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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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GENEALOGICAL
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PERSONAL HISTORY OF
BEAVER COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA
UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF
JOHN W. JORDAN, LL. D.
Librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
NEW YORK LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914
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The name of Vance is one which has been on record in the
VANCE annals of the state of Pennsylvania for many generations. The earlier members of this family settled in the eastern por- tion of the state, and from that section gradually branched out to other parts.
(I) James Vance was born in what is now Lawrence county, Penn- sylvania, and was well known as a farmer and large land owner. He died rather young, and very suddenly, and his widow never remarried. He and his family were members of the Seceders' Church. He married (first) a Miss Walker, (second) Annie Harris. By his first marriage he had children: I. Walker, born in 1813; was a farmer and shoemaker; died in Lawrence county, July 6, 1867. 2. Polly, married John Weller, died in Butler county, Pennsylvania, in January, 1876. 3. Margaret, married (first) a Mr. Fisher, (second) William George; died February 18, 1889, at the age of seventy-nine years. 4. Pattie, married David Aiken; died in Law- rence county, Pennsylvania. 5. Isabel, married Henry Fisher; died in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, August 3, 1890, in her eighty-sixth year. 6. A child, name not on record. Children by second marriage: 7. Lydia, married James McClymonds; died in Butler county, Pennsylvania, De- cember 30, 1882, in her sixty-second year. 8. Jane, married John Gardner; died in Butler county, Pennsylvania. 9. Eliza Ann, married William J. Smith; died in California, October 3, 1869, aged forty-two years. IO. William, see forward. 11. John, who became a minister in the United Presbyterian Church; died in Wisconsin, May 10, 1877, at the age of fifty- four years. 12. Nancy, married Israel Van Gorder; died in New Wilming- ton, Pennsylvania.
(II) William Vance, son of James and Annie (Harris) Vance, was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1824, and died September 20, 1909. After his marriage he commenced to farm indeper- dently, buying a homestead of two hundred and thirty acres. He erected a new house on this, and in 1861 built a large barn. He was very pros- perous and purchased a farm of one hundred acres, and another of sixty acres in New Sewickley township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Subse- quently he bought three hundred acres in Mercer county, three miles north- west of New Wilmington, lived there for a time, and soon sold his Law- rence county property. He finally took up his permanent residence at New Wilmington, where he and his wife died. He was a Republican in poli- tics, and had served as school director and assessor of Lawrence county. Mr. Vance and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian Church at Moundsville, and he served as an elder in this institution for a period of thirty years.
Mr. Vance married Martha Leslie, born in Lawrence county, Pennsyl- vania, April 28, 1826, died November 29, 1909. She was a daughter of George and Martha Leslie, both born in Lawrence county, the former, May" 16, 1792, the latter, January 24, 1795. Their entire lives were spent in
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their native county, where he was a farmer on his own land. Both were members of the Seceders' Church, and lived quiet and retired lives. He died July 31, 1859, she died May 30, 1865. They had children: I. John L., born November 29, 1818; was a farmer; died in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1883. 2. Margaret, born in 1820, died unmar- ried, February 19, 1881. 3. Agnes, born February 21, 1822, died July 14, 1825. 4. Jane, born December 14, 1823; married Edward McMillen; died at New Castle, in August, 1890. 5. Martha, married William Vance, as above stated. 6. Robert, born May 6, 1828, died in New Castle, after having retired to private life. 7. George, born November 10, 1831; was sexton of the Oak Park Cemetery; died at New Castle. 8. Harriet, a twin of George, married Joseph Barclay ; died in Illinois, January 30, 1871. 9. Maria, born June 17, 1837, died unmarried, July 10, 1851. 10. Ellen, born May 10, 1840; married William Fisher; died September 10, 1896. William and Martha (Leslie) Vance had children: I. James R., a farmer near New Castle, Pennsylvania. 2. George Leslie, see forward. 3. John' H., a physician ; lives in Omaha, Nebraska. 4. Clement Oswin, a farmer in Lackawanna township, Mercer county, Pennsylvania. 5. Norman G., a farmer and stock dealer; lives in Wilmington Junction, Pennsylvania. 6. Anna M., unmarried, lives in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. 7. Wil- liam Ambrose, died at the age of six years. 8. Cyrus M., a farmer in Lackawanna township, Mercer county, Pennsylvania.
(III) George Leslie Vance, son of William and Martha (Leslie) Vance, was born in Slippery Rock township, Lawrence county, Pennsyl- vania, May 13, 1857. His education was acquired in the public school near his home, and he assisted his father on the farm during his spare hours. In April, 1881, he came to New Sewickley township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, to take charge of the one-hundred-acre farm here, and he became the owner of this and has lived here since that time. In 1889 he erected a large barn, and in 1903 a new modern farm house. He cultivates general produce, is also a stock raiser and to some extent runs a dairy and fruit farm. He is a man of great business ability, and is at the present time treasurer and director of the Brush Creek Valley Tele- phone Company. He is a Prohibitionist in politics and has served twice as supervisor. He and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church, in which he has served as elder for a period of thirty years.
Mr. Vance married, October 24, 1877, Sarah Melinda, born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Moyer ) Dindinger. She was the granddaughter of Samuel and Agnes Moyer, both born in Germany and among the early residents of Butler county, Pennsylvania, where he was a farmer. She is also the granddaughter of George and Christina Dindinger, he a native of Germany who early settled in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Jacob Dindinger was born near Camp Run, and his wife at Middle Lancaster, Butler county, Pennsylvania. After mar- riage they lived in Franklin township, Beaver county, then removed to
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Perry township, in the same county, where Mrs. Dindinger died in 1874. Mr. Dindinger married (second) Electha Powell, and is living in Wampum, Pennsylvania. George Leslie and Sarah Melinda (Dindinger) Vance had children : 1. and 2. Twin girls, who died unnamed, July 27, 1879. 3. A girl, died unnamed, December 5, 1880. 4. William Lawrence, born April 27, 1882, married Edna Eleanor Peirsol, and has a daughter, Sarah Martha. 5. Clement Ross, born June 19, 1885, died March 24, 1886. 6. Raymond Arwood, born February 1, 1888; lives in Rochester, Beaver county, Penn- sylvania ; is shipping clerk at the Sanitary Works, Monaca, Beaver county ; married Emma Walter, and has two daughters: Willa Emma and Sarah Melinda. 7. Homer Clendenin, born November 24, 1897; resides at home.
The history of the Mackall family in early days is closely
MACKALL intricated with that of the name Dawson, several mar- riages between the two families giving them a close ac- quaintance and a union of interests that was mutually helpful and led their steps in parallel paths.
(I) This record dates from Benjamin Mackall, who represented the name in the Revolutionary War, a native of Carroll county, Maryland, al- though in later life he lived in Virginia, supervising the cultivation of a farm belonging to a half-sister. In 1802 he journeyed to Georgetown, Penn- sylvania, and passed the summer at the Dawson home, but was evidently little pleased with the locality, for he returned to Virginia and made no effort to transfer his residence to Pennsylvania. He married Rebecca Dawson, and had children: Jennie, born in 1785; James, of whom further; Thomas, born about 1790; Samuel; Eleanor, born January 10, 1796, mar- ried Benoni Blackmore; Nellie; John D., born January 1, 1800.
(II) James Mackall, son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Dawson) Mackall, was born in London county, Virginia, January 16, 1788. When he was fourteen years of age he came to Pennsylvania, having first lived for a time in Maryland. His educational advantages had been very limited, and from a very early age he was self-supporting, but in spite of handicaps of this nature he rose to a prominent position in local affairs, enjoying the confidence and respect of his fellows. His home was in Greene town- ship, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and he held the numerous township offices, at one time serving as county commissioner. He was a lieutenant of militia but was never called into service, although at the time of the second war with Great Britain the company was expecting marching orders at almost any time. He married Phoebe Foster, born near Brownsville, Pennsylvania, daughter of Thomas and Phoebe (Preston) Foster, both natives of Pennsylvania, born near Brownsville. They made settlement in Georgetown prior to 1800, he pursuing his trade, that of wheelwright, and he was appointed to the office of justice of the peace, the first to officiate in Georgetown. For several years he was known to the traveling public as the proprietor of the Georgetown Tavern, and as a host of genial
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and cordial address he became known far and wide. He was twice mar- ried, his second wife being a widow, Mrs. Boyd. Children of first mar- riage: Phoebe, of previous mention, married James Mackall, Sarah, Jane, Preston. Children of second marriage: Thomas and John. Children of James and Phoebe (Foster ) Mackall: Thomas, born December 19, 1816; Rebecca, 1818; Benjamin, 1820; Phoebe, 1822; Jane, 1825; John D., 1828; Polly, 1830; Samuel, of whom further; James, 1836; Sarah, 1838; George W., 1842.
(III) Samuel Mackall, son of James and Phoebe (Foster) Mackall, was born in Greene township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, December 15, 1833, in early life he was a student in the Montgomery school of that town- ship. He began work as a young man and was reared to manhood on what is now the James Calhoon farm, living on the old place until 1876, when he came to Georgetown, remaining in that locality for six years. He then moved to near his previous home, living on a farm of one hundred and twelve acres until April, 1908, when he returned to Georgetown, since that year making his home in that place. He has prospered in his farming operations and has amassed a comfortable competence.
Mr. Mackall married (first) in 1863; Sarah Haney, (second) August 3, 1871, Jennie Dawson. Children of first marriage: I. George, mar- ried Lizzie Carnegie; resides in Clinton, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania ; children : Stella, Rea, Sarah, Allie, Clarence, Samuel, Bessie. 2. Rebecca, 3. James, married Grace Poe; resides in Georgetown, Pennsylvania; chil- dren : Fay, Ruth, Beula, Dwight, Duane. Children of second marriage: 4. Louise, wife of John Reed, resides in Hookstown, Pennsylvania; chil- dren: Walter, Charlie, Raymond, John, Wilmer. 5. Thomas, married Mary Pugh; resides in Greene township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania ; children : Elma, Samuel, Gus, Lillian, Nellie. 6. Samuel, married Olive Young; no children. 7. Benona, married Stella Pugh; one child, Myrtle. 8. Charles. 9. William, married Margaret Pugh; children : Daniel, Walter. IO. Robert, married Augusta Mautz; children : Donald, Glen. II. Edward. 12. Nellie.
The history of the Flemings of Scotland in Pennsylvania
FLEMING began when Robert Fleming, a native of Argyleshire, Scotland, born in 1716, immigrated to America with his wife in 1746, settling near Flemington, Chester county, Pennsylvania. In 1760 he moved to Cecil county, Maryland, thence to the west branch of the Susquehanna, near the mouth of Bald Eagle creek, from which he and his family were driven by the Indians in the "Great Runaway." Until the close of the Revolution they located in Hanover township, then Lan- caster, now Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and about 1784 moved to West- ern Pennsylvania, settling on Harmons creek, in Washington county, where Robert Fleming died April 3, 1802. He married, about 1745, in the prov- ince of Ulster, Ireland, Jane Jackson, born 1719, died June 16, 1803.
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Children of Robert and Jane (Jackson) Fleming: I. A son, born in 1746, died and was buried at sea. 2. Jesse, born 1748. 3. John, born in 1752, died in Montgomery county, New York, December 15, 1800; married, in 1774, Mary Jackson. 4. Robert, born June 6, 1756, died February 4, 1817; married Margaret Wright. 5. James, of whom further. 6. Samuel, born October 30, 1761, died in Harrisburg, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, August 3, 1851; married, September 24, 1789, Sarah Becket. 7. Mary, born February 15, 1767, died in Washington county, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1849; married, May 7, 1791, Alexander McConnell.
(II) James Fleming, fifth son and child of Robert and Jane (Jack- son) Fleming, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, in 1758, died in Washington county, Pennsylvania, February 1, 1830. He was, of course, with his father during the latter's many changes of residence, and about 178I became a resident of Hanover township, then a part of Washington county. He married, October 5, 1797, Jane Glen, who died March 1, 1841. Children of James and Jane (Glen) Fleming: I. John, of whom further. 2. Martha, born February 26, 1801, died April 1, 1841 ; married, October 17, 1831, James Patterson. 3. Robert, born August 23, 1802, died July 8, 1824. 4. David S., born August 16, 1804; married, August 24, 1841, Martha Steele. 5. James, born August 5, 1806; married, October 31, 1829, Catherine B. Parker. 6. Samuel, born June 20, 1811; married, July 4, 1839, Rebecca McCombs.
(III) John Fleming, eldest son and child of James and Jane (Glen) Fleming, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, October 27, 1799, and there died. He was a farmer all his life, the manner of his living being simple and unpretentious. He became the owner of a farm of one hundred and thirty-six acres. He married, December 24, 1835, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph McClurg, who was an early settler of Greene township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, whither he came probably from Westmoreland county. Children of John and Elizabeth (McClurg) Fleming: I. James, born December 11, 1836; married April 17, 1858, Margaret Ralston. 2. Joseph M., of whom further. 3. Mary Jane, born August 18, 1841. 4. Martha E., born February 24, 1844. 5. Sarah A., born February 19, 1846, died in 1852. 6. John C., born February 7, 1848. 7. Robert A., born Sep- tember 12, 1849. 8. Rachel A., born May 18, 1852. 9. David H., born April 15, 1855.
(IV) Joseph M. Fleming, second child and son of John and Elizabeth (McClurg) Fleming, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania. He passed his early life on his father's farm, attending the public school and lending his services toward the accomplishment of the endless work in- cident to farm life, where a strong, active boy is so needed and so useful. He then became a farmer on his own responsibility, stopping his agricultural operations for a sufficient length of time to learn the carpenter's trade, work- ing alternately at his two occupations. In 1871 he moved to Beaver county, settling first in Hanover and later in Greene township, moving, after the death
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of his wife, to Beaver Falls, where his own death occurred. His life was lived along lines of the strictest rectitude, and in the different localities in which he resided he bore a reputation beyond reproach. He was a regular church-goer, belonging to the Mill Creek congregation. He married Isabell, daughter of Reece and Mary (McKinzie) Mercer, the Mercer family having early settled in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Children of Joseph M. and Isabell (Mercer) Fleming: John R., of whom further; Mary Elizabeth; Sarah Adeline, deceased; Anna Belle, died in infancy; Joseph K .; David Brainard.
(V) John R. Fleming, eldest son and child of Joseph M. and Isabell (Mercer) Fleming, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, June 30, 1861. He attended the public schools of Washington and Beaver counties, and after completing his studies engaged in farming as his life occupation. His first property was the Cole farm of seventy-seven acres in Greene township, and later he rented another farm in the same locality. This he only cultivated for a year and a half before he purchased one hundred and four acres of land near Hookstown, on which he has resided since 1898. In his operations he includes both dairying and general farming, owning some excellent stock, and has been uniformly successful as an agriculturist. His political support is given to the Prohibition party, with whose prin- ciples he is in sympathetic accord, and he is a member of the Mill Creek Church, a communicant of the same faith as his father. In the spring of 1914 he was chosen one of the elders of the congregation.
Mr. Fleming married, in April, 1897, Lucinda, daughter of Aaron and Cynthia (Shillito) Hood. Aaron Hood was the son of William and Eliza (Van Camp) Hood, early residents of Greene township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Cynthia Shillito was the daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Smith) Shillito.
The name of Mitchell has come to this country from MITCHELL England, Scotland, Ireland and Germany, and is now known throughout the United States. The bearers of it have been noted for the qualities of industry, thrift and stern adherence to principle. They were among the early settlers of the state of Pennsyl- vania, and have greatly aided its development.
(I) James Mitchell was born in York (Little York), Pennsylvania. He was a farmer, and removed to Little Sewickley, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a farm now known as the Watson farm. He was a Jeffersonian Democrat in politics, and he and his family were Presbyterians. His death occurred in middle age. Mr. Mitchell mar- ried, in Eastern Pennsylvania, - Seaton, and had children: James W., of further mention; John, who had lost the sight of one eye, lived for a time in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, removed to Brownsville in the same state, was a coal operator, and had a large family; George, a farmer, lived at Grafton, West Virginia, was in the Union army during the Civil War,
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and was killed while on duty; Polly, married Thomas Boggs, a farmer of New Brighton, and both are now deceased; Wilson.
(II) James W. Mitchell, son of James and -- (Seaton) Mitchell, was born in Little Sewickley, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1811, died in 1874. He remained on this farm until he had attained his majority, then removed to New Brighton, Beaver county, where he learned the stone mason's and stone cutter's trade. He helped build the canal along the Beaver river, and erected the stone Presbyterian Church in New Brigh- ton. He was also the proprietor of a marble yard for four or five years. Hc was a man of great influence and activity in the community, and this was recognized by his election and appointment to various public offices. He gave his political allegiance to the Republican party, and was a justice of the peace in Allegheny county and in New Brighton for a period of fifteen years. He had joined the ranks of the Know Nothing party be- fore it became the Republican, and was a strong Abolitionist. Physically he was a very large man, weighing over two hundred pounds, and strong in proportion to his size. Mr. Mitchell married Mary Jane Neill, born in county Antrim, Ireland, in 1817, died in 1901. They had children : Thomas, was but a young lad when he enlisted in the Civil War, and died in 1867 as a result of the hardships he had endured during that struggle; Bella, now deceased, married Garrison Dirk, and lived in New Brighton; James Sidell, of further mention; Laura, now deceased, married Albert Denning; Ella, married Henry Dunham, and lives in New Brighton ; George died in 1862, at the age of nine years; Caroline, married William Inky, both deceased; Juliet, married Henry Geer, lives in New Brighton; Benjamin, a painter, lives in Toledo, Ohio.
Thomas Neill, father of Mrs. Mitchell, was born in county Antrim, Ireland, and emigrated to America in 1822. He arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey, from whence he went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he lived a few years. He next removed to Big Sewickley, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, where he bought a farm, and in old age removed to New Brighton, Beaver county, where he died at the age of eighty-nine years. In Ireland he had been a weaver and followed that trade here until he bought his farm. He was a very strict observer of the Presbyterian faith, and was an elder in the Concord Church of that denomination. He married, in Ireland, Mary -, who died about 1867. They had children: Thomas Jr., served in the Mexican and Civil Wars, was a painter by trade, and lived and died on Neville Island, Pennsylvania; Mary Jane, married Mr. Mitchell, as above stated; Eleanor, married Frederick Sidell, and lived in East End, Pittsburgh; Elizabeth, married (first) - Merriman, (sec- ond) - Deans; Margaret, married Jacob Whitesall, a lawyer, and lived in Sewickley, Pennsylvania; Susan, married John Snyder, deceased, and is living near New Sheffield, Pennsylvania; Della, married Henry Bryan, and lived in Baden, Pennsylvania; Martha, married Rev. Matthew In- gram, deceased, and is living in New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsyl- vania.
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(III) James Sidell Mitchell, son of James W. and Mary Jane (Neill) Mitchell, was born in New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, Jan- uary 29, 1847. His education, which was acquired in the public schools, was a thorough one, and in September, 1864, at the age of seventeen years he enlisted in the Two Hundred and Fourth Regiment (Fifth Artillery), Pennsylvania, and was mustered out, July 1, 1865. His regiment was on camp duty along the Orange Railroad. They erected the first monument that was placed on the battlefield of Bull Run. At the close of the war he became an apprentice with Boyd & Ingram, to learn the carpenter's trade, at New Brighton, and after this he had a varied and interesting business career. Two years were spent with the above mentioned firm; one year with Monroe & Miller, of Rochester; eleven years with Simon Harold, in the Beaver Falls Planing Mill; and he then associated himself with G. C. Wareham, under the firm name of Wareham & Mitchell, started a plan- ing mill and engaged in contract work. At the end of three years Mr. Mitchell sold his interest in this enterprise, and became a member of the firm of Mitchell, Baldwin & Otto, a partnership which was continued two years, and in 1880, upon its dissolution, Mr. Mitchell bought out Minor & Company, of New Brighton, and conducted this business until 1898. He then bought a planing mill in Beaver Falls and organized the company of J. S. Mitchell & Sons, which is in a flourishing condition at the present time. The business consists of a planing mill, a retail lumber department, and they are also building contractors. They have a planing mill in Monaca, which is managed by the son, David J. Mr. Mitchell is also largely in- terested in real estate, and is the owner of a number of houses. He is a staunch Republican, and has served as registrar and recorder of Beaver county, 1903-06. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Beaver Falls, and fraternally he is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, United Order of American Mechanics, Knights of Pythias, being a charter member of Social Lodge, No. 351, New Brighton, of that order. Mr. Mitchell married, October 1I, 1868, Lyda E. Johnson, born in Fallston, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, daughter of David and Maria Johnson, of Beaver county. Mrs. Mitchell died September 19, 1912. They have had children : Jennie M., married John A. Elliot, an attorney of Beaver Falls; Fred- erick S., married Sarah Metzgar, and is in business with his father; David J., of further mention; Juliet, unmarried, lives with her father, is a talented musician, an instructor in music, and plays the pipe organ in the Presbyterian Church.
(IV) David J. Mitchell, son of James Sidell and Lyda E. (Johnson) Mitchell, was born in New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, Sep- tember 15, 1875. His education was a very comprehensive one. At first in the public schools of New Brighton and Beaver Falls, then in the Ohio State University, at Columbus, Ohio. He next matriculated at the Western Pennsylvania University, now the University of Pittsburgh, and finally
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took a course in the commercial department of Beaver College. In 1898 he enlisted in Company B, Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry, United States Volunteers and was mustered out as regimental commissary sergeant; this service was in the Spanish-American War. He returned to Beaver Falls in 1901, and in 1903 went to Monaca, there to take charge of the planing mill and lumber yard of the firm of J. S. Mitchell & Sons. In political opinion he is a Republican, has served two terms as a member of the Com- mon Council, and was elected for a third term in the fall of 1913. He is a member of Rochester Lodge, No. 283, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; New Brighton Lodge, No. 351, Knights of Pythias; a charter member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, of Monaca and Rochester. His wife is a member of the Baptist Church of Monaca, and they reside at No. 914 Atlantic avenue.
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