Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume I, Part 82

Author: Hayden, Horace Edwin
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 988


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Samuel Honeywell, youngest child of Abra-


ham S. and Lydia ( Hawk) Honeywell, was born on the family homestead in New Jersey, April 12, 1828. He received his education in the public schools, and on the death of his parents inherited one-half of the homestead farm, which he cul- tivated from the year 1847 until 1866. In the latter year he removed to Carverton, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, where he had purchased a large farm in the previous year, and which he oc- cupied until 1875, bringing it into a high state of cultivation. After leaving the farm he took up his residence in the borough of Wyoming, where he built a comfortable and attractive home, and in 1904 removed to Dallas, to the home of his daughter, Mrs. B. W. Brickel. A man of ex- cellent business qualifications and unquestioned integrity, he has held the regard and confidence of his fellows, and has been called to various po- sitions of honor and trust, in all of which he has acquitted himself with conspicuous ability. He served for some years as a school director and judge of election, and in 1892 was made tax col- lector for the borough of Wyoming by the county court of Luzerne county. He and his family are exemplary members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Honeywell is an unflinching Re- publican in politics. He married, December 27, 1849, having just come of age that year, Miss Margaret Frantz, daughter of Jacob A. and Mary A. (Weiss) Frantz, both natives of Pennsyl- sylvania, descended from early German immi- grants. Of this marriage were born ten children, six of whom are now living: Mary E., wife of B. W. Brickel, an undertaker of Dallas (for- merly of Bethlehem) Pennsylvania; Ira T., of Luzerne borough, Pennsylvania; Lincoln D., on the old homestead at Carverton, Pennsylvania ; Nelson C., of the borough of Luzerne ; Clinton G., of Luzerne ; and Archie E., who is in the United States mail carrier service, and resides at Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


H. E. H.


HARRISON NESBITT, of Larksville, Lu- zerne county, Pennsylvania, was born at Ply- mouth, Pennsylvania, July 21, 1833, son of Ches- ter and Mary (Moyer) Nesbitt, and grandson of James and Polly (Lamoreux) Nesbitt. James Nesbitt (grandfather) was born in Connecticut. During his early manhood he settled in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, and there spent the remainder of his days. He followed farming on what is now East Shawnee avenue, but then known as the Nesbitt farm, directly back of what is now Bull Run. He and his wife, Polly (Lamoreux)


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Nesbitt, who was born in Jackson township, and was a descendant of a long line of French ances- try, were the parents of the following children :


I. Chester, mentioned hereinafter.


2. James Madison, married James Ackley and had nine children : Olive Ann, married Harry Clapsaddle; Emeline, married Henry Brown; Lydia, married Hiram Sherman ; Eliza- beth, married Albert Shonk ; Frances, unmarried, a school teacher at Plymouth: Jule, married Lannie Honeywell ; Sallie, married James Long- well; Kate, married Sherman Brown; and George, married Cora McKeel.


3. John L., married Lena Snyder, and had five children : Charles, married Almira Walton, and after her death a Mrs. Roberts, a widow ; James, who resides in Nebraska, and is engaged in raising cattle ; Samuel, married Mary Shonk ; Esther, married Noah Pringle; and Mary, de- ceased. -


4. James, who died unmarried in early man- hood.


5. David, married Ellen Fuller and had three children : Alfred, Ascher, and Charles.


6. Gardner, married Bethia Wolf and had four children » Chester, Benjamin, William, and Gardner, who died in La Porte, Indiana.


7. Betsy, married Lewis Prince and had three children : Jane, Sarah, and Eliza.


8. Hannah, married Alby Asher Ackley and had two children : Mary and Esther.


Chester Nesbitt (father) was born at Ply- mouth, Pennsylvania. He was educated in the common schools, followed agricultural pursuits on the farm on which he was born throughout the active years of his career, and died thereon about the year 1842. He was a Democrat in politics. He married Mary Moyer, of German descent, and the issue of this union was five chil- dren : I. Harrison, mentioned hereinafter. 2. James, died in infancy. 3. Mary Ann, married Abram Frisbie, of Canaan, Wayne county ; he first resided in Plymouth and later moved to his farm in Jackson township, where his wife died. Their children were: Emily, married Alfred Ayers, of West Dallas ; George, married Matilda Edwards; and Perry, married Sarah Wilkin- son. 4. Sarah, married Thomas Lamoreux and had two children: Eva, married Isaac Frantz and had one child, Cora, died at the age of seven years : and Samantha, married Randall Rice and had one child, Thomas. 5. Katherine, married Walter B. Frantz, now. deceased ; she resides in Wayne county, near Lake Erie, and is the mother of two children: George,


married Mame Clark, and has one child, Grace ; George Frantz, married for his second wife Bertha Polly, who bore him five children : Harry, Chester, Matthew Stanley Quay, Mildred, and Theodore Roosevelt ; and Charles, married Ger- trude , and had two children.


Harrison Nesbitt spent his boyhood days in Plymouth, his birthplace, and was educated in the common schools thereof. He commenced work on the farm at an early age, and later for a period of twenty-one years followed boating on the Pennsylvania canal. He then worked at the Boston mines for about fifteen years, and while employed there enlisted in the Two Hundred and Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan- try. September, 1864, under Colonel John W. Moore, of Philadelphia. January 15, 1865, this regiment participated in the capture of Fort Fisher, in which it went into battle with five hun- dred men and came out with only two hundred and forty-eight. Colonel Moore, Lieutenant- Colonel Lyman, of Williamsport, and eight cap- tains out of ten were killed. It was perhaps one of the closest contested battles of the war; the first charge was made at 2 P. M. and the fort did not capitulate until II P. M., when the heavens were lit up by the discharge of red, white and blue rockets as the signal that the fort was cap- tured. Harrison Nesbitt was one of the five hun- dred men picked out of his regiment for this battle, serving under General Albert H. Terry. Twenty-two hundred prisoners were taken. This fort was used as a blockading fort by the rebels on Cape Fear river. After the battle of Ft. Fisher the regiment moved to Frazer Station. where news of President. Lincoln's assassination was received, then to Raleigh, North Carolina, where news of General Lee's surrender reached them, and they were mustered out in June, 1865, reaching home July 4, 1865.


About 1867 Mr. Nesbitt entered the mercan- tile business in a general store at Larksville Cor- ners and continued the same for fifteen years, but July 4, 1882, the store was destroyed by fire and this calamity ended his mercantile career. In 1888 he turned his attention to the real estate business, which he still continues, and in addition to this he owns and operates a nursery. He is a very active man for his age (seventy-two years at the present time, 1905), is a widely known and prominent citizen and has filled nearly every office in the township, justice of the peace twice, supervisor, auditor, assessor, school director, a member of the first board of township commis- sioners, and he and his colleagues are responsible


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for the Plymouth & Larksville trolley line being built.


He attends the Christian Church and has also served as Sunday school teacher for many years. He is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, Lodge No. 119, having joined the order in 1870, and has filled the office of great sachem of Pennsylvania, the highest office in the gift of the society in the state. He has attended all the state great councils except one when sick, has been elected to the great council of the United States, and is now a member of both state and national councils and has filled all the offices in the state council. He attended the one in 1905 at York, Pennsylvania. Mr. Nesbitt was the first bashi- baw. Red Men's uniform rank. Also a member- of hay-makers' degree, also degree of Pocahon- tas, of which Mr. Nesbitt as great sachem of the Red Men, instituted the first state council in Al- lentown, Pennsylvania. He was a member of Sedgwick Post, Plymouth, Grand Army of the Republic, afterwards withdrew and became a charter member of Hoyt Post, Kingston, and while there filled all the offices, including post «commander and was quartermaster for several years during the entire life of the post. He has also been connected with the Knights of Pythias of Kingston: Knights of the Golden Eagle, Larksville, Patriotic Order Sons of America. Larksville, and is a member of Conyngham Post. No. 97, Grand Army of the Republic, of Wilkes- Barre. Mr. Nesbitt married, February 12. 1857, Jemima Snyder, who was born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1836, daughter of George and Rhoda (Lamoreux) Snyder, of Ply- mouth township, Larksville, where George Sny- der followed farming. George Snyder came from New Jersey, and was of German descent, and his wife was a descendant of a French an- cestry. Mrs. Nesbitt attended the common schools of Larksville and later pursued advanced studies at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Penn- sylvania, Mr. and Mrs. Nesbitt had five chil- dren :


I. Malinda Isabelle, born September 21, 1857. married George Cook, November 23, 1880, and had three children: Hazel. deceased : Nes- bitt, deceased ; and Alfretta, a resident of Larks- ville.


2. Chester, born December 8. 1859, married Jennie E. Lane, February 27, 1887. and had two children : Mabel and Chittanie. They reside in Vallejo. California.


3. George, born June 22, 1868, unmarried, resides in Larksville.


4. Mary Estella, born July 16, 1871, married Robert Law, November 23, 1893.


5. Florence, born January 29, 1876, married (first) Burt Connor, July 30, 1893, and had three children : Harry Wilson, Emily, and Newell, the latter of whom died in infancy. She married (second) John Wicht, April 29, 1903.


H. E. H.


LAYCOCK FAMILY. The full extent to which the Methodist Episcopal Church in Penn- sylvania is indebted to those devoted members who for its maintenance gave freely of their time and substance will probably never be known or appreciated by the general public. In the annals of the church, however, their names are recorded, and among those names that of Laycock stands pre-eminent. The family is of English origin, but has been for generations resident in this country.


Henry Laycock, the founder of the Kingston branch of the race, was born in New Jersey, but migrated to that part of Columbia county which is now Montour county, Pennsylvania, where he lived as a farmer. He married Mary Fitzgerald, and their children were: Henry: Shadrach B .. mentioned below ; James ; Zylphia ; Nancy ; and Elizabeth.


Shadrach B. Laycock, son of Henry and Mary (Fitzgerald) Laycock, was born September 13, 1795. and was the owner of an iron foundry which he operated in connection with farming. The foundry was situated in Fairmount township, and the output was of a general character. Not- withstanding the cares incident to these callings, Mr. Laycock officiated acceptably as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He mar- ried, May 30, 1820, Susan, daughter of Thomas Bowman, a Methodist Episcopal preacher, an aunt of Bishop Thomas Brown. She was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, Novem- ber 18, 1799, died April 23, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Laycock were the parents of the following children : Mary Ann, born January 28, 1821 ; Thomas, born September 30, 1822; Sarah M., born February 20, 1824, resides in California : Peninah, born May 15, 1825, deceased; Adam Clark, whose sketch follows: Henry, born Octo- ber 22, 1829, died March 22, 1830; Charles B., born December 23, 1831, died 1850: Jolin B., born October 3, 1833, served as lieutenant during the Civil war, and is a resident of Nebraska : Wil- ber F., born March 15, 1836, died August 14, 1838: Willard R., born August 26, 1838, served in the Civil war. He was a painter by trade, and was killed June 5, 1886, at Grand Rapids, Michi-


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gan, by falling from a height of forty feet ; Milton H., born August 1, 1843, served as a sergeant during the Civil war, and now resides at Oakland, California. Mr. Lavcock, the father of this large family, died November, 1882.


Adam Clark Lavcock, son of Shadrach B. and Susan ( Bowman) Laycock, was born De- cember 3, 1826, near Berwick, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, and received his education in the common schools and at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston. He learned the moulder's trade in his father's foundry, and when he was twenty-five years old went into business as a wheelwright, having succeeded his father-in-law. After con-, ducting the shop for eleven years he disposed of it, and for four years was employed as a clerk by his brother-in-law, M. W. Millard. He then went to Shickshinny, having hitherto resided at Townhill, Huntington township, Luzerne county, and for five years took charge of the general store of the Salem Coal Company. At the end of that time failing health obliged him to resign, and he accepted a position as traveling salesman for the firm of Chandler & Pringle, builders of marble and granite monuments. Five years later he re- signed, having been appointed deputy warden of Luzerne county prison, in which capacity he served two years, and in that of warden the fol- lowing year. He then established himself at Kingston in the marble and granite business, and remained there till 1890, when he sold out and engaged in the same business in Wilkes-Barre, which he has since carried on successfully. He is past master of Kingston Lodge, No. 395, Free and Accepted Masons ; a Republican in politics, always taking an earnest interest in borough af- fairs. He is a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, in which he has held the office of recording steward and also served as superintend- ent of the Sunday school.


Mr. Laycock married, May 6, 1851. Clarissa, daughter of Charles M. and Elizabeth (Dodson) Millard, and granddaughter of John and Clar- issa (Harrison) Dodson. Mr. and Mrs. Laycock have a son and a daughter. The daughter, Mary Amanda, was born June 9, 1853, and became the wife of L. K. Poust, of Williamsport, Pennsyl- vania, travelling representative of the Muncy Furniture Company. Mrs. Poust died August 22, 1903, leaving one son, Herbert M., sixteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Laycock's son, Charles Wilber, is mentioned in a following par- agraph. Mr. and Mrs. Millard, the parents of Mrs. Laycock, died within a few weeks of each other, leaving a family of children who were gen- erously cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Laycock.


Charles Wilber Laycock, son of Adam Clark and Clarrissa (Millard) Laycock, was born Octo- ber 3, 1860, in Fairmount township, Luzerne county, and was educated in the common schools. and at Wyoming Seminary. He was afterward employed in the store of Pringle & Laycock as clerk and later as bookkeeper. February 20, 1882, he entered the Second National Bank of Wilkes-Barre as clerk, and was subsequently promoted to the position of general bookkeeper. In 1890 he became cashier in the Anthracite Sav- ings Bank of Wilkes-Barre and has filled that position since. He belongs to Kingston Lodge, No. 395, Free and Accepted Masons, the West- moreland Club of Wilkes-Barre, the Wyoming. Historical and Geological Society, and is a Re- publican in politics. He is a member of the. Methodist Episcopal Church of Kingston, a member of the board of stewards, and has always. taken a great interest in church work.


Mr. Laycock married, June 5, 1890, L. Jennie- Clapp, and they have had four children : Nesbitt E., born August 4. 1891, died September 22, 1891: Charles Harold, born March 15, 1892; Robert Clark, born May 24, 1896; and Millard Day, born May 24, 1899.


Mrs. Laycock comes of old Puritan stock. Her father, Ambrose Spencer Clapp, was born in 1812, in New Jersey, son of Stephen and Jane (Mack) Clapp, and went to Missouri, where he engaged in speculating in land and horses. Re- turning to the east, he settled in Schuylerville, New York, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was twice married, his second wife, whom he wedded in 1859, being Amanda Day. They had one daughter, L. Jennie, who became the wife of Charles Wilber Laycock, as mentioned above. Mrs. Clapp was a daughter of Cyrus and Vashti (Doty) Day, whose children were : Laura Ann, who is living at the age of eighty-two; Israel ; Amanda, born April 29, 1829, mentioned above as the wife of Ambrose Spencer Clapp; Louise H., married George Pengan ; and Mary Elizabeth, who became the wife of Orvill De- Garmo. H. E. H.


MARCY. Among the many families of noted ancestry represented in the Wyoming Valley. may justly be mentioned that of Marcy. De- Marcy, or Marcy, is a name now quite common in France and its colonies. The name appears to have come into Normandy with Rollo (A. D. 912), and went thence to England with William the Conqueror (A. D. 1068), and became wide- spread in Cheshire, where the orthography is- now universally Massey, or Massie. In this.


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form (Massey) it is common in the Irish peerage. In the patents of King John (A. D. 1208) men- tion is made of one "Radus de Marcy."


(I) John Marcy, the first American ancestor of the Marcy family in the Wyoming valley, was a son of the high sheriff of Limerick, Ireland, and was born about 1662. He joined Rev. John Eliot's church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, March 7, 1685. In April, 1686, he, with Benjamin Sa- bin, Jonathan Smithers, Henry Bowen, John Frizzel, Mathew Davis, Nathaniel Gary. Thomas Bacon, Peter Aspinwall, George Griggs, Eben- ezer Morris and John Lord, took possession of Quatoset, ( Woodstock) Connecticut, granted in 1663 by the colony of Massachusetts to the town of Roxbury. He married Sarah Hadlock, daughter of James and Sarah (Draper) Had- lock. of Roxbury. She was born December 16, 1670. They lived in Woodstock where he died December 23. 1724, aged sixty-two years, and she died May 9. 1743, aged seventy-three years. Their children were: I. Anna, born in Roxbury, October II, 1687. married Ebenezer Grosvenor. of Pomfret. 2. John, born November 17, 1689; married Elizabeth Colburn. 3. James, born Feb- ruary 26, 1691 : married Ainsworth. 4. Edward, born June 28, 1695 : married Haskins. 5. Joseph born September 18, 1697; married Throop. 6. Benjamin, born March II, 1699 ; married Cor- bin. 7. Moses, born April 18, 1702; married Morris. 8. Samuel, born July 28, 1704; married Russell. 9. Sarah, born February 8, 1707 ; mar- ried Johnson, 1728. 10. Ebenezer (2) born June 6, 1709 : married Martha Nicholson. II. Eliza- beth, born November 8, 17II.


(II) Ebenezer Marcy, eighth son of John (I) and Sarah (Hadlock) Marcy, was born at Woodstock, June 6. 1709. He married Martha Nicholson, July 25, 1738, and resided in Dover, Dutchess county, New York, where he followed farming. They had ten children, namely: I. Mehitable, married Ward. 2. Dolly, married Hodgkis. 3. Jerusha, married Connitt. 4. Griffin. 5. Joseph. 6. Ebenezer (3), married Martha Spencer. 7. Zebulon, married Jerusha Conet. 8. Sarah, married Marcy. 9. Ambrose L., lived in Greene, Chenango county, New York. 10. Ben- jamin.


(III) Ebenezer Marcy (Ebenezer 2, John I), fourth son of Ebenezer (2). was born in Dover, Dutchess county, New York, in 1741. He was a proprietor and mill owner in Wyoming Valley and was the first of the Marcy family, so far as known, to came to this valley. He married Martha Spencer, daughter of Jonathan and Con-


tent Spencer, of Saybrook, Connecticut, after- ward of Fishkill, New York, February II, 1768. Ebenezer Marcy was at the fort on the east side of the river when the massacre occurred on the west side, but, the boats being removed, was un- able to be present at the fight. (Peck's "History of Wyoming"). Ebenezer and Martha (Spen- cer) Marcy had children : I, Jonathan, born May 22, 1770 ; married Elizabeth Marcy. 2. Elizabeth, . born December 7, 1771. 3. Marahta, born January 23, 1774, died July 16, 1818. 4. Content, born April 8, 1776. 5. Thankful, born on Pocono Mountain during the flight from the massacre. 6. Ebenezer (4), born February 10, 1780. 7 .. Jared (4), born June 6, 1782, died December 18, 1816. 8. Joseph, born February 19, 1787.


(IV) Ebenezer Marcy (Ebenezer 3, Eben- ezer 2, Jolin I), second son of Ebenezer (3), was born July 10, 1780. He lived in Pittston, Penn- sylvania. He died August 9, 1850. He married .. Susannah Adams, and their children were: I. Jonathan, born January 31, 1803, died January 5, 1851. 2. Ebenezer, born September 2, 1804. died December 4, 1828. 3. Abraham, born Sep- tember 16. 1806. died October 26, 1828. 4. Thankful, born July 17, 1808, died February 14, 1833. 5. Spencer (twin with Thankful) : mar- ried Harriet Pruner. 6. Elijah, born September 4, 1810, died September 23. 1823. 7. Elbert, born May 28, 1812; married Mary Anne Reddin. 8. Sarah, born February 15. 1814. 9. Jared, born January 15, 1816. 10. Joseph, born Jan- uary 22, 1818. II. John Sager, born November I, 1821, died March 4, 1896. 12. Martha, born September 29, 1823.


(IV) Jared Marcy (Ebeneber 3, Ebenezer 2, John I), third son of Ebenezer (3). was born- June 6, 1782, in Wyoming Valley. He resided in Pittston, where he died December 18, 1816. He was a carpenter in Pittston from about 1800 to 1814, and married Sarah Bennett, daughter of Rufus Bennett, an old Revolutionary soldier who died and was buried in Hanover. William H. Marcy, grandson of Jared, has some old treasury- warrants issued to Rufus Bennett at an early date. The children of Jared and Sarah Marcy were: I. Lorinda, born March 18, 1805, died 1848. 2. Ira (5), born April 20, 1807 : married Ann Teeter. 3. Reuben (5), born September 7, 1809: married Lucy Ann Wrenton. 4. Avery born January 29, 18II ; married Lucinda Black- man. 5. Elmira, born March 18, 1813.


(V) Ira Marcy (Jared 4, Ebenezer 3. Eben- ezer 2, John I), first son of Jared. was born in Pittston, April 20, 1807, and died October, 1873 .-


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He was educated in the common schools, and at an early age engaged in work on farms in the valley, and at a later date learned the carpen- ter's trade, which he followed, as did his brothers. He followed carpentering and contracting in Wilkes-Barre for several years, and was also a contractor on canal work on locks and bridges in 1852 on the Chemung canal, and before this had charge of locks and bridges on the North Branch canal. He married Mary Ann Teeter, born about 1810, died about 1865, daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth (Waller) Teeter. Conrad Teeter in the early days carried the mails on horseback to the state of New York. The chil- dren of Ira and Mary Ann Marcy were: I. Wil- liam H., born October 1, 1836; see forward. 2. Rufus W., married Ruth Ann Kelley, and they had two children. 3. Sarah Eliza, died July. 1865. 4. Ira Teeter, born 1852; was killed in a railroad accident at Winnemucca, Nevada, 1879.


(VI) William Henry Marcy, merchant and lumberman, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania eldest child of Ira and Mary Ann ( Teeter) Marcy, was born in the city in which he now resides, October I. 1836. His education was obtained in the pub- lic and private schools of his native city. At the age of sixteen years he entered upon an active career as a clerk, and after serving for some time in that capacity took up the carpenter's trade, and after becoming a master workman followed it for a period of seven years. He then for several years was engaged as a bookkeeper for various firms. He subsequently embarked in the mercantile and lumber business which he has conducted to the present time, and in which he has proven successful. He is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church, of which his family are attendants. In politics he is a Re- publican. He is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity, and also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Marcy married. March 9, 1858, Miss Susan A. Stone, born June 10, 1836, and had five children, namely: I. Harry G., born December 29. 1858: married Mary P. Rhone. daughter of Judge D. L. Rhone, of Wilkes-Barre. (See Rhone Family). Of this marriage were born children: Harry K., Alice Rhone. Helen. Ruth Ann. 2. Carrie, died aged one and a half years. 3. Leah Sturdevant, died. aged two years. 4. Cora Antoinette, born No- vember 2, 1865 : married Dr. H. D. Matten, and resides in Wilkes-Barre ; their child is Dorothy, born March 28. 1899. 5. Leonard Ira, born Jan- uary 28. 1872: married Mabel . and re- sides in Allentown, Pennsylvania. H. E. H.


JOSEPH WINFIELD MARCY, of Kings- ton, born April 9, 1848, on the old homestead in Marcy township (now Duryea), Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, of English and French descent, is a son of John Sager (5), and Mary E. (Cool- baugh) Marcy. (Joseph Winfield (6), John Sa- ger (5), Ebenezer (4), Ebenezer (3), Ebenezer (2), John (I). )




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