Genealogical and biographical annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Part 44

Author: Floyd, J.L., & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, J. L. Floyd & Co.
Number of Pages: 1090


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Henry Clinger, son of John and grandson of the emigrant, was the father of Daniel Clinger, of Milton. He was born Sept. 29, 1296. in Chester county, Pa., near Homeville, and lived to the age of fifty-six years, five months, four days, be- ing accidentally killed March 3. 1853. He is bur-


On April 7, 1898, Mr. Hoffman married Margar- ied at Collomsville. in Limestone township. Ly-


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coming county. When a young man he learned business and home interests. He engaged at once tanning in Berks county with his uncle. Peter in the planing mill and lumber business as a mem- Clinger. On May 18, 1823, he was married in the ber of the firm of Balliet. Dreisbach & Clinger, city of Reading, and he ran the tanning business conducting the mill established in 1854 by Balliet, for his uncle. In 1828 he moved to Limestone Billmyer & Goodlander, who established the first township, Lycoming county, where he bought four plant of the kind in this section of the State. The hundred acres of land on which he also built a mills are on Arch street, above Loeust. Mr. Cling- tannery; eleared up a large farm; bought a mill er soon bought out his partners, becoming sole owner of this, one of the largest business estab- lishments in this district, and he retained his con- nection with the lumber business until 1906. His sons have since carried it on. This was one of the few industrial plants of Milton not destroyed in the great fire of May 14, 1880. site and erected a grist and saw mill, along one of the streams in the township, and became one of the best known business men and counselors in all that section, his various interests bringing him in- to eontact, in one relation or other, with ahnost all of the residents of the neighborhood. He eon- tinued to do business for many years, and served .


Though his active participation in the manage- also. as county commissioner, many years as jus- ment of what was for years his principal business tice of the peace, and as land surveyor and convey- has ended Mr. Clinger has not by any means given ancer. He was one of the leading Democrats of the county. In his early years he served as eol- onel of the battalion, a military organization estah- up his other interests. In 1907 he was elected pres- ident of the Milton Trust & Safe Deposit Com- pany, of which he has served many years as direct- lished by the United States government, all the or as well as member of the executive board, and men of a certain age being obliged to do military service one day in a year. He was long an active member of the Reformed Church, in which he was an elder for many years. Fraternally he was a Mason. this position he continues to fill with all the abil- ity and judgment expected of him. He is a stock- holder in numerous other loeal companies whose prosperity means the prosperity of the commun- ity, having been identified as such with the Mil-


On May 18, 1823, Mr. Clinger was married, at ton Knitting Company, the Milton Water Com- Reading, Pa., to Susanna Wagner, who was born pany. the Milton Driving Park and Fair Asso- in Deeember, 1803, in Berks eounty, daughter of ciation (of which he has been president), the Mil- a director), the Milton Record Publishing Com- Abraham and Catharine (Greenwalt) Wagner, and ton Creamery Association (of which he has been died in October, 1869, aged sixty-five years, ten months, three days. Her grandfather, John Wag- pany (of which he has been a director), the vari- ety of his interests showing how far reaching his relations with the life of the borough are.


ner, was a cavalryman in the Revolutionary war, and received a bad scalp wound but recovered and ended his days on his farm near Reading. Nine who married Michael Sypher, of Limestone town- ship, Lycoming county, and who is now living near Antes Fort, Pa., with her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Bubb: Catharine, who married Adam Baker. for- merly of Winehester, Va., and now resides at New- berry, Pa .: Susan A., who married John Knauff and resides at Milton, Pa. : John W., who died at Winchester, Va. ; Abraham, who died at Williams- port, Pa. ; Henry S., who died in Limestone town- ship. Lyeoming eounty: Jacob, who died in Lime- stone township; Daniel ; aud Edgar, who died aged five years.


In public capacities Mr. Clinger has proved children were born to this union, namely: Mary, himself particularly helpful in promoting the cause of education, having served as school di- rector and treasurer of the school and building fund. In this connection it might also be stated that he is a director of Ursinus College. For years he has been an ardent Democrat and a work- er in the interest of the party, having served as delegate to various State conventions and as dol- egate to the National convention at Chicago, iņ 1896. when W. J. Bryan was first nominated for the Presidency. He is a member of the Reformed Church, which he has served as elder for many years, and has been interested in the Y. M. C. A .. of which he was formerly a direetor. Fraternally Mr. Clinger unites with the Masons, holding mem- bership in Milton Lodge, No. 256, F. & A. M .. and Williamsport Consistory, thirty-second degree. and all his sons are members of that fraternity.


Daniel Clinger received his education in the dis- trict schools in the neighborhood of his boyhood home. He lived there until 1866, working for his father until the latter's death, after. which he was engaged for a few years with the duties of township offices. He then bought a farm in his native town- In 1860 Mr. Clinger married Sarah Amanda Gann. who was born Sept. 19, 1839, daughter of Israel and Leah (Moore) Gann, of Lycom- ing county, and died Jan. 1. 1904. the mother of eight children, as follows: (1) ship, but after cultivating it a few years sold it and went to Williamsport, in the spring of 1866, there entering the grocery business with his broth- er Abraham. After fourteen months' association with him he sold out and came to Milton. in June. Homer Gann, born July 16. 1861. died March 13. 1867. This borough has since been the field of ni- 1865. (2) Dora M., born March 11. 1866, die


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June 6, 1871. (3) Harry R., born Jan. 6, 1868, township in April, 1849. He married Barbara is the head of the firm of D. Clinger's Sons, who 'Hinkle, who came to America from Germany, and conduct the Milton Planing Mill and lumber busi- they had five children : Katie (married Frederick Lebie), Leah (married John Fisher), John. George and Leonard. ness. He has been twice married, his first wife, Crissie Fretz, of Philadelphia, born March 7, 1869, dying May 4, 1897. There were no children by that union. By his present wite, Florence Heinen, he lias three children, Henry, Sarah and Virginia. (4) Edgar M., born May 16, 1872, a graduate of the medical department of the University of Penn- sylvania, lost his life in a bicycle accident Aug. 21, 1898. (3) Franklin W., born Dec. 18, 1874, graduated from the dental department of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in 1899, and is practicing at Milton. He married Irene Fenton, of Balti- more, MId. (6) George W., born March 9, 1877, and educated at Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pa., is now engaged with his brothers in the lumher and planing mill business. He married Marian Boyer, of Williamsport, Pa .. and they have two children, George and Edgar B. (7) Joseph A., born Feb. 4, 1879, a graduate of the medical de- partment of the University of Pennsylvania, and now practicing medicine in Milton, married Sarah Buoy, eldest daughter of James Buoy. (8) Daniel, Jr., born March 25, 1882, a graduate of Cornell University, married Elsie Shay, of Williamsport. He is engaged with his brothers in the planing mill and lumber business under the firm name of D. Clinger's Sons.


WILLIAM H. PENSYL, of Mount Carmel, Northumberland county, present chief burgess of that borough and one of the long established busi- ness mien of the place, has been one of its useful citizens throughout the quarter of a century of his residence there. He is a member of one of the oldest families of the county, being of the fifth generation of his line to live here.


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The family name was originally Bentzel. Jacob Bentzel, the great-great-grandfather of William H. Pensyl, came to this country from Germany, his native land, and locating in Northumberland coun- ty, where Shamokin now stands, took up fifty acres of land, his residence being on the present site of the "Eagle Hotel." Abandoning this tract later, he took up two hundred acres in what is now Ralpho township, which property was later owned by David R. Pensyl, and is now the farm of Wil- liam A. Geise: Jacob Bentzel died upon his farm in Ralpho township. His son, John, was the great- grandfather of William H. Pensyl.


John Pensyl, son of John, was born near Sham- okin, Pa., in Shamokin township. When & young man he went to Sunbury, where he learned the shoemaking trade, following that calling for some time. Later he purchased a farm of two hundred acres at Union Corners, in Rush township, and there made his home for a number of years, later purchasing another farm, upon which he made his home until his death, in 1873, at the age of seventy-seven years. Mr. Pensyl was twice mar- ried, his first marriage being to Lydia Kaseman, by whom he had six children: George: John : Daniel, living at Danville, Pa. : Hannah, who mnar- ried Charles Dimick and (second ) John Hiney, and died near Philadelphia: Barbara, deceased, who was the wife of Henry Hill ; and Catharine. who married Joseph Motter. Mr. Pensyl's second wife, whose maiden name was Mary Arter Heller, died at the age of eiglity-seven years. She was the daughter of John and Mary Heller, of Elysburg, Pa. By this union there were seven children : Jacob, who died in 1861, aged twenty-six years; William, who lives at Elysburg, Pa .; Samuel, who died in 1897: Margaret, who died aged twenty years : Adam, of Elysburg; Henry, who died aged twenty years; and Francis, who was a merchant, postmaster and farmer at Pensyl, Columbia coun- ty.


George Pensyl, father of William H., was born May 14. 1818, in Rush township, Northumber- land county, and there grew to manhood. He learned the trades of butcher and carpenter, but later, when he lived at Danville, Pa., he was a boss heater at the iron mill. In 1856 he removed to Shamokin township, where he bought the farm un- on which he remained until 1875. He died July 7, 1880. Mr. Pensyl was a Union soldier in the Civil war, having enlisted Oct. 22, 1862, in Com- pany H, 1:2d Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served until honorably discharged." July 31, 1863.


George Pensyl married (first) Anna Vastine. of Rush township, who died in 1850. the mother of four children, namely : Billings died young : Thom- as V. served in the Civil war, and died in 1870 (he married Malinda Reed) : Helen M. married John I. Miller and had children. William, Emma and Olive: Ellis is chief engineer at the Philadelphia


John Bentzel, son of Jacob, was nine years old when his father settled at what is now Shamokin. Inquirer plant. Mr. Pensyl's second marriage was He was one of the early settlers in Shamokin to Mary A. Vastine (a cousin of his first wife). of township and one of the organizers and original Rush township, who died Oct. 27. 1871. and who had three children : Hatton A., justice of the peace, of Snydertown. Pa. : Clara H .. wife of G. A. Start- zel : and William H. For his third wife he married Harriet Ammerman. members of the old Blue Church (St. Peter's) in Ralpho township, donating one acre of ground for church purposes, npon which the edifice stands to- dav. He was a good man, and a leader in his com- munity. He died upon his homestead in Ralpho William H. Pensyl was born March 1. 1862. at


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Elysburg, Northumberland county, where he re- Intionary war, and another relative died aboard ceived his education in the public schools. During the old Jersey' prison ship in Wallabout Bay. his early life he assisted his father upon the farm. Jacob Shipman, brother of William, was one of In 1881 he first. came to Mount Carmel, where he the first settlers near Fisher's Ferry, Northumber- learned the trade of painter, at which he was cm- land Co., Pa., where he bought a large tract of land and where he lived to a good old age. David Shipman (son of Jacob), born Feb. 26. 1809, bought the homestead near Fisher's Ferry and di- vided it with his brother Sylvanus, making two good-sized farms. Jolm L. Shipman, son of Da- vid, who served with credit in the late Rebellion. is living in his native State and county." ployed, in different places, for several years, in 1886 becoming a permanent resident of the bor- ough. He established himself in business, selling paints, wall paper and stationery, and doing paint- ing and paper hanging, continuing thus for many years ; he is now devoting himself entirely to pa- pering and painting. Mr. Pensyl has made a sub- stantial position for himself, and he is a director


Harmon Shipman, the progenitor of the North- of the Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Company umberland county Shipmans, was born in Ger-


and President of the Anthracite Building & Loan Association of Mount Carmel.


On Jan. 2, 1890, Mr. Pensyl married Mary A. Morey, daughter of Julius Morey, of Jefferson county, Pa., but later of Mount Carmel. They have one daughter, Hazel, who is a graduate of the Mount Carmel high school.


many in 1717 and emigrated to this country about 1740. He settled in what is now Harmony town- ship, Warren Co., N. J., at a place known as Uniontown, where he purchased 200 acres of land which he cleared, continuing to reside there until his death, March 8, 1805. He was the early'set- tler at Morristown, N. J., referred to in the fore- going paragraph. He is buried at the Straw Church (St. James). Prior to the Revolutionary war he erected a stone honse 28 hy 30 feet. He was twice married. his first wife coming to Amer-


Mr. Pensyl has shown considerable interest and useful activity in the affairs of the borough, and from 1900 to 1903 he was a member of the coun- cil, of which body he was president one year. On March 1, 1909, he was honored with elcetion to the ica with him. She was the mother of five chil- office of chief burgess. The confidence his fellow dren : William, born June 9, 1756; Nicholas, born citizens have shown in him is the reward of his in 1758, who died in 1827: John; Christian : and disinterested efforts for the improvement of the borough, especially his work regarding the streets. He had made an admirable official. Mr. Pensyl dren : Jacob, born May 8, 1766, who died Feb. 24. is a Republican in political sentiment. Socially he holds membership in the Sons of Veterans, P. O. S. of A. and I. O. O. F. a daughter that died young. By his second wife, whose maiden name was Howe, he had six chil- 1848 (his wife Rachel, born in 1720. died in 1828) ; Harmon, born April 28, 1775, who died March 24, 1854 (his wife Susanna, born May 21, 1787, died Juue 10, 1861, and their daughter Re- becca, born in 1827, died in 1842) : David ; Abram, born April 8, 1743, who was married Feb. 1. 1800. to Mary Eekman ; Elizabeth ; and Mary.


SHIPMAN. The Shipman family, which is numerously and creditably represented in North- umberland county, has been resident there for con- siderably more than a century, and has had repre- sentatives in this country from the earliest Colon- ial days. In the Old World it is of ancient rec- ord. The ancestor of these Shipmans was of Nor- man descent and was knighted by Henry III. of England in 1253 and given the following coat of amns: Gules, on a bend argent betwixt six estoiles, or, three pellets. Crest: A Leopard, sejant. spot- ted sa., resting his dexter paw on a ship's rudder. Motto: "Non -sibi sed orbi." The family seat was at Sarrington, in Nottinghamshire. In 1635 Ed- ward Shipman, a refugee from religious persecu- tion, canie to America in company with Hugh Peters, John Davenport. Theodore Fenwick and others, and settled at Saybrook. Conn. From him one American branch of the family is descended.


During the Revolutionary war Harmon Ship- man aided the Revolutionists in many ways. con- tributing of his own time and means and send- ing four of his sons. William, Nicholas, John and Christian, into the service. At the close of the war this patriotic family was so impoverished that the older sons, with their families, moved to newer settlements, William and Nicholas coming to Pennsylvania and settling in Lower Augusta town- ship. Northumberland county, in the spring of 1:94. In 1802 the brothers Christian and Jacob settled in the same vicinity.


Jacob Shipman on coming from New Jersey set- tled on the farm in Lower Augusta township where Morris Snyder now lives, followed farming, and there died. He owned considerable land, his pos- sessions including the farms now owned by Morris Snyder, Silas Snyder and Nicholas Ren. He was a Presbyterian in religions belief and is buried at the Presbyterian Church along the mountain. as is


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The following is taken from a family history in the possession of Judge Shipman, of Belvidere. N. J. : "William Shipman's father was one of the first settlers of Morristown, N. J., assisting in the erec- tion of the first house built there. He and three one of his two wives. By his first wife, whose maid- of his brothers served with credit during the Revo- eu name was Minnier, he had sons Jacob and Abra-


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lam. His second wife, whose maiden name was the prime of life and health ) ; Jacob, Jan. 1. 1816 Bird, was the mother of six children : David : John ; James: Sylvanus; Betzy, who married Samuel Wynn ; and Polly, who married Isaac Updegrove and (second) John Ebright. Of these, Sylvanus Shipman died Dec. 9, 1887, aged seventy-three years, one month, eight days: his wife Harriet A. died Aug. 12, 1846, aged twenty-seven years, six months ; his wife Rebecca died Oet. 30, 1902, aged seventy-five years. eight months, five days.


David Shipman, son of Jacob and grandson of Harmon, born Feb. 26, 1809, died March 17. 1897. Abraham Shipman, eldest son of John and Mary (Mckinney) Shipman, was born March 10, 1810, in Lower Augusta township, where he passed all his life, dying Aug. 8, 1818. on the old farm home- stead. Hle received only such advantages as the common schools of the day afforded, but he was a man of keen and intelligent mind, and he became well educated by following the bent of his own in- clinations. He studied civil engineering . under David Andrews and learned surveying, which he followed from March. 1836, throughout his active years, serving several years as county surveyor. In addition to farming he carried on milling. From the time of his, marriage until his death he lived at the place in Lower Augusta township where his daughter Lydia, widow of Silas R. Snyder, now lives. He was a farmer by occupation. His wife Eliza (Hintershot), daughter of John Hinter- shot, born in September, 1812. died Feb. 9, 1877, aged sixty-four years. four months, nineteen days. Mr. and Mrs. Shipman are buried in the Fisher's Ferry cemetery. They had the following children : Matilda married Joseph Porter : John Landis lives in Shamokin ; Corrinda died at the age of fifty- eight, unmarried : Lydia is the widow of Silas R. Snyder : Hiram A. is a resident of Carthage, Mo .: building what is known as the Shipman mill. a Harriet E. married Dr. H. K. Mvers, who died in 1900, aged fifty-nine years, six days; Isaac E. re- sides in Kansas.


large gristmill in Lower Augusta (now Rocke- feller) township, and in connection with his work as surveyor he did considerable conveyancing. He served as associate judge under Judge Jordan for a period of ten years, being first elected in 1861 and reelected in 1866: and subsequently was jus- tice of the peace in Lower Angusta township for several years. In polities he was an ardent Dem- ocrat and one of the local party leaders. for a long time the recognized leader in this county. He was also active in his earlier years in local mil- itary matters, serving as a member of the Jack- son Rifles from 1829 to 1836. He was a large, athletic man, of fine appearance, and his presence added much to gatherings of that kind.


On Feb. 14, 1837, Mr. Shipman married Eliza- beth Yoxtheimer, who died April S, 1892. Their union was blessed with eleven children, all born in Lower Augusta township, ten of whom reached ma- turity : (1) Lemnel, born Dec. 15, 1838, is men- tioned below. (?) Matilda, born Ang. 19, 1840. was married Aug. 12. 1859, to John Bloom. of Lower Angusta township, now a successful farmer


John Shipman, sou of William, was born Oct. 13. 1783, in Sussex county, N. J., and accompanied his parents to Lower Augusta township, Northumber- land county, where he was engaged in farming to the end of his davs, dying April 8, 1850. He mar- of Rockefeller township. (3) Mark. born April ried Mary MeKinney, who was born Jan. 25, 1786. 24, 1812, died in June, 18;0. He enlisted in the


Union army soon after the opening of the Civil war and remained in active service until its close. being stationed most of the time at Key West. Fla, (+) San! is mentioned below. (5) Ruth, born Aug: 6. 1845. married Oct. 31, 1867, Joseph Gass. Jr., a farmer of Rockefeller township. (6) Ann, born Nov. 25, 1817, died June 5. 1908. On Nov.


daughter of Abraham and Abigail MeKinney and granddaughter of William McKinney, a native of Ireland, born Ang. 20. 1723, who died Oct. 24. 1727 : his wife, Hannah, born Sept. 9, 1730. died March 18, 1765: they lived in Warren county. X. J. Mrs. Shipman died March 10, 1851. She was the mother of eleven children. born as follows: Abraham, March 10, 1810 (died Ang. 8, .1878) : 15, 1866. she married Anthony S. Specce, who is Sarah, Sept. 14, 1811 (died Nov. 2. 1883); Isaac, engaged in the powder business at Speereville. Aug. 3, 1813 (died April 1, 1836. by accident, in Dauphin Co., Pa. (2) Rebecca J., born Pee. 27, 13


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William Shipman, son of Harmon, was a native of New Jersey, born in Harmony township June 9, 1756, and died Jan. 23. 1841, in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland county, where he set- tled in 1794. He is buried at the Mountain Pres- byterian Church in that township. As previous- lv mentioned, he served in the Revolutionary war. On coming to Northumberland county with his brother Nicholas, in the spring of 1794, he pur- chased 150 acres of land, where he made his home, and subsequently made additional purchases until he owned a large acreage. Soon after the close of the Revolution he married Catherine Campbell, of Sussex county, N. J., and they had children as follows : John .. Jacob, William, Abram, Johannah. Lizzie, Sara and Lydia.


(died Oct. 3, 1890; his son Luther died Feb. 5, 1891, aged thirty-eight years, five months, twen- ty days) ; Abigail, Oct. 17, 1817 (died March 23, 1880) : William C., Oct. 31, 1819; Rachel E., Dec. 13, 1821 (died Oct. 22, 1824) : James MI., Jan. 25, 1824 (died Oct. 24, 1824) : John, Dec. 25, 1825 (died Sept. 5, 1887) ; Samuel H., Nov. 30, 1828 (died April 15, 1864 : his wife Catharine died July 9, 1905, aged seventy-nine years, one month, nine days) ; Peter, Aug. 11, 1833.


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1850. married Franklin Mayberry. (S) Silas, Later he became a student at Bucknell College. born April 30, 1853, died Aug. 14, 1853. (9) Ira from which he was graduated in 1886, and in the is mentioned below. (10) Walter, born Aug. 3, spring of 1887 he opened a furniture store at 1856, was a lawyer by profession and had long been Selinsgrove, Snyder Co., Pa., where he was lo- justice of the peace at Sunbury, where he resided. cated until the spring of 1889, sinee when he has He married April 30, 1878, Josephine M. Col- been established at Sunbury. He has made a spe- dren, and they had three children, Lida M., cialty of undertaking, in which line he is a leader Carrie G. and James F. (11) Jefferson, born Feb. in this section, receiving his full share of the local 24, 1859, is a successful attorney at Mount Car- patronage. His personal and business standing mel, Pennsylvania.


Lemuel Shipman, son of Abraliam. born Dee. 15. 1838, received his education in the publie schools and at the New Berlin Academy.


has been won by upright methods, able manage- ment and fair treatment of his customers.


On Oct. 10, 1888, Mr. Shipman married Annic In his E. Snyder, daughter of Thomas Snyder, of Sun- early life he worked for his father on the farm and bury, and they have a family of five children : in the saw and grist mill, and also taught school Myrtle E., Russel C., Harley N., William A., Jr., and Helen. for a. number of years. On Oct. 30, 1862, he en- listed in Company D (Capt. Edwin A. Evans), Mr. Shipman is a prominent member of the Baptist Church, which he has served many years as superintendent of the Sunday school, as well as in other capacities. Fraternally he belongs to Maclay Lodge, No. 632, F. & A. M., the Modern Woodmen and the Sons of Veterans. 3d Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery, 152d Penn- sylvania Regiment. He entered the service as first sergeant, was promoted to second lieutenant of his company May 16, 1864, and served as such to the close of the war. While officer of the day at Fortress Monroe he had charge of a distinguished prisoner, JJeff. Davis, the president of the Confed- SAUL SHIPMAN, son of Abraham, was born in Lower Augusta (now Rockefeller ) township Jan. 4, 1844. eracy. Upon his return from the army he was en- gaged in business as a inerchant until elected reg- ister of wills, reeorder of deeds and clerk of the Orphans' court, in 1873, serving as such from 1874 to 1880, and also filled other positions of trust and honor while a resident of Northumberland county. He was in the railroad contracting business for seven years, in 1887 removing to Lewisburg. Union county, where he became prominent in business circles. He was prominent in building up a nail mill, steam ear axle forge and furniture factory (the latter being the Lewisburg Furniture Works) ; and in 1889 removed to West Virginia, where he engaged in the lumbering business. He is now a resident of Meridian, Miss., engaged in the manufacture of lumber and other enterprises.




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