceased, Nancy, born Aug. 28, 1838, died Feb. 26, 1854; the other died in infancy. Mr. Beanblossom died Dec. 8, 1861, upon the same place he located, in 1817, and where he lived forty-four years ; his old residence, which he built in 1820, is now occupied by his son Enos. Mr. Beanblossom suffered all the privations and hardships of frontier life. He commenced with- out capital, and split rails at 25 cents per hundred to obtain his wedding ding outfit. He, with the assistance of his wife, fought the battles of life nobly, and at the time of his death, had accumulated upward of 400 acres of land ; built his present residence in 1856. He took a deep interest in the cause of religion, and was a Deacon in the Christian Church and was a member of the same for forty years. He died respected and beloved by all who knew him.
ENOS BEANBLOSSOM, Sec. 1; P. O. Pikesville. Another of the old settlers of Darke Co .; born upon Sec. 1, Greenville Township, Jan. 6, 1842, where he has always lived, with the exception of three years that he served in the army ; he is a son of David Beanblossom, who was born in North Carolina, and emigrated to Ohio, and located in Darke Co. in 1817; he entered Government land, upon which he lived until his death, which occurred Dec. 8, 1861, aged 63 years. The mother of Enos Beanblossom was Mary Delk, who was born in Ohio, and is now living in this county. Our subject was raised to agricultural pursuits, which
he followed until July 10, 1862, when he enlisted in the 45th O. V. 1 .; he served in the army of Gen. Sherman until the fall of 1864, when he was made prisoner in
Tennessee and taken to Belle Island ; after remaining there three months, he was taken to Andersonville, where the cruel treatment received here was in keeping with its well-known acts of barbarism ; during his imprisonment his weight was reduced from 155 to 94 pounds ; he remained in prison some five months, and was released in the spring of 1865, and received his discharge during the summer, at Columbus ; thence returned home and engaged in farming, which business he has since followed. He now owns 100 acres of well-improved land. His marriage with Ann E. Sipple was celebrated March 31, 1872; she was born in Darke Co., Feb. 3, 1845 ; they have four children-Irene M., born May 17, 1873 ; Daisy V., born July 31, 1875; Ora E., born July 26, 1877, and an infant, born September 14, 1879. The residence in which Mr. Beanblossom now lives was erected by his father in 1820, and is now a good comfortable home.
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JOSEPH BEANBLOSSOM, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Greenville ; another of the old settlers ; born in Darke Co., Ohio, Feb. 7, 1826, he was the oldest son of David Beanblossom, one of the early pioneers, whose biography appears among the sketches of Greenville Township in this work. The subject of our sketch was raised to agricultural pursuits upon the farm of his father, until he attained his majority, when, upon the 22d of February, 1847, he was married to Rhoda Brandon ; she was born March 12, 1823, and died Sept. 3, 1853, leaving three children-Thomas A., born Nov. 7, 1847 ; Mary A., born Oct. 19, 1849 ; David W., born Nov. 24, 1851. His marriage with Elizabeth Potter was celebrated Nov. 6. 1855 ; she was born in Greenville Township, Darke Co., Sept. 26, 1829, and was a daughter of David Potter, one of the early pioneers, who came to Darke Co., in 1812 or 1813, and died in 1869 ; his widow who survives him, is now living upon the old place, where she has lived for upward of fifty years ; her maiden name was Maria Ullery ; the children by the union of Joseph Beanblossom and Elizabeth Potter are four in number, viz .: John R., born June 29, 1857 ; George N., born Aug. 24, 1858 ; Charles F., born May 26, 1860; Maria, July 27, 1864. Mr. Beanblossom located upon his present place in 1857, where he has since lived for a period of upward of twenty-two years. Upon locating here it was all woods ; he has since cleared some 70 acres, and brought the same to a good state of improvement. His home farm contains 140 acres, with good buildings, located two miles northwest from Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Beanblossom are entitled to a place in the front ranks of the old settlers of Darke Co., having been continuous residents of the county for upward of half a century.
JACOB L. BEATTY, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Greenville. Among the settlers of Darke Co. in 1850, we mention the name of the above gentleman ; he was born in Fayette Co., Penn .. April 16, 1816, and was the only son of Thos. Beatty, who was born in New Jersey in 1787, and came to Pennsylvania with his parents in 1797, and to Guernsey Co., Ohio, in 1832, and, in the fall of 1848, came to Darke Co., and located in Neave Township, where he died Jan. 21, 1855. He married Mary Roury, in Pennsylvania, in 1815 ; she was born in Fayette Co., Penn .. April 8, 1798, and is now living with her only son, Jacob, in the 82d year of her age, is in possession of all her faculties, and can read any common print without the use of glasses ; there were two children by this union-Jacob L. and Eliza ; the latter is now Mrs. Dr. Thomas Duncan Stiles, of Neave Township. The subject of this sketch followed farming in Guernsey Co. until 1850, at which date he came to Darke Co. and located upon his present place, where he has since lived for a period of thirty years ; he has 120 acres of land upon Secs. 8 and 5, 80 acres of which are under a good state of cultivation. His marriage with Hester Stiner was celebrated in 1840; they were the parents of six children-Mary E., born Sept. 18, 1841; William H., April 16, 1843 ; Sarah A., March 7, 1845, died Ang. 30, 1846 ; Eliza J., born Nov. 20, 1847 ; Thomas, May 10, 1851, and Reuben L., Dec. 21, 1860.
SAMUEL BECHTOLT, farmer ; P. O. Greenville ; born in Miami Co., Ohio. Jan. 10, 1819 ; when an infant, his parents removed to Warren Co., where the sub- ject of our sketch was raised to farm labor until 20 years of age, and, in the fall of 1849, he came to Darke Co., and located in Greenville Township, and, in 1852. purchased his present place, where he has lived for a period of twenty-seven years. He owns 132 acres upon his home farm, with good farm buildings, and one-half of the woolen-mills owned by the firm of Fox & Bechtolt. His marriage with Eleanor Vannote was celebrated in 1840 ; she was born in Warren Co., Ohio ; they have four children now living ; lost two by death ; the living are Catherine E., Joseph, Mary E. and George ; the deceased died in infancy.
LEWIS BECKLER, farmer ; P. O. Greenville ; another of the old settlers of Darke Co .; born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Aug. 30, 1837 ; at 10 years of age, he came to Darke Co., and made his home with Henry Beckler until 23 years of age, and, upon the 20th of December, 1860, was united in marriage with Elizabeth
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Dininger ; she was born in Darke Co. April 14, 1843; they were the parents of two children. Mrs. Beekler is a daughter of Jacob Dininger, one of the early pioneers of Darke Co. Upon the marriage of Mr. B., he located upon his present place, where he has since lived ; he owns 100 acres, upon which is his home farm, under a good state of improvement. He is a son of Peter Beckler, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Montgomery Co., Ohio, where he married Hannah Dill. He died in Montgomery Co. in 1840. His widow was born in Montgomery Co .. Ohio, and is now living, at the advanced age of 73.
CHARLES BILTEMIER, manufacturer and dealer in boots and shoes. etc., of the firm of Biltemier & Maitini, Broadway, Greenville. The above gen- tleman is the oldest continuous person in the above business in Greenville ; he was born in Hessian Germany in 1822 ; at the age of 14 years, he commenced the trade of shoemaking, which he followed twelve years in his native country : he emigrated to America in 1848, and landed in Baltimore ; coming directly West, he located permanently in Greenville in 1849, where he has since lived ; upon locating here, he received employment as journeyman until 1855, at which date he engaged in business for himself, which he has since successfully followed ; in 1864, he associated with his present partner, since which time they have conducted the business under the above firm name; they carry a large and complete stock of gents', ladies', youths' and children's goods, and employ from three to five hands. He was married to Carolina Dohm in 1852; she was born in Hessian Germany ; they have four children now living, viz., Lizzie, Caroline, Henry and Anna. He, with his wife, have been members of the German Methodist Church since 1853.
WILLIAM J. BIRELEY, retired, Greenville; was born in Frederick Co., Md., in 1812 ; was the son of John and Barbara Bireley ; John was born in the same county, and Barbara was born in Hagerstown, Md .; her maiden name was Brindle ; the grandfather, John Bireley, was born in Saxony, and emigrated to this country before the Revolutionary war. The grandmother was from Wurtemburg, Germany, and also came to this country prior to the Revolu- tionary war. Mr. Bireley's father came to Lancaster, Ohio, in the spring of 1822. and in the fall following came to Montgomery Co., where he lived till his death. which occurred in 1827. Mr. Bireley, the subject of this sketch. came to Darke Co. Oct. 15, 1830, and located in Greenville; he carried on the boot and shoe business for William Martin, Sr., and continued with him about five months, when he returned to his mother, in Montgomery Co., where he remained till 1833, when, on Jan. 24 of the same year, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Martin, daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth Martin, Sr .: they were both born at Sewickley, Penn., and came to Ohio in 1814; they settled in Butler Co .. and then moved to Darke Co. in 1815, and settled about five miles east of Greenville ; after raising a large family of children, they moved to Green- ville, where they lived and died. Mr. Bireley, in the next May after his marriage, in 1833, came back to Greenville and entered upon the manufacture of earthen- ware, which business he followed for twenty-eight years, doing an extensive busi- ness ; he then bought a farm of 150 acres, one mile out of the corporation of Greenville ; he then took his family and moved on to the farm, which was in 1851 ; in 1858, he sold this farm and bought another, five miles east of Greenville, upon which were several quarries of limestone, and went into the manufacture of lime, and continued at this business till January, 1880, when he rented it to Martin Smith and Emanuel Hershey for five years, receiving $400 yearly, or $2,000 for the five years ; Mr. Bireley moved from the farm into Greenville in 1870, where he has since resided. Mr. Bireley is the father of ten children, seven of whom are living, viz., Henry P., Elizabeth E., William W., Barbara C., Harvey H., Wade G. and Mary R., all married and settled in life except the youngest, who is still single, and remains at home. At the commencement of the rebellion, his three oldest sons enlisted in the 44th O. V. I., and, after being out eighteen months. they went into the 8th O. V. C., and in this they served through the war till
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honorably discharged, and all returned safely home. Mr. Bireley was one of the pioneers, coming here when all was a wilderness, and but few houses constituted Greenville ; he has lived to see the wilderness pass away, and now a flourishing town of 4,000 inhabitants occupies the spot where then all was woods and wild animals ; even the citizens who lived here then have all passed away, with but few exceptions, viz., Henry Arnold and wife, Dr. I. N. Gard and wife, John Wharry, Esq., Allen La Mott and Mrs. Farrer. Mr. Bireley and wife are active members of the M. E. Church, having united in 1834. Mr. Bireley started in life upon sound principles, having resolved never to take the wine cup or waste his time and means in attending shows and theaters, which resolution he has firmly kept ; he is one of the few whose life is filled up with usefulness, and whose busi- ness interests in his various undertakings have met with remarkable success, and we may trust that from his Christian life he will enter that " life beyond the vale " in due time, with the same assurance of success and happiness, unalloyed with the cares and conflicts which attend this life, and that the record he has here left upon the pages of time will be a worthy example for all future generations.
WILLIAM F. BISHOP, retired ; P. O. Greenville ; another of the old set- tlers ; born in New Jersey April 27, 1800; is a son of Frazee Bishop, who was also a native of the same State, born in 1775 and married, in 1797, Elizabeth Lamb, also a native of the same State. Our subject came to Ohio when 5 years of age, and was raised in Butler Co .; in 1842, he came to Darke Co. and purchased 217 acres of land upon Section 9, southwest of Greenville, where he lived until 1865, when he purchased his present residence on Fourth street, where he has since lived, retired from active business. His marriage with Maria Bogus was celebrated Sept. 6, 1825 ; she was born in Kentucky Dec. 6, 1805. They are the parents of ten children, of whom seven are now living, Thompson L. being the oldest, and is prominently mentioned among the sketches of this township. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop have peacefully trod the path of life together for a period of upward of fifty-four years ; the anniversary of their golden wedding was celebrated, at their residence on Third street, Greenville, upon Sept. 6, 1875, to which were gathered some 300 persons, representatives of all ages, from childhood to old age, to pay their respects to this aged couple. They came loaded with costly gifts, among which we mention a gold-headed cane and gold spectacles to Mr. Bishop ; Mrs. Bishop received her full share. Mr. Bishop has been a member of both the I. O. O. F. and Masonic Orders for many years, and is held in respect and esteem by all who know him.
THOMPSON L. BISHOP, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Greenville ; one of the old settlers of Darke Co .; born in Butler Co., Ohio, Nov. 8, 1829 ; he attended the common and high schools, until 12 years of age, and in 1842 came to Darke Co. with his parents, and located on Section 9, where he assisted his father in agri- cultural pursuits, until he attained his majority. In 1850, he went to Warren Co. and for three years was employed by the month as farm laborer ; the first year he received for his wages $144, and for the next two years he received $15 per month ; in 1853, he returned to Darke Co. and cropped with his father two years, receiving one-third of the proceeds. The summer of 1855 he passed in traveling through the Western States, and in the spring of 1856, he purchased an interest in the saw-mill at Gordon, Twin Township, and followed this business four years, and in the spring of 1860 purchased ninety acres of his place, and has since added, by purchase, three acres, and has made improvements upon the buildings to the amount of $5,000, and has brought the same to a fine state of cultivation, located one mile from the city limits of Greenville. He was united in marriage with Cyn- thia A. Dunham, in Warren Co., Ohio, Dec. 10, 1856 ; she was born in the same county in 1836. They have three children, viz., Sylvan E., Cora, and William G. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop have been members of the Baptist Church for a period of twenty years.
JAMES J. BLEASE, manufacturer and dealer in boots and shoes, No. 9
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Third Street, Greenville, Ohio. Greenville, like all cities of its size, has its repre- sentative business men in nearly every branch of trade, and to the above gentle- man must be accorded the honor of being the representative merchant, in his line, of the place. He is a native of Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, and was born April 18, 1843. At 7 years of age, he emigrated to America with his parents, landing in New Orleans March 17, 1851 ; thence to Cincinnati, where he attended public school continuously until the spring of 1857, at which date he removed to Richmond, Ind., and learned the shoemaker's trade, and, in 1863, engaged in the boot and shoe business, which he continued to follow until 1868, at which date he came to Greenville, and in October, 1869, engaged in the above business, which he has successfully followed. He has given a great deal of attention to the manufactur- ing of boots and shoes to order, and also manufacturing for his retail trade ; he gives employment to from five to ten hands, and carries the largest stock of boots and shoes in Greenville, and by honorable and fair dealing, together with his per- sonal attention given to every detail of his business, has built up a large trade, which is yearly increasing. His marriage with Martha A. Pannel was celebrated in 1869 ; she was a native of Eastern Virginia ; they were the parents of three children, of whom two are deceased ; the living is James S.
B. BLOTTMAN, grocery and provisions, queensware, fruits and country produce, Greenville. Among the most enterprising and energetic business men of Greenville, the gentleman whose name heads this sketch requires more than a passing notice ; he was born in Baden, Germany, May 6, 1846 ; at 9 years of age he emigrated to America, coming to Greenville Dec. 31, 1854 ; he was employed at various pursuits for several years, among which were draying, ditching and farming, and as hostler ; in 1864, he had accumulated $90, with which he pur- chased a dray and harness, then purchased a horse on time and commenced dray- ing as his first business adventure, and by close attention, hard labor and correct business principles, he succeeded beyond his most sanguine expectations ; in 1868, he disposed of his draying, and with the fruits of his previous earnings embarked in the grocery trade, which business he has since successfully followed, his sales having increased until 1879, and exceeds upward of $30,000 ; Mr. B. is one of the self-made men of Darke Co., commencing in life without capital, and has, by his energy and correct business principles, placed himself in the front ranks of the successful merchants of Greenville. His marriage with Mary A. Kelly was cele- brated in Greenville, Sept. 15, 1868 ; she was a native of Pennsylvania ; they have three children now living, having lost one by death-the living are William B., Mary M. and James F.
H. BORNSTEIN, wholesale and retail dealer in wines, liquors, etc., Greenville. Born in Berlin, Prussia, Sept. 18, 1827, where he received his education in the subscription school, and was engaged as clerk in the dry-goods store of his father until 17 years of age, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York in 1844 : he then devoted several years traveling in the Southern and Western States, and in 1853, located in Dayton, Montgomery Co., and until 1875 was engaged in business in Dayton and Cincinnati ; in the fall of 1875, he removed to Greenville, where he has since successfully followed the above business ; a card of his business appears in the business directory of Greenville in another part of this work. He was married in Cincinnati in 1860, to Sarah Childs, who was born in that city ; they have four children-Rosa, Eddie, Malcolm and Blanche.
DR. LEO MYERS BUCHWALTER, physician and surgeon, Greenville : the paternal ancestry of Dr. Buchwalter, whose portrait appears in this work, can be traced, not without many missing links, however, to the year 1527, at which time the Mennonites or Anabaptists (to which denomination they belonged), on account of their peculiar belief, were compelled through religious persecution to flee from their native canton, Berne, Switzerland, first to the Netherlands, and subsequently to the United States, arriving in Lancaster Co., Penn., about the year 1709. From the time of their exodus until the birth of Gerhardt Buchwalter,
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grandfather of Dr. Buchwalter, the line of genealogy cannot be traced with cer- tainty. He, it appears, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., June 9, 1771. Married Maria Brobsten in 1796, who bore him thirteen children : Benjamin, the oldest, father of Dr. Buchwalter, was born August 9, 1797 ; married Catharine Miller. daughter of Joseph Miller, of Middletown, Md., in 1824, the fruits of which were eight children, two of whom survive; in 1826, he removed to Dayton, Ohio, and after remaining here ten years, went to Laurel, Franklin Co., Ind., where he followed his calling of millwright, erecting many of the best mills in the country : in 1842, he left Laurel and located in Harrison, Hamilton Co., Ohio, at which place he was appointed Postmaster in 1852, in which capacity he served until 1861, when he was elected Mayor, the duties of which office he creditably discharged for a period of ten years ; after this he came to Darke Co., and soon after died at Euphemia, Preble Co., Ohio; his wife followed him July 11, 1877. Dr. Buch- walter, the subject of this sketch, was born April 11, 1831, in Dayton, Ohio ; his boyhood days were passed in the usual routine incident to youthful life in general up to a suitable age to attend school, which in those early days was not over a stone pavement a few blocks distance to a fine schoolhouse, but, when the boy was determined enough to encounter the difficulties, he took his lonely way through the woods, along a winding path for many miles to a rude log cabin ; these very hardships, stamped upon that boy an energy of purpose, which intensified by maturer years, defies all opposition ; at the tender age of 12, Dr. Buchwalter's father placed him in his mill, requiring his time eighteen hours out of the twenty- four-six of which, however, viz., from 6 P. M. until 12 M., being watch duty, he employed in reading and study, thus acquiring a very fair education in the English branches ; in his 16th year he began teaching, which he followed about four years, then entered the store of Michael Miller, at Euphemia, as clerk : having thus by his own industry secured the necessary funds, he, in the fall of 1855, began reading medicine in the office of Dr. G. S. Goodheart, of Harrison. Ohio; before completing his course of reading, however, he was compelled to resume the counter, first with Miller & Moore, and subsequently with Moore & Winner. On the 1st day of November, 1864, he married Miss Matella Wilson, second daughter of Hon. William Wilson, of Greenville, by whom he had one child-Anna. In the spring of 1866, Dr. Buchwalter graduated from the Miami College of Medicine, and immediately located in Hollandsburg, in which he remained nine years, in the mean time building up an extensive practice ; in 1874, he removed to Greenville, where he has by his indomitable will, untiring persever- ance, and thorough acquaintance with his profession, built up a practice, which, while it is inferior to none in the county, is rapidly and permanently increasing. Dr. Buchwalter possesses an excellent library, which he is constantly enlarging by the addition of the leading medical and scientific productions of the day ; he is, in the broadest sense of the term, a self-made man, and has won his way, conquering step by step, every opposing element that has impeded his pathway to that success and high professional skill to which he has at length fully attained. In the Biographical Cyclopædia, appears a biographical sketch of the Doctor, to which, through more recent information, we are enabled to add some additional facts and emendations.
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