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McIntosh, James Miller, (son of William,) was born in Bethel, December 20, 1825. He received a common school and academic education, and was engaged in farming. He married, March 2, 1853, Lucette, daughter of Judah and Eliza (Russell) Hatch. She was born in Bethel, August 2, 1829. Their children are Ellen, Jane and Herbert Miller. Mr. McIntosh held many positions of trust; was selectman ten years; lister, thirteen years; overseer of the poor, twenty-one years; grand juror, nine years; auditor, six years ; justice of the peace, two years ; member of the Legislature in 1866-67 ; State senator in 1882; commissioner of licenses for 1885-86. He died at Saratoga, N. Y., September 6, 1887.
Parker, Joseph, a native of Braintree, Mass., emigrated to New Marlboro, N. H., and afterwards came to Bethel, and removed subsequently to Braintree and Granville, Vt. He died in the latter town. His children were Joseph, died in Granville, Vt .; Abraham, died in Granville, Vt .; Enos, died in Michigan ; John, died in Granville; Stephen, died in Hartford, Vt .; Lemuel, died in Michigan; Ephraim, died in Leicester, N. Y .; Nathan ; and two daughters, one of whom married a Goodno, and the other a Lewis. Nathan, of above family, was born in Braintree, Mass., April 4, 1787, and died May 26, 1864. He married, first, Lucinia Razie. There was no issue by this marriage that reached maturity. He married, second, Bethiah Jackson, daughter of Samuel Peak. She was born on the farm now occupied by her son, Nathan Parker, and was the second female child born in Bethel. She died in 1835, in the fifty-fourth year of her age. The children by the last marriage are John, who resides in Freedom, Portage county, O .; Lucinia, resides in Bethel; Mary, wife of William Webster, of Hudson, O .; and Nathan. Nathan married for his third wife Polly Janes, by whom he had one child, George, a resident of Royal- ton. Nathan, son of Nathan, was born in Bethel, October 20, 1820, and married Mary L. Bliss, who died January 19, 1887. They have two children : Amna Lida, wife of My- ron Morse, of Manchester, Vt., and Sophia Rebecca, widow of Frank W. Harding, re- sides in Bethel. Mr. Parker has resided on his present farm fifty-two years, has been selectman six years, and lister six years.
Pember, Elijah, a native of Ellington, Conn., bought land in Randolph, Vt., for his sons Samuel, Stephen and Thomas. The latter was killed in the Royalton massacre. Samuel, of the above sons, was born in Ellington in 1748, and died in Randolph in 1828. He married Esther Read of Ellington, and had a family of seven children, viz .: Samuel; Lucy, who married a Mr. Kimball ; Sophronia, who married a Mr. Robinson; Achsa, Esther, Elijah and Read. Samuel of the above, born in Randolph, June 8, 1794, married Merrilla, daughter of Jacob Haskell, of Weathersfield, Vt., in which town she was born February 15, 1796. Their eight children were Esther, died young; Samuel Haskell ; Andrew, a resident of Bethel; Monroe, resides on the old homestead in Randolph; Frances, married Daniel Washburn; Ellen, deceased, married John Paine; Angeline, died aged eighteen; and Esther, resides in Millis, Mass. Samuel died in Randolph, December 26, 1874; his wife January 8, 1875. Samuel Haskell, born in Randolph, June 15, 1826, married, first, Rhoda Morse of Reading, Vt. Their four children were Willie, who married Jennie Fuller, and resides in Rochester, Vt .; Ellis, died young ; Eva
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Eudora and Ella Clio, twins, died fifteen months of age. He married, second, Jennie Rowell of Tunbridge, Vt., by whom he had three children, viz .: Verna, Myrtie and Eva. Mr. Pember is engaged in farming and has been a resident of Bethel since 1867, having previously resided in Reading and Weathersfield.
Perry, Clarence C., M. D., of Bethel, was born in Pomfret, Vt., June, 1849, and is the second son of Asa and Martha Ann (Spencer) Perry. His father was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, August 16, 1820, and had a family of seven children, viz .: Elbridge, a farmer, residing in Pomfret, Vt .; Clarence C .; Alice, wife of Owen Adams, of Barnard, Vt .; Martha, wife of Horace Eastman ; Asa, resides in Barnard ; Evelyn, wife of Henry Adams, of Royalton ; and Minnie, wife of Charles Cleaveland, of Barnard. Dr. Perry, after attending the local schools, became a student of the Green Mountain Academy at South Woodstock, Vt., also at Goddard Seminary in Barre, Vt. He studied medicine with Dr. C. C. Ellis, then of Barre, Vt., now of Somerville, Mass., and Dr. Rich- mond S. Sherwin, of Woodstock. He entered the Medical Department of Dartmouth College in 1874, graduating two years later. He commenced the practice of his profes- sion in 1877 at South Pomfret, Vt., where he remained two years, removing to East Bethel, and in 1880 came to Bethel village, where he has since practiced. Dr. Perry is a mem- ber of the Vermont State and White River Medical Societies. He married Miss Belle C. Hudson, but has no children.
Preston, William R., was born in Claremont, N. H., June 3, 1807, and was the second son of Clark and Martha (Reed) Preston. In his childhood his father removed to Weath- ersfield, Vt., but he became a resident of Bethel in the spring of 1834. At that time he engaged in farming. He married Cilpha C. Davis, March 11, 1834. She was born in Cavendish, Vt., July 17, 1807. They had three children : Celestia C., died at four years of age; Sarah Jane, died aged five years; and Henry W., born in Bethel, December 2, 1851, and married April 16, 1874, Ida, daughter of Leonard K. and Nancy (Morse) Will- iams. She was born in Bethel, October 16, 1856. They have two children : Mabel Hen- rietta, born November 5, 1876; Walter Henry, born October 2, 1884. William R. died May 8, 1878.
Smith, William P., was born in Braintree, Vt., December 4, 1831. Heman M., his father, born in Weathersfield, Conn., March 12, 1798, married May 2, 1826, Abbie Car- ley, born May 15, 1804, died September 11, 1844. He married, second, Margaret Wiley, born September, 1817. His children by the first marriage were George Tompson, Her- bert Rogers, William Phineas, Wright C., Elsie Loraine, Emma Lorett, Henry C., born February 19, 1843, enlisted May, 1861, in Company I, Thirtieth New York Volunteers, taken prisoner November 16, 1861, and confined in Libby Prison until the following spring, when he was paroled. He re-enlisted February 18, 1864, in Company E, Fifty- ninth Massachusetts Volunteers. He volunteered with others to take a rebel battery in a battle before Petersburg, July 30, 1864, and was killed. The children by the second marriage were Albert M., living in Melrose, Mass .; and Silas Wiley, living in Randolph. Heman M. is now (1890) living in Randolph at the advanced age of ninety-two. Will- iam P. married December 13, 1857, Christiana, daughter of Calvin and Nancy (Steele) Smith, born in Roxbury, December 29. 1835. They have no children of their own, but have had two adopted children, viz .: Mary Anna, born December 10, 1864, died May 23, 1877; and Mary Elizabeth, born June 1, 1873, lives at home. Mr. Smith became a clerk in a dry goods store in Boston when fifteen years of age, and continued in the business five years. He then learned the machinist's trade, and followed that business in North- field and Brandon, Vt., for fifteen years. In 1866 he settled in East Bethel, where he has since carried on the leading mercantile business of that place.
Spaulding, Andrew, was born in Cornish, N. H., and came at an early day to West Windsor and cleared a farm there. He married Sarah Hubbell and had four children, viz .: Sarah, married A. M. Whitney and died at Albany, Vt .; Silva, married Seth Hub- bell and died at Falmouth, Vt .; Junius; and Abial, died at West Windsor.
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Spaulding, Junius, of the above family, was born in West Windsor and died at Bridge- water. He married Rebecca Jordan, and of their eleven children one died in infancy. The others were Rebecca (deceased), married Abial Woodward; Zebina; Eliza, died in Bridgewater; Verulam, resides in Massachusetts; George, died at eighteen years of age ; Andrew, died at Bridgewater; Americus V., a lawyer, resides in Burlington, Vt .; Mary Ann, wife of Mr. Heath of Woodstock, Vt .; Julia Emeline (deceased), married Daniel Kelsey; and Charles, a resident of Bethel.
Spaulding, Zebina, son of Junius, was born in West Windsor, March 29, 1816. His father became a resident of Bridgewater in 1816. His first wife was Harriet Morse. They had five children : Romanzo, was killed by a horse in Granville, Vt .; Rosalvo, died six months of age; Eliza, wife of C. R. Chadwick of Bethel; Charles, resides in Dead- wood, South Dakota; and Harriet, resides at St. Paul, Minn. Mr. Spaulding married, second, Charlotte Dunham, third, Mary Rowel, and fourth, Mrs. Mary, widow of William Albin, of Randolph, and daughter of Amasa Cross of Braintree, Vt., of which town she is a native. Mr. Spaulding has been a resident of Bethel since 1845, has been selectman and justice of the peace.
Torrey, George, was born in Bethel, Vt., May 5, 1817, the second in a family of six chil- dren of John and Miriam (Morse) Torrey. David, his grandfather, born in Massachu- setts, married Tursey Lillie, and had three children who lived to adult age, viz : John, Abigail, and Judah. David died in Bethel, September 3, 1835. His widow married, sec- ond, Amasa Edson, of Brookfield, Vt. She died there December 12, 1853. John was born in Massachusetts, December 5, 1793. He married Miriam Morse, April 12, 1814, who was born March 6, 1799. They had children as follows: Judah, George, Horace, John, jr., Milo, David. John died in Bethel. May 12, 1868. His wife died in Fort At- kinson, Wis., October 3, 1873. George married, first, Betsey Meserve, October, 1846, who died December 7, 1847. He married, second, September 10, 1848, Betsey Ann, daughter of Salmon and Mary (White) Edson, born September 11, 1825, in Brookfield, Vt. By this union there were three children, viz .: Charles Judah, born July 21, 1849, married April 14, 1874, Alvaritta C. Southard, and has five children living, viz. : Mar- cia Ella, Charles Elroy, Merton Duane, Elva N., and George Glenn, and is a farmer liv- ing in Addison, Vt .; Dana George, born February 17, 1851, carries on the home farm ; Lizzie Mary, born April 19, 1861, living at home. Mr. Torrey has always lived on the place where he was born. He has been selectman and lister.
Weeden, Samuel, was born in Hartland, Vt., October 18, 1820. His father, Samuel, son of Samuel, was born in Hartland, July, 1792. He married Patty Cady, and had seven children as follows: A daughter died in infancy ; William, a farmer living in West Windsor; Samuel; Lncins H., a farmer living in Bridgewater, Vt .; Warren, a farmer liv - ing in Sycamore, Ill .; Benjamin Franklin ; farmer living in Bridgewater ; and Edwin, died in Bridgewater. Samuel, his father, died in Bridgewater, July, 1870, and his wife Decem- ber, 1873. Samuel Weeden married Salemna, daughter of Edward and Rosamund (Bruce) Doton. She was born December 29, 1819. They have had three children, viz .: Lucia, died aged 22; Marcilla, died aged 17; Rosamund I., wife of M. D. Brown, lives in Lebanon, N. H. Mr. Weeden lived in Hartland until 1841, then moved to Reading, where he resided until 1852, when he went to California, where he remained three years. He then returned east, and resided in Woodstock, South Woodstock, and Read- ing until 1866, when he settled in East Bethel, where he has since resided, carrying on farming and the milling business.
Wheeler, Minot, was born in Hollis, N. H., May 17, 1777, and removed to Royalton at an early day. He married April 28, 1800, Sarah Farley, a native of Hollis. They had eleven children, three of whom died in infancy, viz .: Sarah, died nine years of age ; Susan, died twelve years of age; Royal, died at Brattleboro, Vt .; Rebecca, the widow of Joel Day, resides in Bethel ; Mary Ann (deceased), married John Wallace; George, died young; Minot, died in Royalton; George, died in Bethel; and Gardiner. Minot died December 22, 1849, He removed to Bethel, and was a cooper by trade.
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Wheeler, Gardiner, son of Minot, was born in Bethel, January 6, 1824, and married February 15, 1843, Jane Elizabeth, daughter of John and Betsey (Twitchell) Woodbury. She was born in Bethel, December 31, 1823. Of their five children, one died in infancy. The others were, Wilber G., died eighteen years of age; Charles M., died eighteen years of age; Ella E., died seventeen years of age; and Orrin, died fourteen years of age. Mr. Wheeler is a mason by trade and has carried on that business in connection with farming.
Wilson, Theophilus E., born in Cabot, Vt., May 8, 1814, was eighth in a family of ten children. His father, Nathaniel, was the son of John and was born in Londonderry, N. H., July 22, 1773, and married Abigail Varnum, who was born May 13, 1777. Of their ten children the six eldest were born in Peacham, Vt., the others in Cabot, Vt. They were as follows: Jane, horn May 1, 1800; Sarah, born February 14, 1802; John, born September 10, 1803; Jesse C., born April 3, 1805; David, born November 29, 1806; Hiram, born April 6, 1810; John, born April 18, 1812; Nathaniel, born Octo- ber 3, 1817; Rachel, born October 12, 1819. Nathaniel, the father, died November 28, 1842, his wife March 3, 1825. He was a farmer and moved when a young man to Peacham, thence to Cabot, where he died. Theophilus E. married November 26, 1840, Rosetta M., daughter of Fifield and Judith (Heath) Lyford. She was born in Cabot, February 28, 1821, and died in Bethel, September 13, 1888. Their children were Louisa, born September 14, 1841, married Angust 24, 1865, Selam N. Welch and resides in Sut- ton, N. H .; Martha, born December 25, 1843, married Jamon P. Thurber and died April 11, 1863; Edward F., born August 8, 1848, married Ida Flint, September 21, 1874, they have two sons, Earl and Pearl; Emogene, born May 22, 1854, married October 23, 1872, Wesley E. Heath, and they have three children, Carrie M., Josie Louise and Frank W. Mr. Wilson lived in Cabot till he was twenty-two years of age, when he engaged in school-teaching and taught eighteen consecutive terms in Cabot, Woodbury and Peacham. After his marriagehe settled on a farm in Cabot, where he remained till 1861. He then purchased the hotel property in Cabot, which he ran until 1868. In 1870 he removed to Bethel, purchased a hotel in that place known since and now as the Wilson House. He sold this property August 17, 1887, and has since lived a retired life.
BRIDGEWATER.
Barrows, Stephen S., was born in Bridgewater, Vt., October 3, 1820. His father and mother were natives of Massachusetts, and came to Vermont about 1816, and settled on the farm at Bridgewater Center now owned and occupied by Charles Dimmick. Stephen S. lived at home on the farm until he was nineteen years of age. His education was limited to attendance upon the district school winters. Upon leaving home. for three years and seven months he worked out by the month, first for Augustus Bissell, of Rut- land, then for Eliphalet Thomas, of Woodstock, receiving $10, $11, $12 and $13 per month, a steady advance. He was married, January 4, 1843, to Arvilla, daughter of Smith and Phebe (Avery) Whitman. She was born in Bridgewater, October 19, 1818. After marriage Mr. Barrows settled on the homestead farm which eventually came into his possession. His father lived with him until his death which occurred in 1851. His mother died in 1841. In 1854 he sold the homestead to Charles Dimmick and purchased the Atwood farm, but held it only one year. For the next three years he carried on a hired farm. In 1860 he purchased the Aaron Lamb farm near Bridgewater Corners, which he has since carried on. With perhaps one exception this farm is the best farm in Bridge- water for agricultural purposes. A number of years since Mr. Barrows was offered a large price for his farm by a gentleman who intended to develope a fine specimen of quartz rock, which is to be found in large quantities on the place. The death of this gentleman before the negotiation could be perfected prevented the sale. Good judges, who have seen specimens of this rock, have pronounced it a very valuable deposit and worth, in itself, many times the value of the mere land. Mr. Barrows was one of the
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original Abolitionists, then a Free Soiler, and a Republican since the organization of that party, with the exception that he cast a vote for Horace Greeley, when he was a candi- date of the Democratic party. He has served as selectman of the town and justice of the peace for many years, and has often served as petit and grand juryman. Mr. and Mrs. Barrows have three children as follows: Mary Jane, born November 21, 1843, wife of Stephen French, resides in Rutland, and has two children, viz .: Grace H. and Gertrude M .; Elvin S., born August 29, 1845, married Harriet Mitchell, a farmer living in Claren- don, Vt .; Helen A., born April 1, 1848, died January 29, 1879.
Bugbee, William C., was born in Cornish, N. H., August 28, 1827. His father, Howard Bugbee, born October 24, 1786, married April 20, 1814, Lavina, daughter of Samuel and Damaris (Saben) Chase, of Cornish. Lavina's grandfather and Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase's grandfather were brothers. Her father, Samuel, was the fifth generation from Aquilla Chase, who was born in Cornwall, England, in 1618. In 1838 Howard Bugbee moved from Cornish and settled in the northwest part of Bridgewater, where he lived until 1851. His wife died there October 24, 1849, aged sixty-four. He mar- ried, second, Lucinda Chase, sister of his first wife, October, 1851. The latter died at the residence of William C. Bugbee, December 26, 1860, aged seventy-one. Howard Bug- bee also died there February, 1868, aged eighty-one. His children, by the first union, were Charles C., born at Cornish, February 6, 1815, married November 30, 1840, Betsey Giles, was justice of the peace, selectman, and overseer of the poor, ard died in Bridge- water, February 16, 1884, his wife September 16, 1877; George H .; Henry M .; John F., a lawyer, who now lives in Canton, N. Y. William C. worked on a farm till he was twenty years of age, but from that time he began to devote himself to the business of earpentering and joining, for which he had a natural aptitude, and he followed that trade up to the present time as his principal occupation. He has built some of the finest residences of Bridgewater and adjoining towns, the Congregational meeting-house, Dr. Rodiman's residence, Bridgewater village, and John J. Dewey's residence, Quechee, are specimens of his work. In 1873 he commenced the manufacture of chair stock at Bridgewater Corners, which he still carries on, but devotes a large portion of his time to his trade as a builder. He married, August 28, 1850, Esther S., daughter of Horace and Mary (Shepard) Gould. Mrs. Bugbee was born in the town of Franklin, Franklin county, N. Y., December 26, 1833. Mr. and Mrs. Bugbee have had two children : Mary Lavina, born February 1, 1854, died April 21, 1856, and Ida May, born April 6, 1857, married January 1, 1877, George A. Rice, manufacturer and farmer. For nineteen years after marriage Mr. Bugbee lived on the place now owned by E. P. Perkins, jr. In 1871 he settled on the place at Bridgewater Corners, where he still resides. He is a Republican in politics ; has been selectman for several years, and represented the town in the Leg- islature in 1870-71. Mr. and Mrs. Bugbee are members of the first Second Advent Church of Bridgewater, and Mr. Bugbee has been deacon of the church since 1868.
Davis, Hermon G .- This family are of Welch origin. The great-grandfather of Her- mon G. was a native of Wales. He was a Welch chieftain and belonged to the defeated Welch faction, in the time of a struggle between Wales and England. Being forced to leave Wales, he took refuge in France, was married there, emigrated to America, where he eventually settled in West Windsor. Jonathan Davis, his son, was born in West Windsor, and was a stonemason by trade He married Sophia Lull. Their children were Almon Lull, Caroline, Sylvester, Adaline, Miranda and Carrie. Almon Lull married Ly- dia Maria Gillet. He first settled in Sherburne, Rutland county, where he lived about
fourteen years, then moved to Woodstock where he remained four years. In 1866 he moved to Hartland on a farm, known as the Aldrich place, where he still resides. Their children were Hermon G., Emma E. and Claribel. Emma E. is the wife of David C. Hubbard, hotel- keeper in Wyoming, N. Y. Claribel is the wife of James L. Briggs, carrying on the home- stead farm in Hartland. Hermon G. received his primary education in the district schools of Sherburne and Woodstock, his studies preparatory to entrance to college at South Woodstock Academy and the Canton High School, St. Lawrence county, N. Y. In 1869
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he entered T'uft's College, Massachusetts, and was graduated from that institution in 1873. He studied law in the office of Governor Converse at Woodstock one year; taught school at Willow Park Seminary, Westboro, Mass., and, subsequently, six years in Middlebury Academy, Wyoming, N. Y. In 1880, again studied law with the Hon. Warren C. French in Woodstock, two years. He was admitted to the Bar in 1882. From 1882 to 1884 he was manager of the Chateaugnay Steam Mill Company, in Bridgewater. From 1884 to 1888 he taught in Middlebury Academy and Union School at Wyoming. On account of an injury received by his father, whereby he was obliged to give up the manage- ment of the mill, he returned to Bridgewater, and has since taken the full management of that interest. He married, March 29, 1874, Nellie A., daughter of William P. and Amanda L. (Wood) Foster. Mrs. Davis was born in Woodstock, March 6, 1851. They have one child, Daisy Mabel, born January 9, 1882.
Madden, Alonzo, was born in Sherburne, Rutland county, Vt., December 10, 1834, the eighth in a family of twelve children of Michael and Electa (Johnson) Madden. His father was born in Cork. Ireland. When twelve years of age he was taken by a press gang on board a British man of-war, where he was kept for three years and six months. Upon the arrival of the ship in a Canadian port, in company with three boys who had been imprisoned with him, he deserted, and eventually brought up in the town of Chester, Windsor county, Vt., where, for three years, he worked on a farm for Blaney Sargent. He next worked for Jonathan Hall, in Plymouth, at lime-burning and farming. In 1816, at the age of twenty-two, he married Electa, daughter of Ebenezer and Dilly Johnson. Their twelve children were Ellis S., Michael, jr., James H., Sidney, George W., Edward A., Nelson, Lydia A., Alonzo, Margaret M., Mary M., and Charles A. After marriage he farmed it in Plymouth and Bridgewater, but for the last forty years of his life he car- ried on a farm in Sherburne, where he died April 11, 1875, aged eighty-one. His wife died April 2, 1857. He afterwards married Roxanna M., widow of Aaron G. Holt. The latter died July 3, 1877. Of the twelve children only six are living. Charles A., Mar- garet M. and Mary M. are living in Sherburne, the two former on the homestead. George W. and Lydia A. are residents of Iowa. Alonzo Madden married December 2, 1857, Sarah M., daughter of Aaron G. and Roxanna Holt. She was born in Sherburne, Sep- tember 19, 1838. Her father died March 31, 1855, and her mother subsequently mar- ried her husband's father Her brothers and sisters were Esther A., Henry H., Ellen M., Diana P., Albina M. and Ezekiel A. Mr. Madden went to California soon after his mar- riage, and for more than a year was engaged in gold mining. December 10, 1861, he en- listed in Company H, Seventh Vermont Volunteers, Colonel Roberts commanding. He received his discharge August 22, 1863, under a surgeon's certificate of disability. The regiment was at New Orleans under General Benjamin F. Butler. Mr. Madden receives a pension on account of disabilities growing out of the service. Mr. Madden has in the main followed farming as a business, but for the last four years has owned and kept the Ottaquechee House at West Bridgewater. He has filled a number of the town offices of his native town. Mr. and Mrs. Madden have but one child, Carleton W., born January 9,1871.
Woods, John P .- Oliver Woods, grandfather of John P., raised a family of four chil- dren, viz .: Nehemiah, Elisha, Sally, and Betsey, all born in Groton, N. H. Nehemiah mar- ried Jerusha Stevens, and raised a large family. Nehemiah and his wife died in Peter- boro. Sally died at the age of twenty. Betsey married William Alexander, and raised a family of three sons and three daughters. Jonathan Alexander, one of their sons, died in Bridgewater in 1889, leaving a widow. Elisha Woods was born in Groton, April 16, 1790, married about 1810 Mary Nay, born December 23, 1795. He moved from Peter- boro, N. H., and settled in Bridgewater, March, 1814. He died in Chester, Vt., July 5, 1855. His wife died at the residence of her son Elisha, in Bridgewater, August 30, 1878. Their children were John P., Elisha F., Russell N., James N., Sarah, Mary Ann, Lorenzo F., Elizabeth F., Caroline, Julia, and Angeline. All were married. Elisha F., Mary Ann and Angeline are deceased. John P. Woods was born in Peterboro, November 21, 1811. He
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