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Pennsylvania railroad at Altoona. 9. Annie M., born December 13, 1893 ; attends school at Mount Union. to. Bertha Ellen, born July 23, 1896; attends Mount Union high school. 11. Robert Campbell Jr., born March 29, 1899. 12. Verna Kathleen, born September 18, 1901. 13. Alfred Lewis, born July 3, 1903, died June 16, 1910.
(V) Fairman Bruce, eldest child of Robert Campbell and Annie Mary (Civils) Yocum, was born at Mapleton, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1882. He obtained an education in the public schools of Mapleton, Harrisburg and Mount Union, obtaining, soon after leaving school, a position in the freight office of the Pennsylvania railroad at East Liberty, Pennsylvania, where he remained for five years, later becoming a passenger brakeman on the Pittsburgh division of the same road. In 1912 he abandoned railroading and purchased the general store of I. W. Fleck, a business he now successfully con- ducts. His political belief is Democratic and his only fraternal connec- tion is with the Masonic order, at Johnstown, in which he is a Master Mason. He married, June 25, 1908, Emma Duella, daughter of Timo- thy E., a foreman in the mills of the Cambria Steel Company of Johns- town, and Phoebe ( Riblett) Hunt. Child of Fairman Bruce and Emma Duella Yocum: Mary Frances, born September 17, 1911.
ISENBERG More than a generation ago the German language gave place to the English among the Isenbergs of Pennsylvania, yet there is scarcely one who does not know that the family is of German extraction. Isenberg means moun- tain (berg) of iron (isen). As is the case with all names of German origin, it was given to or assumed by the family at or near the division of Germany at the time of the great migrations, A. D. 500. The name referred either to their character or to their place of abode. The family either dwelt in the vicinity of a "mountain of iron" or were in character like a "mountain of iron."
There are two forms of the name-Isenberg and Eisenberg. The former is the old High German, the latter the modern German. "Isen," iron, is now spelled "eisen," hence both forms are correct. The branch of the family with which we are here concerned spells the name accord- ing to the old German. Isenberg.
In the Rhine valley, east of Coblentz, and north of Frankfort-on-
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the-Main, the name of Isenberg first appears in history. In 1006-08 Gerlach von Isenberg was one of the counts of the "Holy Roman Em- pire of the German Nation," under Otto I., II., III. and Henry .II. An- other one of this family after returning from the fifth crusade, 1228-29, led by Frederick II. of Germany, founded the beautiful cathedral of Limburg-on-the-Lahn. In the fourteenth century Arnold von Isenberg became a cardinal and archbishop of Treves, where the fictitious "holy coat of Christ" is kept. This family, which is a royal one, continues to hold its place in the German empire, for Prince Karl Isenberg is to- day a member of the Prussian House of Lords. His wife is the sister of the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria.
Early in the Reformation this family became Protestant. They became Lutherans of the mild Melancthonian type, but the adoption of the Formula of Concord, May 28, 1577, drove them to accept the Re- formed faith. Seven years later saw this accomplished when Re- formed ministers from Heborn University took the place of the High Lutheran ministers, and during the subsequent controversies the Isen- bergs were staunch defenders of the Reformed faith. In 1690 there began a reign of terror along the Rhine. The electors or rulers became Catholics, and for more than a century the people were subjected to un- told persecutions, principally ecclesiastical, and it was doubtless during one of these persecutions that some of the Isenbergs immigrated to America.
Just when the first Isenbergs came to America cannot be established with any degree of certainty, but the record of the birth of Enoch Isen- berg, which occurred in 1761, proves they were here prior to that date, as he is not the eldest of the children born here. Tradition says that the Isenbergs came to Maryland by way of New York. They settled in what was Frederick county, Maryland, near Double Pipe Creek, which now divides Frederick and Carroll counties, so that it is uncertain in which of these two they settled. Two of these brothers were John Henry and Peter. When the revolutionary war broke out, Peter being unmarried, joined the Continental army, John Henry remaining at home to take care of his wife and children. Peter Isenberg enlisted as a private, rose to the position of hospital attendant, and finally became chaplain. There was a Peter Isenberg, a Reformed minister, who died
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in Ohio in 1804, and this may have been the Peter here referred to. As far as known he left no descendants.
(1) John Henry Isenberg, the immigrant, lived in Maryland, we know for a certainty, but when he died and where he is buried is not on record. Certain it is that his sons-Gabriel, Enoch, Nicholas and Henry-removed to Pennsylvania. They came to Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, in 1802, accompanied by a brother-in-law, Mr. Schively, to arrange for the purchase of land. Mr. Schiively went to Rock Hill, now Orbisonia, to work at the furnace, this being the first place where iron was manufactured west of the Susquehanna river. The Isenberg brothers went to the vicinity of Alexandria. They returned to Mary- land, but the failure of some financial enterprises delayed the bringing of their families until 1804. They came by way of Chambersburg and the Black Log mountains. The difficulties of travel in those days were enormous. There was scarcely a decent wagon road, and the only means of travel was on foot or by heavy road wagons resembling the prairie schooner of the west. The purchase of the land was completed when they reached their destination, and that they were people of means is proved by the fact that the payments were made in cash. They were prominent in the religious life of the community, took part in the erec- tion of the union church at Shafersville, the erection of Keller's and the Alexandria Reformed church. John Henry Isenberg married, but the name of his wife is not on record. His children were: [_Gabriel, who had children: i. Eve, who married Samuel Long, of Huntingdon, and had: Christian; Margaret, married Simon Coulter ; Catharine, married James Mehaffy, of Pittsburgh; David, married; a son. ii. Salome, mar- ried Michael Young and had: Susan, who married Henry Walker. iii. Catharine, died unmarried at the age of eighty-nine years. iv. John, died in 1847, married (first) Susan Gustler, (second) Barbara Grove, sister of Samuel Grove, who married Catharine, a daughter of Enoch Isenberg; he had children: Samuel, married (first) Susanna Thomp- son, (second) Elizabeth Schlonaker; John, married Catharine Shade ; David, married Mary Ann Bonnell; Rebecca, married Joshua Hicks; Jacob, married Black; Ephraim, married; Joel, married; Susan-
nah, married John Hicks; Catharine, married - Hutchinson ; Mar- garet, married Isaac Enyeart ; Nannie, married Frederick Weaver; Sa- lome, married George Stouffer; Mary A., married (first) Sylvester
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Myers, (second) Benjamin Kyler; Joshua, married Maria J. Mealey ; Lydia E., married G. L. S. Baker. v. David, born in 1796, married Margaret Steele, and had: Lydia A., married William Baird; Eliza- beth, married Robert McCaig; Catharine, married James McClintic; Margaret, married Dr. Joseph Henderson. vi. Mary, married (first) Jesse Lucas, (second) Daniel Stirk, and had: Gabriel, Thomas, Mar- garet, Susan and Catherine. vii. Susan, married George Strong and had: Catharine, married Lewis Cameron. viii. Martha. 2. Enoch, married Dorothy Smouse, and had: i. George, married Nancy Wise, and had: John Enoch, Daniel, Henry, Michael W. and Mary Ann. ii. Henry, married Elizabeth Caracker, and had: Samuel, George, Eve, Henry, Daniel, Joseph and Dorothy. iii. Daniel, married - - Lef- fard, and had: Anna, Margaret, William L., Enoch, Ansavilla, Cath- arine, Emily. John C., Daniel, Isabelle. iv. Catharine, married Samuel Grove, and had: Joseph, Dorothy, John, Susannah, Solomon, David, Samuel, Kate, Abram. v. Susannah, married Philip Piper, and had: John, Joseph, Enoch, Philip, Abraham, William, Lydia, Polly. Maggie. vi. Joseph, married Elizabeth Piper, and had: Dorothy, John. Enoch, George, Catharine, Margaret, Clara. vii. Abram, married Nancy Grove, and had: Susannah, Thomas, Catharine, Dorothy, Jacob Miller, Solomon H., Joseph Grove, John Harnish, Samuel B., B. Frank. viii. Samuel, unmarried. ix. Anna, married - - Cross, and had: Benja- min, Mary. x. Anna Mary, married Jacob Hoffman, and had: Cath- arine, William, Anna Rebecca, Mary, Susan, Peter, Henry A., Jacob A., Wilhelmina, two died in infancy. xi. Enoch, married - - Lefford, and had: Ann Catharine, Anna Mary, Jacob, Susan, William H., Annsavilla, Samuel V., B. R. 3. Nicholas, married Mary Smouse, and had: i. John, married Mary Piper, and had: Samuel, Ephraim, John, Susannah, Julia Ann, Anna Mary, and another. ii. Enoch, married Sarah Caldwell. iii. Joel, married Margery Canan, and had: Elizabeth, John, Anna Mary, James C., Henry C. iv. Benjamin, married Mary Caracker, and had : Nicholas, William, Daniel, Eve, Mary. v. William, married Elizabeth Roseborough, and had: Benjamin, Rebecca, Rosan- nah, Maria, John, William, Sarah, Kieffer, Miles Peter, Susan, Louisa, Marshall. vi. Eve, married Andrew Mattern, and had: Catharine, John, Mary, Nicholas, George, Elizabeth, Joel, William Abram. vii. Ann Margaret, married John Piper and had: Anna Mary, John H.,
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Julia Ann, Peter, William T., Nicholas. viii. Mary Salome, married Samuel Stewart, and had: David, James, William, Benjamin, Eliza- beth, Ann. 4. Henry, see forward. 5. Peter, married Margaret Smouse, and had: i. Jonathan, married Elizabeth Gahagan, and had : John Perry, Annalisa, Margaret Jane, James G., Mary Ann, Pleasant Elizabeth. ii. Philip, married Sarah L. Burkholder, and had: Jacob D., Elizabeth, Catharine, George, Margaret, Leroy, Lorain. iii. Mor- decai, married Elizabeth Keckendorn, and had: Mary Ann, Sallie Ann, David Allen, Mamie Allen, Hannah, Margaret E., Nicholas Smouse, Peter Sprankle. iv. David, married Agnes Mooney, and had: Mar- garet, Elizabeth, Philip, Charlotte, Mordecai, Salome, Joel, Amos, Hos- sannah, Hannah, William, Jonathan. v. Hannah. 6. Mrs. Shively, who had: Daniel, Henry, James, Mrs. Wolheater, Mrs. Forest. 7. Mrs. Truby. 8. Mrs. Hartline. 9. Mrs. Hostler.
(II) Henry, son of John Henry Isenberg, lived near Alexandria in 1804, and came to Huntingdon about 1820. He was a blacksmith about twelve years. He married Catherine Methord, and had chil- dren : 1. Gabriel, a well digger, died unmarried at the age of seventy- five. 2. Margaret, married Gasaway Maccabee, and had: i. Will- iam, who married Ruth Jenkins. ii. Catharine, married John Mel- lott. iii. Gasaway Jr., married Rachel Jenkins. iv. Susan, married Dunlap. v. Maria M. 3. Susan, married (first) John Mellott, (second) John Caraher, and had: John and Hiram. 4. Kate, married John Gentry, and had: Henry. 5. Henry, married Mary Richardson, and had: Henry. 6. John, married Kate Africa, and had: Kate and Elwood. 7. Maria, married John Holmes, and had: Sarah, married George W. Walker. 8. Elizabeth, married Daniel Piper, and had: i. William. ii. Catharine. iii. Elizabeth, married - - Herncane. iv. Clara, married Moore. v. Martin, veteran, died in the Soldiers' Home, Dayton, Ohio. 9. Samuel, see forward. 10. Ephiah, born 1812, married Adam Norris, and had: Robert, Anna, Maria, William, Charles, Mary Jane.
(III) Samuel, son of Henry and Catherine (Methord) Isenberg, born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, 1810, died in 1890, was educated in public schools, and learned the trade of carpentering and cabinet making, which he followed until 1858. Then he purchased a farm in Shirley township, which he cultivated during his active years.
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Up to the time of the civil war he was a Democrat, when he became a Republican and was elected supervisor and school director. He mar- ried (first) in 1834, Jane Hildebrand, who died in 1840; married (sec- ond) in 1842, Elizabeth Stonerode. Children by first wife: I. Ann Eliza, married Joseph Work, of Alexandria, and had: Howard, Jen- nie, George, Joseph, died in 1893. 2. Susan, married, in 1864, Sellers Raugh, and had: William, Hannah, Elizabeth, Charles, David, Edgar, Grace. 3. George W., married (first) in 1867, Mary Kriedler, and had : Burton, Gemmil, Ralph, Ella, Carl, Mary, Hope; married (second) in 1895, Hattie Abigail, and had : Maud, Donald, Franklin, and an infant. Children by second wife: 4. Louisa, married Reuben Myers, and had : Bruce, Orville, Ralph, Roy, Letitia, Clarence, Ella. 5. Milton W., see forward. 6. Marion, married, in 1872, B. Carl Wharton, and had : Burton, Hayes, Grace, Huldah. 7. Naomi, married Jackson L. Grove, and had : Ruth, Howard, Florence, Mahlon, Elizabeth, Alma, Lawrence, Emma. 8. Jerome, married, in 1882, Elizabeth Spanogle, and had : Ethel, Catharine, John, Mary. 9. Eleanor. 10. Howard. II. Dor- othy, married Cloyd Postlewait, and had: Preston, Russell, Ernest, Dorothy, Mary. 12. Alfred, married, in 1892, Annie G. Shope, and had : Cloyd, Marie, Ralph, Jannett, Alfred.
(IV) Milton W., son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Stonerode) Isen- berg, was born in Alexandria, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Au- gust 21, 1848. Educated in the public schools of Shirleyburg, he later attended the Shirleyburg Academy and the Petersburg Normal School. He taught school about six years in the winter, doing farm work in the summer. In 1872 he engaged in the grocery business in Altoona, and at the end of six years bought a farm in Shirley township. He was elected to the offices of registrar and recorder, and clerk of the orphans' court, and held them until 1897, when he with some others organized the Keystone Sand Company, at Mapleton, Pennsylvania, and he was a large shareholder and one of the directors until he disposed of his in- terests. For several years he has been secretary of the wholesale gro- cery business of the Bayer-Beaver Company, and he is a director in the First National Bank of Mount Union. Formerly a Republican, he is now a Progressive, and has been secretary of the school board of Shir- ley township. He is a member of the Standing Stone Conclave, Im- proved Order of Heptasophs, and he and his wife are members of the
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Reformed church. He married, February 26, 1874, Emma, daughter of Lawrence P. and Delilah Work. Children: Samuel Lawrence, died at two years of age; Grace, died in infancy ; Mabel, married Elmer New- ton Rupert, of Huntingdon, and has Allen and Genevieve; Edith, mar- ried Irvin Wallace Fleck, of Huntingdon, and has Natalie, Elizabeth and Charlotte ; Frederick Milton, a florist of Huntingdon, who married, September 10, 1913, Dorris Anna Ward.
The Linn family, of Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, has
LINN been identified with the agricultural interests of the state for a number of generations. The earliest member of the family of whom we have definite information is John Linn, of Irish de- scent. He was owner of a large farm in Huntingdon county, which he cultivated in a practical and profitable manner. He was a member of the Church of the Brethren. He married and had children: George, Wil- liam, Samuel, David, Belle, Rachel, deceased; John R., McKendree.
(II) John R., son of John Linn, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1847, and his entire life was spent in that county. He farmed on an extensive scale in Springfield township, where his farm was one of the best kept in every respect in the section. In his political affiliations he was a Democrat, and was elected to serve in a number of local offices. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Linn married Mary. daughter of James Love, who also farmed on a large scale. Children: John Cal- vin, a farmer, married Mary Fraker and has one son, William L .; James Wilbur, of whom further ; two children, died in infancy.
(III) James Wilbur, son of John R. and Mary (Love) Linn, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1872. The public schools of his township furnished him with a sound and practical edu- cation, and he then turned his attention to the occupation which had been so successfully followed by his father and grandfather. He pur- chased a farm of one hundred and thirty-seven acres in 1904, and this is now one of the model farms of his district. It is well fenced and a goodly part of it is planted in fruit trees, which are now in fine bearing condition. The farm is well stocked, and Mr. Linn deals in grain and also handles farm machinery to a certain extent. He has an accurate and ready knowledge of the best methods of carrying on the farm in-
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dustry, and his products are always of such excellence as to command a ready sale in the market and bring him good financial returns. Indus- try is probably the most marked characteristic of Mr. Linn, and his continued and well-directed efforts have brought him prosperity. In politics he is a Democrat.
Mr. Linn married, August 22, 1894, Mertie, daughter of William and Caroline Frehn, the former a miller and a member of the Church of God. Children: Lewis Melvin, born January 22, 1897, was edu- cated in the public schools, and now assists his father in the cultivation of the homestead farm; William Robison, born February 6, 1902; Freda May, born February 12, 1910.
Elias Fraker, father of Samuel O. Fraker, of Orbisonia, FRAKER Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, died in 1894. He obtained a public school education in the place of his birth, and when a young man began farming in Huntingdon county. He made his home in this county and in Fulton county until his death, cultivating his acres with great success. He was a member of the Pres- byterian church, and a Democrat in politics, holding several township offices. He married Mary Brown, born at Burnt Cabins, Fulton county, Pennsylvania, October 18, 1822, died 1886. Children: I. Amanda, born August 6, 1846, died August 9, 1846. 2. Elizabeth, born October 24, 1847, died October 25, 1867. 3. Daniel Chance, born May 13, 1850, died October 31, 1867. 4. William Henry, born October 15, 1852, died July 25, 1868. 5. Martha Bell, born October 24, 1857, died September 26, 1867. 6. Samuel Ora, of further mention. 7. Walker Brown, born February 29, 1864, died October 4, 1867.
(II) Samuel Ora, sixth child and third son of Elias and Mary (Brown) Fraker, was born at Burnt Cabins, Fulton county, Pennsyl- vania, September 23, 1860. He obtained an education in the public schools of the place of his birth, and when a young man engaged in the farmer's occupation, leaving this to enter the hotel business in 1886 at Burnt Cabins, where for three years he conducted a hotel. He then came to Huntingdon county, holding the proprietorship of a hotel at Orbisonia for six years, at the end of that time engaging in the raising of stock and farming. He has a farm of three hundred and fifty acres upon which he has bred many fine cattle, horses and sheep. Besides this
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property he is the owner of two hundred acres of valuable coal and timber land. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Orbisonia, incorporated January 18, 1908, and for the past four years has been president of that organization. Another business propo- sition of which he was the promulgator was the water plant installed in 1908, of which he and Dr. Bush are the sole owners. He holds a posi- tion high in the estimation of his fellowmen and is one of the most progressive citizens of the community, always striving in a public spir- ited, unselfish manner for the advancement of the best interests of Or- bisonia. He is a Democrat in politics, but has never aspired to enter the arena of county politics, confining his political activities to the filling of the various township offices in which he has been placed by his host of friends. He is a member of Cromwell Lodge, No. 572, Free and Accepted Masons, and Huntingdon Lodge, No. 976, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
He married, in 1886, Adaline McGowgan, of Fulton county. Chil- dren: 1. Hattie Eugene, born January 26, 1893, died February 27, 1895. 2. Helen Magdalene, born May 31, 1895. 3. Julius Orville, born January 14, 1899.
William Burket, of Warriors Mark, Pennsylvania, is
BURKET now living virtually retired from active participation in business affairs. He is the owner of two fine farms in Warriors Mark township. Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and for over fifty years he was engaged in the work of his trade, that of car- penter. His citizenship has been characterized by loyalty and an ardent support of all measures and enterprises projected for the good of prog- ress and improvement, and his exemplary life and straightforward career have won him the unqualified confidence and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact.
A native of the old Keystone commonwealth, William Burket was born in Blair county, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1836, son of Peter H. and Nancy (Homer) Burket, both of whom are now deceased, the for- mer having died in 1893 and the latter in 1894. Peter H. Burket was born in Sinking Valley, Pennsylvania, in the year 1809, son of Jacob Burket, who for many years was a tavern keeper at Brookville and later at Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in which latter place he died. Jacob
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Burket was twice married, Peter H. having been a son of the first union. Peter H. Burket was a tanner by trade, and in 1840 he established the family home at Warriors Mark, where he purchased a tannery and where he continued to reside until his death. In addition to the tan- ning business he also conducted a small farm. He was a fervent mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was an officer and class leader for many years. He was a stalwart Republican, and he was a member of the school board at Warriors Mark. He married Nancy, daughter of Peter Homer, who was of German descent and who came to Warriors Mark township from Lancaster county, Pennsyl- vania. Mr. and Mrs. Burket had eight children, as follows: William, of whom further; James, killed at the battle of Chaplain Farm, near Richmond, during the civil war; David, married Harriet -- , en- gaged in the general merchandise business at Altoona, Pennsylvania; John, married Ellen McFarland, lives in Warriors Mark, a carpenter by trade, but now retired; Adaline, wife of Jerry Ike, who is engaged in the real estate business; Eliza, wife of H. H. Waite, an attorney at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; Howard, a farmer in the vicinity of Sink- ing Valley, this state, married Sarah Livingston; Melvin, died in the army during the civil war.
William Burket came to Warriors Mark with his parents when but four years of age and here he was educated in the public schools. As a youth he helped his father in the tannery, and when in his twentieth year began to learn the trade of carpenter under the tutelage of David Eller. In 1863 he manifested his intrinsic loyalty to the cause of the Union by enlisting for service as a member of Company B, Ninety-first Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close of the war. He was the only one of his three brothers who served in the war to sur- vive. For fully half a century he worked diligently at his trade of car- penter and he has erected at least fifty barns in this part of the country, all of which are noted for their splendid construction. He owns the old Burket homestead in Warriors Mark township, the same compris- ing sixty-five acres, and he has another farm of one hundred and sixteen acres in the same locality. Since 1909 he has lived in retirement at Warriors Mark. He is a Republican in politics, and for twelve years served as school director, most of that time as secretary of the board. In religious matters he is a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal
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church, in whose faith he has reared his children. He is a broad- minded man and a warm-hearted friend, helping all who are in need of his assistance.
Mr. Burket married (first) in 1856, Miriam Weston, who died Oc- tober 9, 1870; (second) Ellen Salina Nearhoff. Children of Mr. Bur- ket : Clayton, a carpenter in Warriors Mark, married Mary Kineh; Grace, who is the widow of - -- Kibbel, is now a resident of Florida ; Nannie, wife of William Kinch at the time of her demise in the spring of 1913; Essa, married, and lives at Juniata, Pennsylvania.
The Nearhoof family of Huntingdon county, l'enn-
NEARHOOF sylvania, had for its progenitor Henry Nearhoof, who emigrated from Germany before the revolu- tionary war. It is possible that he took an active part in the struggle of the colonies for their independence, as the name of Henry Nearhoof appears several times in the Continental Records of Pennsylvania. He settled at Warriors Mark township. Huntingdon county, where he farmed until his death. He cleared and improved the land of which a part is still owned by Levi Nearhoof, and at the time of his demise owned five or six hundred aeres. He lived a quiet life, but was known throughout the township for his generosity and integrity. He had one son. Heury, of whom further.
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