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CHARLES G. SAYLES, carpenter and joiner and farmer, P. O. Granville Centre, was born in New Haven, Huron Co., Ohio, January 7, 1843, and is a son of Cornelius and Margaret (Townsend) Sayles, natives of the State of New York. The father, who is a wagon-maker by trade, settled in Granville township, this county, in 1853, and is still living ; his children were as follows: Charles G. and Williamn C., of whom Charles G. was reared in Granville from ten years of age. He was in the Civil War, enlisting August 24, 1861, in Company F,
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Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry ; was never on the sick-list nor lost a day during his term of service, except while home on veteran furlough of thirty days. He participated in the principal battles of his regi- ment, and was honorably discharged after four years' service. Since the war he has been engaged at his trade and farming in Granville. Mr. Sayles married, November 19, 1873, Olivia A., daughter of Adam and Helen (McNeil) Innes, of Granville, and has two children : Clarence and Ethel. He is a Sir Knight Templar, and a member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R. In politics he is a Republican.
REUBEN L. SCHEUFLER, proprietor of marble works, Towanda, was born near Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co., Pa., December 5, 1854, and is a son of Albright and Abigail (Lenhart) Scheufler, natives of Wurtemberg, Germany, and Berks county, Pa., respectively. He was reared in Berks county, learned the marble cutter's trade at Hamburg, Pa., and worked as a journeyman from 1870 to 1886, when he located in Towanda, and formed a partnership with W. N. Lacey, under the firm name of Lacey & Scheufler, which partnership existed two years, when Mr. Lacey sold his interests to J. C. McCarty, and the business has since been conducted under the firm name of Scheufler & McCarty. Mr. Scheufler married, in 1874, Mary C., daughter of Jacob and Annie (Hance) Creveling, of Hunterdon county, N. J., and has one son, Albert C. Mrs. Scheufler is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Scheufler has been a resident of Towanda since 1881; in politics he is a Republican.
J. H. SCHOONOVER, farmer, P. O. Asylum, was born (January 24, 1842), reared and educated in Terry township, this county. He is a son of Chester and Adela (Horton) Schoonover, natives of Chenango county, N. Y., and Wilmot, Bradford Co., Pa., respectively. Chester is the son of Joseph, who was also a native of Chenango county, descended from the early Dutch settlers; he removed to this county, in about 1831, when fifteen years of age, prospecting, but returned to New York and shortly afterward moved to this county with his father's family, who for a short time located in Terry township, near Rienzi. Joseph Schoonover had a family of eight children, who helped him in the new country, for it was then a wilderness ; they depended a good deal on fishing, hunting and other resources for a living while their crops were maturing; Joseph soon removed to Terrytown, where he died. In about 1840 Chester purchased a farm of 175 acres on what is known as "Vaill Hill," where he removed, and by patience, industry and economy he cleared a valuable farm, erected substantial and commodious buildings, which stand to-day as a monument to his patient toil. He was a member of and preached for the Old-School Baptists about thirty-five years; he died in September, 1884, at the age of sixty- nine years ; he had been twice married and had six children, J. H. being the second by the first marriage. Besides the mind training at the common school, our subject had the advantage of sitting under the accomplished and learned Rev. David Craft, and, soon becoming competent to teach, he taught in several of the district schools during the winter months, the summers being devoted to farming. On November 30, 1864, he married Miss Emily C., daughter of J. L. and Sarah P. Jones, of New Era, and there were born to them seven children,
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five of whom are living : Earl C., James A., George II., Lorenzo J. and Earnest L .; of these Earl C. is married, resides in Towanda, and has two children. In 1863, when his country, through Governor Curtin, called for troops, Mr. Schoonover gladly shouldered his musket as a member of Company A, Thirty-fifth Pennsylvania Emergency Troops, served his time and was honorably discharged; he is now drawing a State pension by special act of the Legislature of session of 1891. He is a prosperous general farmer, and enjoys the full confidence of his fellow-citizens who have elected him to the office of town clerk for the term of ten years; school director, twelve years, also treasurer and auditor; during all which time he was secretary of the school board; was also appointed census enumerator of the eleventh census for the township of Terry. Politically he is a Republican.
J. M. SCHRADER, farmer, in Franklin township, P. O. Franklin- dale, was born in Towanda township, this county, December 24, 1837, a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Rose) Schrader, both of whom were born in this county, spending most of their lives in Towanda township. Samuel Schrader's family numbered nine-five sons and four daugh- ters-all of whom grew to maturity, and several of them are now living. J. M. Schrader, the subject of the sketch, and the fifth in the family, was reared and educated in Towanda and Franklin townships, and always worked on the farm. In 1862 he married, at Granville, Miss Sallie, daughter of Russell and Jane Lindley, of LeRoy, and seven children-three sons and four daughters-were born to them : Libby, married to Frank Crane, a farmer; Estella, married to Frank Madigan, a farmer; Katie, married to John McMullen, a mechanic; Edward ; Glenn; Clyde and Lottie. Mr. Schrader is an enterprising farmer, and lives on the old Schrader homestead of seventy-five acres of fertile land ; he served nine months in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty- second P. V. I., in the Civil War, for which he now draws a pension; he is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Patrons of Industry; polit- ically he is a Republican.
LOUIS J. SCHRIER, of the firm of Schrier Brothers, confectioners and cigar manufacturers, Athens, is a native of New York City, born October 19, 1856, and is a son of Louis (a cigar maker) and Elizabeth (Amrhein) Schrier, natives of Germany, who came to New York in 1854. The family came to Athens in 1883. Louis J., who is the eldest in a family of nine children, of whom six are living, received his educa- tion in the public and private schools, and learned the cigar trade early in life. In August, 1872, he went from New York to Owego, where he worked at his trade five years, and then to Elmira, one year ; thence to Big Flats, and, returning to New York in 1883, he came to Athens and began manufacturing cigars, under the firm name of Schrier Bros., for the wholesale and retail trade. In July, 1890, Mr. Schrier bought the confectionery store of J. C. Minier, where he handles fruits, veget- ables, confectionery, cigars and tobacco. He was married, in 1880, to Miss Josie, daughter of Richard and Harriet (Hubbard) Peck, the former a native of Orange county, N. Y., coming to Athens in 1838, and the latter of Cooperstown, N. Y., coming to this county in 1827. Richard Peck died February 10, 1881, in his seventy-ninth year ;
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Mrs. Peck died August 11, 1890, in her seventieth year. Mrs. Schrier is the only child, and was born in Athens January 9, 1860. To Mr. and Mrs. Schrier was born one daughter, Annie. They are mem- bers of the Episcopal Church ; he is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 165, and also of the Iron Hall, and is a Republican.
MICHAEL F. SCHUMAN, furniture contractor, Towanda, was born in Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y., October 13, 1849, a son of Michael J. and Elizabeth (Hane) Schuman, natives of Bavaria and Baden, Ger- many, respectively. His father came to America in 1841 and located in Pennsylvania, where he worked at the shoemaker's trade two years ; he then removed to Rush, N. Y., where he married, and in 1864 settled in Rochester, N. Y., where he still resides. Michael was reared and educated in Monroe county, N. Y., learned the cabinet-maker's trade in Rochester, at which he worked as a journeyman ten years. In 1879 he came to Towanda, where he has since been in business as a contrac- tor in the furniture factory of J. O. Frost Sons. He married, April 6, 1874, Mary A., daughter of Herman and Anna (Leible) Langknecht, of Rochester, N. Y., and formerly of Bavaria, Germany. The issue of this union is nine children, viz .: George, Annie, Anthony, Isabel, Mary, Fred, Frank, Albert and Joseph. Mr. and Mrs. Schuman are members of the Catholic Church ; in politics he is a Democrat.
CHARLES SCOTT, farmer in Monroe township, P. O. Liberty Corners, was born in Towanda township, this county, January 31, 1839, and is a son of John and Catherine (Harris) Scott, the former a native of Trenton, N. J., and of English origin, the latter of Berwick, Pa., and of Dutch lineage. The father worked on canals and other public works near Philadelphia and Hazelton as a mechanic, and came to Bradford county about 1833, where he lived seven years, where E. W. Hale now resides; then removed to Sullivan county, where he remained three years, at which time he returned to Bradford county and settled on the farm which his son Charles now occupies, where he followed carpentering and farming until his death in 1882, at the age of seventy-eight years; he reared a family of six children, of whom Charles is the second. Subject was reared on the farm, educated in the common school, and has always been engaged in farming where he now resides. He enlisted at Monroe, August 7, 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Forty-First P. V. I., and was with the regiment until the battle of Gettysburg, where he received a gunshot wound in the right shoulder, which disabled him two months; at the end of this time rejoined his regiment and remained with it until the battle of Peters- burg, where he was wounded in the right hip. Including a furlough of forty-five days (during which time he was married), he remained in the Philadelphia Hospital until January 20, 1865, when he was dis- charged as first lieutenant on surgeon's certificate of disability. He was married November 15, 1864, to Miss Mary J., daughter of Charles and Sallie (Blauvelt) Hollon, and they had two children : Walter F., born January 6, 1866, married to Mary H. Kram, daughter of Will- iam Kram, and lives on a portion of his father's farm; and Dora E., born April 6, 1878. The family are members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, of which he has been trustee and steward, also superin-
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tendent of the Sunday-school. He is a Republican, and has held the following offices of public trust : Town clerk, school director, com- missioner and assessor, and is now assistant assessor.
FRANK H. SCOTT, farmer, Smithfield township, P. O. East Smith- field, was born in Springfield, this county, April 20, 1847, a son of Orrin and Martha A. (Brown) Scott, the former a native of Vermont, and latter of Connecticut. They came to this county in 1843, and settled in Springfield township. One son, A. O., was in the Civil War. Frank H. is the youngest in a family of three children. The father was a blacksmith, as well as a farmer, and Frank H. was reared on the farm, educated in the schools of the town, and adopted farming as his business. He was united in marriage, December 1, 1869, with Pleiades, daughter of Merit and Abigail (Kingsley) Wood; she is a sister of Francis Wood. Her great-grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier, and they trace their family genealogy back many generations. Mrs. Scott was born October 9, 1849, the third in a family of five children, and the only daughter. There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Scott two children : Ella L., born April 1, 1874, and Bessie M., born February 4, 1881. Mr. Scott is the owner of a fine farm, and is a part owner of other lands-400 acres in all. His principal interest thereon is dairying. He is a genial and pleasant gentleman, and has a wide circle of friends.
WINFIELD SCOTT, farmer, Monroe township, P. O. Monroeton, was born in Monroe, this county, May 2, 1844, and is a son of John H. and Catherine E. (Harris) Scott; in his father's family there were six children, of whom Winfield is the fourth. He was reared on the farm, educated in the common school, purchased the farm where Harvey Cum- mings now resides, lived there from 1868 to 1874, when he removed to his present home, and he has since given hisattention and energy chiefly to the cultivation of the soil. Mr. Scott was married, October 1, 1867, to Miss Mary E., daughter of William V., and Julia (Griggs) Stevens, of Monroe. and they have three children : Stella M., born September 6, 1869; Franklin L., born April 3, 1876, and John W., born February 15, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Scott and their daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been trustee fifteen years, and is also steward ; he is a Republican in politics, and has been town treasurer ten years.
HARRY SCOVELL, retired farmer, P. O. Towanda, was born February 13, 1803, on the farm where he now resides, and is a son of Silas and Abigail (Harris) Scovell. His paternal grandfather, Elisha Scovell, moved with his family from Connecticut to Exeter, Luzerne Co., Pa., in an early day, and from there the father of our subject came to Towanda in 1788, and soon after his marriage, in 1790, he removed to the farm now occupied by Harry Scovell, a part of which he cleared and improved, and where he resided until his death in 1824. His children were Phebe (Mrs. Nathan Stevens), Peter H., Harry, Celesta, Caroline (Mrs. H. S. Frazier), Silas J., Joseph J. and Abigail ( Mrs. E. Reuben Deleng). On the death of his father, he succeeded to the homestead, where he was born and reared and has always resided. He cleared and improved a large part of the farm, which he has divided between his sons, John H. and Silas M. He was twice
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married ; his first wife was Sarah Courtwright, by whom he had four children : John H., James, Amanda (Mrs. Francis Barnes) and Silas M. Harry Scovell resides with his youngest son, Silas M., who was born March 25, 1848, and married, in 1871, to Eva, daughter of David and Eliza (Smith) Walborn, of Sheshequin township, this county, and has two children : Jennie and Jesse.
SAMUEL M. SEAFUSE, farmer, P. O. Bentley Creek, was born in Springfield township, this county, June 24, 1869, a son of Horace and Sarah (Palmer) Seafuse, natives of Monroe and Tioga counties, respectively. Horace was a son of Solomon Seafuse, who removed from Monroe county, Pa., to this county in 1855, locating in South Creek township, on what is known as "East Hill;" this was in the early settlement of the town, when its inhabitants did not number half as many as they do now. Solomon Seafuse learned the carpenters' trade, at which he worked in connection with his farm; his family consisted of eight children, four of whom grew to maturity. Horace, the father of Samuel M., was a farmer, and worked as such until his death, which occurred March 2, 1874, when aged but twenty-eight vears. There were four children born to him, all of whom are living. Samuel M. Seafuse, who is the eldest in the family, was reared and educated at the common school, and so proficient did he become that he fitted himself for a teacher, and has taught four terms in South Creek and Ridgebury townships; has been studying medicine under Dr. Charles N. Hammond, of Bentley Creek, for the past two years, and is now a student of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Baltimore, Md. He is a bright, intelligent young man, and bids fair to make his mark in life. On July 4, 1887, he married, in South Creek township, Jennie, daughter of Walter and Maria Mason, and there have been born to them two children: Glen and Mary. In con- junction with his studies, Mr. Seafuse is working on his farm with his grandfather, Solomon Seafuse. He is a member of the International Fraternal Alliance.
W. C. SECHRIST, attorney at law, Canton, is a native of Tioga county, Pa., and was born January 27, 1858, a son of John and Harriet (Miller) Sechrist, natives of Tioga county, Pa., and Germany, respectively. His father was a farmer in early life, and is now in the employ of the Fall Brook Railroad Company, a position he has held for some time. Mrs. Sechrist died in 1881. W. C. Sechrist is the second in order of birth in a family of five sons and five daughters; he was reared in Tioga county until seventeen years of age, when he came to Canton and completed his education in the graded schools; read law with Capt. J. H. Shaw, was admitted to the bar in January, 1881, and has been practicing his profession there since. He was married in Canton, in 1882, to Ella, daughter of J. W. and Lucy (Spalding) Griffin, natives of this county. J. W. Griffin was a blacksmith by trade, but retired from his trade when about, forty years of age, and was until his death extensively engaged in real estate transactions; he died in 1876, in his sixty-third year; Mrs. Griffin yet survives; she is a descendant of Ezra Spalding, who was one of the four first settlers in the township. Mrs. Sechrist, who is the youngest in a family of
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four children, was born in Canton, in January, 1852, and is a member of the Disciple Church. Mr. Sechrist is serving his seventh year on the borough school board; politically, he is a Republican.
H. C. SEELEY, conductor on the L. V. R. R., Sayre, is a native of Ridgebury township, this county, and was born November 12, 1848. His parents were John F. and Sally M. (Thompson) Seeley, natives of Orange county, N. Y., the former of whom was a farmer, and died in Ridgebury, this county, July 2, 1888, in his eightieth year. H. C. See- ley is the eighth in a family of nine children-six girls and three boys. Two brothers served in the Civil War, one of whom died of Typhoid fever, near Cape Hatteras, and the other died several years after the close of the war from the effects of a shell wound. Our subject was reared in Ridgebury, and received his education in the common schools. When he became of age he farmed two years, and then went on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, in 1872, as brakeman ; was promoted to coal train conductor in 1877, and to freight train conductor in the spring of 1884. He was married, in Athens, in April, 1870. to Miss Mary E., daughter of Solomon and Sally (Taylor) Bosworth, the for- mer a native of Athens, and the latter of Windsor county, Vt. Her father was a farmer and died in Athens township, this county, in March, 1861, in his fifty-second year; her mother resides in Sayre. Mrs. Bosworth's uncles, Samuel and Benjamin, were soldiers in the War of 1812. Mrs. Seeley is the youngest in a family of eleven children, and was born in Athens township, November 13, 1853. To Mr. and Mrs. Seeley was born a son, Clair D. Seeley. Mrs. Seeley is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Seeley is a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, Southern Tier Divison, No. 10, Waverly, N. Y., and is also a member of the Iron Hall. In politics he is a Republican.
I. R. SELLARD, farmer and dairyman, of Canton township, P. O. Grover, is a native of Canton township, this county, and was born July 2, 1849. His parents were Ichabod and Harriet (King) Sellard. natives of Canton township and Tioga county, Pa., respectively. Our subject's father, grandfather and great-grandfather all died in the house where Charles J. McKee now resides, about two and one-half miles south of Canton; it is probably the oldest house in the town- ship, and was built in 1818. The great-grandfather, James Sellard, was a native of Connecticut and removed to Lycoming county, Pa., from there to Tioga county, and settled in Canton township in about 1812, on the old Sellard homestead. The grandfather, Stephen D. Sel- lard, served in the War of 1812, and died in May, 1852, in his sixty- fourth year. Ichabod Sellard was born March 24, 1821, and died October 21, 1877. Mrs. Sellard died January 22, 1888, in her sixty- first year. Our subject is the third in order of birth in a family of five children ; he received his education in the common schools and attended the State Normal School at Mansfield, Pa., one year, and taught one term of school ; he owns a well-improved farm containing 132 acres ; also a part of the old Sellard homestead. He married, in Canton, in 1872, Louise, daughter of Samuel and Malissa (Bates) Fitz- water, natives of Bradford county. Mrs. Sellard is third in a family
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of ten children, and was born in Canton township, in January, 1854. To them were born a family of five children, as follows: Minnie, Belle, Helen, Daisy and Mildred. Mrs. Sellard is a member of the Disciple Church. Mr. Sellard is a member of Grover Grange; politically is a Republican, and has served two terms as township treasurer.
M. P. SEWARD, of the firm of Seward & Company, proprietors of planing-mill, Sayre, is a native of Broome county, N. Y., and was born October 24, 1847, a son of William and Tamar (Hewitt) Seward, natives of New York, the former of whom was a mechanic and died in Binghamton, N. Y., the latter surviving and now residing in Earls- ville, Delaware Co., Iowa. M. P. Seward, who is the second in order of birth in a family of five children, received his education in the com- mon schools, and served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade in his native county, where he worked until 1875, when he came to Sayre and followed his trade until 1881, when he became a member of the firm of Seward & Company, since when he has devoted his time to the success of that establishment. He was married in Bingham- ton, N. Y., in 1872, to Miss Rachel Mallinson, whose parents were natives of England. (She was the eighth in a family of twelve chil- dren, and was born in Rockland county, N. Y., in 1845, and died Aug- ust 6, 1889, a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and an estimable lady). In the family is an adopted daughter, Elsie Seward. Mr. Seward is a member of the Iron Hall, and is a Repub- lican in politics.
GEORGE W. SEXTON, a farmer of Franklin township, P. O. Powell, was born in Orwell township, this county, March 1, 1839, and is a son of Jabez E. and Jeanett (Jilson) Sexton, both of whom were natives of Connecticut. His father was a son of William Sexton, who removed from the East to this county in 1813, at which time Jabez was six years of age. He located on a farm of sixty-five acres in Orwell, on which he remained all of his life. Jabez lived on the same old homestead seventy-two years, having been born in 1807, and reared a family of nine children-two sons and seven daughters-six of whom grew to maturity, and five are now living. Our subject was reared and educated in Orwell at the common school, and has always followed farming as an occupation. At the age of twenty-three he attached himself to Company D, One Hundred and Forty-First P. V. I., for the term of three years. He was wounded at the battle of Chancellors- ville, and lost his right arm, for which disability he now draws a pension of $45.00 per month. Mr. Sexton is located on a beautiful farm on Towanda Creek, near the Monroe line ; he is a general farmer, and, like others along that rich lowland, pays attention to raising tobacco ; is a member of the G. A. R., and is a Republican in politics.
ADELBERT SHAW, engineer, P. O. Ulster, was born in Ulster, this county, July 9, 1837, and is a son of Norman and Mary Ann (Marshall) Shaw, and a grandson of Ebenezer Shaw. Norman Shaw was a farmer, and our subject was born and reared on a farm; he attended the common schools of Ulster and received a good English education. He worked on his father's farm until eighteen years of
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age, and then was employed on a boat on the North Branch Canal for eight years. He enlisted, in 1862, in the Twenty-fourth Indepen- dent Battery, and served until 1864, when he was discharged. He married Anna E., daughter of Martin and Nancy (Brigg) Thorp, and three children were born to them : Rosa, married to Charles Watkins ; Charles, married to Kate Crawley, and May, married to Robert J. Wood. Mr. Shaw is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the G. A. R.
URIAH SHAW, farmer and carpenter, Ulster, was born in She- shequin township, this county, May 13, 1806, a son of Ebenezer Shaw, a native of Little Compton, Newport Co., R. I., who was born Sep- tember 5, 1771, and died at Sheshequin, December 17, 1871, at the extremely advanced age of one hundred years and three months; he was the oldest Freemason in the State at the time of his death, and was buried by the Fraternity. Uriah Shaw, his grandfather, reached the age of eighty-four, and his grandmother Shaw (before marriage, Campbell), reached sixty-four years of age, while his grandfather Holcomb reached eighty-one, and his grandmother Holcomb reached eighty-three years of age. His mother, Cynthia (Holcomb) Shaw, was born in Barkhamsted, Litchfield Co., Conn., March 17, 1783, and died at Sheshequin, April 10, 1868, aged eighty-five; his father came to Sheshequin in 1786, when fourteen years old; his mother came to Ulster in 1794, being then eleven years old. His parents were married February 26, 1801, among the earliest marriages of this county, and their family consisted of the following children: Laura, Harry, Uriah, Norman, Hiram, Matilda and Ebenezer P. He and one sister, Mrs. Matilda Gore, are the only survivors. He received his early education at the Sheshequin school, and the school-house stood just across the road, and while attending school he would spend his noon recesses threshing wheat with a flail, in his father's barn. He acquired a good education, for those days, and upon leaving school engaged in teaching, in Rome township, three months, then for two winters next in succession taught school in Sheshequin in the house near his father's barn, but abandoned that after a few months, as his salary was but $9 a month and board, "boarding round," and that was then considered ample pay. He next engaged as a member of a surveying corps, and assisted in making many surveys in this and adjoining counties, then turned his attention to farming and carpen- tering, which he followed more or less until June 30. 1868, when he was appointed mail messenger on the route between Ulster and Horn- brook; continued at this until May 29, 1872, when, in connection with his sons, Henry and Hiram, he opened the "canal grocery" in Ulster; for some time past he has been carrying the mail to and from the rail- road station and postoffice. He was married, January 19, 1832, to Patience Lenity Segar, and to them were born eight children, viz .: B. F., Ralph, Henry, Samuel. Anna, Cynthia, Hiram F., and Anna (deceased). When a young man he purchased the first lot laid out in Ulster; caught lumber and logs in the drift of the river, built him a plank house, 40x18 feet, two stories, and as soon as it was partially com- pleted moved in; this was the fifth house built in Ulster, and the
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