History of Windsor County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 96

Author: Aldrich, Lewis Cass. ed. cn; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Syracuse, N. Y., D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1260


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lived at home until he was eighteen years of age. He has followed farming principally as an occupation, but has also followed stone cutting and laying. He worked one sea- son on the State capitol, and was engaged on the stone work in the construction of the Woodstock Railroad. He married December 4, 1834, Betsey U., daughter of Hezekiah and Susannah (Dodge) Johnson, who was born in Amherst, N. H., November 7, 1816. After his marriage he moved onto a farm in Bridgewater Center, upon which he lived twenty-three years. Here his wife died May 25, 1854. He married for his second wife Hannah G. Corbell, widow of Leander Corbell. He had no children by the latter mar- riage. In 1858 he moved to Chester, where he lived till 1888, since which time he has resided with his son, Charles H. Woods. The children of John P. and Betsey Woods are George H., born February 28, 1836; Sarah J., born May 5, 1838; Charles H., born February 24, 1841; Volney J., born August 5, 1843; Minerva, born April 5, 1847, died when twelve years of age; Charlotte A., born March 4, 1849. George H. was twice married; his first wife was Eliza Moore, his second Clara Follansbee; had three children, Hattie, Mamie, and George. George H. is overseer for the Union Metallic Cartridge Co .. Bridgeport, Conn. Sarah J. married, first, Thomas Pratt; second, Sewell Wheeler, and lives in Boston. Charles H. married Lucy M., daughter of Jason L. and Harriet A. Spaulding, born in Bridgewater, December 29, 1842. Their children are Ida M., born July 21, 1863, married October 31, 1880, Lauris Barrows, and their children are Lynn W., born December 5, 1881; and Roy A., born March 23, 1886. Charles H. Woods carries on the blacksmith trade in company with his son-in-law, Mr. Barrows, in Bridge- water village. Cliarles E., born April 29, 1865; Etta M., born January 27, 1867, wife of Clifton R. Pinney, has one child, Marian L., born November 18, 1888; John J., born June 23, 1872; Eugene, born May 1, 1877; and Robert P., born October, 1881. Volney J. married Wealthy J. Chase; they have two children, Byron C. and Harry E. Char- lotte A. is the wife of John Balch, a farmer living in Springfield, Vt., and they have two children, Eva M. and Ada A.


Wood, Barnabas, grandfather of Bazaleel, had four children, of whom John, father of Bazaleel, was the youngest. The latter was born in Rockingham, Windham county, Vt., August, 1786. He was four times married. His first wife was Anna Phippen, whom he married January 23, 1810. She died May 10, 1821. He married February 24, 1822, Lucy Phippen, a cousin of his first wife. She died September 27, 1828. His third wife was Abigail Buxton, whom he married June 23, 1829. She died April 14, 1830. He married, fourth, Barnice Facett, October 30, 1831. Bazaleel lived in Ira till he was twenty years of age; received his education in the district school of that town. He came to Bridgewater in 1852 and was married March 30, 1853, to Catharine, daughter of Charles and Rachel (Gates) Dimick. Mrs. Wood was born in Bridgewater, August 8, 1831. Her grandfather, Joseph Dimick, from Enfield, Conn., settled in Bridgewater in 1793, on the farm now owned by his son Chester Dimick, and died there. He reared a family of twelve children, four of whom, viz .: Charles, Chester, Mrs. Bulah Robinson and Mrs. Harriet Dimick, are residents of Bridgewater; Mrs. Julia Wheeler is a resident of Ply- mouth. Mrs. Wood's mother died February, 1835, and her father married, for his second wife, Servilia Lakin, widow of Nathan T. Lakin. Electa R., sister of Mrs. Wood, is the wife of Matthew E. Kennedy, farmer living in Bridgewater. In 1860 Mr. Wood settled on the farm at Bridgewater Center, where he has since resided. August 14, 1862, he en- listed as private in Company A, Third Vermont Volunteers, and received his discharge June 19, 1865. He was twice wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, on which ac- count he receives a pension. Since the war he has followed the business of farming. Mr. Wood seems to have inherited the military spirit from his ancestors, as he had two great-uncles in the War of the Revolution, and his father was in the War of 1812, and was at the battle of Plattsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Wood have one adopted child, Lizzie A , wife of Lewis E. Weymouth, residing in Quincy, Mass. She has two children, Katie H. and Lillie A.


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CAVENDISH.


Amsden, Alanson O., was born in Reading, Vt., September 28, 1814, and married Maria, daughter of Dan Grout. They had two children, Ellen M., wife of Milton W. Adams, of Cavendish, and Henry H. Alanson O. died November 28, 1850.


Amsden, Henry H., son of Alanson O., was born in Cavendish, March 3, 1840, and mar- ried Lula A., the only child of Alpheus Sargent, who was born in Ludlow, April 23, 1814, married Almira Ober, and died in Cavendish, January 7, 1888. They have one child, Walter, born in Cavendish, February 12, 1870.


Buck, Milo S., of Cavendish, was born in Cavendish, August 20, 1844, and is a second son of Philemon A. and Abigail (Densmore) Buck. After attending the local schools he became a student at the Green Mountain Academy in South Woodstock, Vt., and the Goddard Seminary at Barre, Vt. He read law with Gilbert A. Davis, then of Reading, and now of Windsor, Vt., and the late John F. Deane, of Cavendish. He became a member of Windsor County Bar in 1875, and began the practice of his profession at Cavendish the same year. Mr. Buck married Mrs. Laura Giddings, nee Goddard, and has two children, Leslie and Ray.


Dunsmore, Abraham, was born at Lunenburg, Mass., March 18, 1783, and died at Cav- endish, January 10, 1852. He married Mrs. Abigail Whitney, nee Snow. They had five children : Nancy (deceased), married Henry Spaulding of Cavendish ; Abigail (deceased), married Philamon A. Buck of Cavendish; Ebenezer S .; Abraham, died in Cavendish ; Samuel, died in Chester.


Dunsmore, Ebenezer S., son of Abraham, was born in Cavendish, June 20, 1815, and married Susan Taylor. They had one child, Emina L., who died at eighteen years of age. His second wife was Cornelia M. Davis. Ebenezer S. died March, 1890.


Fletcher, Asaph, Dr., of Cavendish, was born in Westford, Mass., June 28, 1746, and was the son of William and Elizabeth (Remington) Fletcher. At the age of twenty-two he established himself as a physician in his native town. While a resident of Massachu- setts he held many public offices and was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of that commonwealth in 1780. He married Sally, daughter of Jonathan Green, of Chelsea, Mass. In February, 1787, he removed to Cavendish, Vt., where he resided and practiced his profession until his death on January 5, 1839. Dr. Fletcher was a member of the convention which applied to Congress to admit Vermont into the Union ; also a member of the convention to revise the constitution of the State. He was frequently a member of the Legislature; one of the judges of the County Court, a mem- ber of the Council, and was one of the eleciors when James Monroe was first elected Presi- dent. Besides these he held many other offices, which manifested the respect in which he was held, and the confidence reposed in him. His children were Sarah, who married Salmon Dutton ; Asa, born in Westford, Mass., June 26, 1780, and removed to Wood- stock, Vt., where he became general of the militia and high sheriff, and where he died, leaving no male issue ; Salome, married Luther Fletcher, a physician who practiced for some time in Cavendish, but died at Granville, N. Y .; Rebecca, married Asa Fletcher ; Richard (for sketch of his life see history of Fletcher Library, in Cavendish) ; Addison, born in Cavendish, August 25, 1790, engaged in mercantile business in Mount Holly and Cavendish, and died in the latter place January 8, 1832, and left three daughters, Maria Dorothy, who became the wife of Hon. A. A. Ranney, a prominent lawyer of Boston, Mass., and Mary Cornelia, who married Rufus S. Andrews, a lawyer of New York city, and Helen L., who married George H. Johnson; Alphens, born in Cavendish, July 17, 1793, followed his father's profession in his native town, where he died May 25, 1839; Horace, born in Cavendish, October 28, 1796, who practiced law in Cavendish and after- wards became pastor of the Baptist Church in Townshend, Vt., where he died; Ryland, an extended sketch of whom appears in another part of this work.


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French, Hon. Calvin, of Cavendish, son of Josiah and Rebecca (Brown) French, was born in Cavendish, August 28, 1799. His father came from New Hampshire to Caven- dish about 1785, and located about a mile north of Proctorsville. His other children were Josiah, who died at Clarendon, Vt .; Calista, who married Samuel Adams; Luther, who died at Wilton, N. Y .; Rebecca, who married Hiram Giddings. Josiah died in his sev- enty-sixth year in 1839. After attending the local schools Calvin went to academies in Rhode Island and Connecticut. He studied law with Judge Reuben Washburn and Jo- siah Chandler. He was admitted to the bar in 1837, and in company with Luther Ad- ams opened an office at Proctorsville. This firm was afterwards dissolved, and in 1856 Judge French sold his practice to Clark A. Chapman. Judge French was State's attor- ney in 1853-54; assistant judge from 1849 to 1852, and from 1866 to the time of his death, June 15, 1879. His first wife was Jerusha Mathewson, by whom he had two sons, Quincy, who died young, and Charles M., who died in Iowa. His second wife was Valeria Blood, and their children were: Jerusha, who died young; George B., who was a member of the First Vermont Regiment and afterwards joined other Vermont regiments and was mustered out of the service with the rank of adjutant, became a member of the Windsor County Bar in 1866, and in the following year was elected county clerk, which position he held a number of years, and now resides in Nebraska; Jerusha, wife of H. G. Day; John Quincy, a member of the First Vermont Cavalry, killed during the war; and Mary, wife of H. P. Gammon, of Proctorsville.


Fullam, Timothy, was born in Weston, Mass., December 3, 1741, O. S., and married Eliz- abeth Thompson, of Sterling, Mass. He was a Revolutionary soldier and served under General Washington, and was at the battle of Bennington. He came to Cavendish in 1798 and removed to Reading in 1818, where he died September 10, 1829. He had two children : Ebenezer and Sewall.


Fullam, Ebenezer, son of Timothy, born in Fitchburg, Mass., October 14, 1767, mar- ried Abigail Styles, and had ten children, viz .: Lincoln, died in North Carolina ; Betsey (deceased), married Joseph Stone; Lucinda (deceased), married Marvin Robinson ; Rox- ana (deceased), married Nathan Eaton ; Sophie (deceased), married Rufus Buck; Marie, died young ; Sullivan Burbank (deceased); Thomas Jefferson (deceased); James Madi- son, lives in Springfield ; and Augustus Granville, who died July 27, 1852.


Fullam, Augustus Granville, son of Ebenezer, born in Ludlow, February 28, 1814, mar- ried Mary S. Pollard and had two children : Mary Ann (deceased), married first Norman Royce, second Joel B. Slack ; and Leighton Granville.


Fullam, Leighton Granville, son of Augustus Granville, was born in Weathersfield, October 5, 1841, married Ada Slack, and had three children : Ernest Leighton, born May 7, 1867; Herman Granville, born October 28, 1868; Eben Joel, born March 20, 1871. Leighton G. has been a resident of Ludlow since 1842, and a member of the firm of Fullam & Adams, manufacturers of lumber and chair stock, his eldest son being also a member of the firm.


Fullam, James Madison, son of Ebenezer, was born in Ludlow, Vt., August 26, 1809, married Anna Pollard, and has four children, viz: James Madison, jr .; Adrioam, a resi- dent of New York city; Joseph Ebenezer, died at the age of six years; and Lucien Winfield, lives in New York city. He has been a resident of Springfield since 1850.


Fullam, James Madison, jr., son of James Madison, was born in Plymouth, Vt., August 14, 1834, and married Mary, daughter of Salmon Whitcomb. They have four sons, viz: Fred W., lives in Weathersfield; Don Pollard; Eben Eaton, lives in Chester, and Robert Lincoln.


Goddard, Aaron (deacon), was born October 28, 1771, and having lost both of his parents, was brought up by an uncle. He came from Swansey, N. H., to Reading at an early day. He married Elizabeth Howe, and they had the following family : Eunice (deceased), married Sewall Fullam, jr .; Arnold; Candace (deceased), married Benoni Buck; Hiram, died in Reading; Jubal, died single in Reading; Cynthia (deceased),


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married Allen Spaulding; Laura, died at eighteen years of age; Aaron Winchester, re- sides in Reading. Aaron died September 27, 1855.


Goddard, Arnold, son of Aaron, was born in Reading, April 5, 1798, and married Sarah Rice. They had but one child, Mrs. Sarah A. Hager, of Proctorsville, Vt. Arnold died June 12, 1869.


Hardy, John, came from Massachusetts to Cavendish, and had the following family : John, who resides in New York State; Ezekiel ; Solomon, died in Cavendish ; Reuben, died in Michigan; Patty (deceased), married Nathaniel Russell; Jerusha (deceased), married Thomas Green ; and Sarah, married and died in New York State.


Hardy, Ezekiel, married Rachel Tarbell and of their fourteen children two died young. The others were Maria (deceased), married Joel Davis; Mary (deceased), Addison, Thomas, Sophronia (deceased), married James Perry; Sarah, wife of George Ober, of Athens, Vt .; Louisa, wife of Willard Wilson, of Cavendish; Fannie, wife of Joel Ober, of Springfield, Mass .; Calisha, married Lewis Hicks; Salome (deceased), married Darius Smith; Cynthia, died young; Minerva, wife of Calvin Getchell; Addison, died in Cav- endish, and Roland resides in Cavendish.


Hill, Abel, a well-known resident of Cavendish for many years, was born in Sudbury, Mass., July 25, 1787, and came to town in October, 1834. He was for a long time an overseer in the Fullerton Woolen Mills, and one of the California "pioneers," making two trips to that territory after he was sixty years of age. He was a good mechanic, and before moving to Vermont manufactured a thread-mill in New Hampshire entirely, from the dam to the machinery, and then operated it. He was also a noted fiddler, and made and repaired violins as well. He died in Cavendish, April 30, 1874, aged nearly eighty-seven, after having reared a family of eleven children, six of whom are now liv- ing, and four residents of the town, George S. Hill, president of the National Black River Bank, Harvey M., Mrs. E. W. Whitcomb, and Mrs. Sarah E. Ely.


Stearns, John, was born in Ashburnham, Mass., December 15, 1788, and married Abi- gail Hartwell. He died August 12, 1848. Their children were Thomas, who died in Cavendish, but left no issue; John H., George, died in Cavendish, but left no male issue ; Susan, died at nine years of age; Abel, died at seven years of age; Adams, died at eight years of age; Luke, resides at Springfield, Vt .; Christopher W., lives on the old home- stead in Cavendish settled by John in 1815.


Stearns, John H., son of John, was born in Cavendish, Jannary 4, 1817. He married Relief T. Tarbell, and they had no children.


Smith, James, was born in Peterboro, N. H., January 29, 1756. He came to Caven- dish in 1790, and built a store near where Captain Coffin settled. Four years later he removed to the Twenty-Mile Stream, where he died August 11, 1842. He married Sally Ames, and their children were Sally (deceased), married James Walker, a lawyer of Pe- terboro, N. H .; James William, resides at Rutland, Vt .; Addison, who died at Cavendish ; John, who lived most of his life at Three Rivers, Mich., but died in Cavendish.


Smith, James, son of James, was born in Cavendish, November 13, 1797, and married Betsey L. Brown, of Plymouth. They had seven children, viz .: James, who died a bach- elor, at Moro, Ill. Betsey, who married Norman C. Bigelow, a native of Reading, Vt., and was born January 16, 1818. He became a resident of Cavendish in 1841. Their children are Frank L., a graduate of Dartmouth College, class of '83, and a resident of Rutland, Vt., and Isabel. Mr. Bigelow died October 8, 1882; his widow resides in Cav- endish. Sarah, widow of Willard Flagg, lives at Moro, Ill .; Harriet, died single; Mar- cia, wife of Dr. N. D. Thomas, of Little Prairie, Mich .; Isabel, died single, and William, died at the age of nineteen years. James died February 4, 1842.


Spaulding, Willard, was born in Weathersfield, Vt., and removed to Champlain, N. Y., where he died, in 1824 or 1825, at the age of forty-four years. He married Rebecca Winn, and had five children; Bethuel, died in Cavendish; Curtis, died in Salem, N. Y .;


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Esther, died single ; Jackson, died in Cavendish : Gilbert J., born in Essex, N. Y., Feb- rnary 11, 1814, married Olive M. Blanchard, and their only child, George J., died at the age of twenty-four years. Mr. Spaulding has been a resident of Cavendish since 1844, and is engaged in farming.


Tripp, Joshua, born at Lyman, Me., May 14, 1819, is the second son of Theodore L. and Abigail (Knight) Tripp. His father removed to Kirby, Vt., in 1826, where he re- mained three years, removing thence to Charlestown, Vt. He received only a common school education, following farming until he was of age. He learned the blacksmith trade which he followed until he removed to Proctorsville in 1861. For the next six years he ran the stages from Proctorsville to Windsor, Vt. He then engaged in mercantile busi- ness, which he followed until 1881. Since then he has been a farmer. He married Clara Watkins and has one child, Mary, wife of Asa W. Putnam, of Proctorsville.


Whitcomb, Thomas, was one of the early settlers of Cavendish, and was the son of Lieutenant Asa, and grandson of Colonel Asa Whitcomb, of Lancaster, Mass., who com- manded the Sixth Massachusetts, foot, in the Revolution, and was with Ethan Allen at Crown Point and Ticonderoga. Thomas was born November 7, 1789, moved to town in 1817, and settled on the farm now owned by H. J. Belcher. He died in St. Charles, Ill., April 13, 1869. His second wife was Anna Wentworth, a descendant of the fam- ily which in colonial times furnished two governors of New Hampshire. He raised a family of eight children, three of whom are now living in Cavendish, Willard F. Whit- comb, Mrs. Rosilla C. Chapman, and Mrs. Victoria M. Spaulding.


Whitcomb, Asa Wentworth, was born in Cavendish, September 11, 1822, and on becoming of age entered the employ of Robbins & White, of Cavendish. During the build- ing of the Rutland and Burlington Railroad he was employed by that corporation, serv- ing the company in various capacities. He was the first station agent at Cavendish, fill- ing that position before any depot was erected, and the first mail agent serving on the first train over the mountain before the completion of the road. He was conductor on the fast express between Rutland and Burlington, and was afterwards connected with the ticket and freight department in the Rutland depot. For a time he gave up railroading, and was clerk for Fullerton & Co., in the Cavendish woolen mills, and during the last years of the war was in mercantile business for himself at Proctorsville. He then re- turned to Rutland and was for some years clerk at the Bardwell House. In 1872 he again went into railroad service at Bellows Falls, but after remaining eleven years was compelled to retire owing to failing health. He died at Cavendish, April 13, 1890, and left a widow and two sons, viz .: Charles W., cashier of the National Black River Bank, and George W., an engineer on the Central Vermont Railroad.


CHESTER.


Earle, Roswell, married Polly Partridge, and had one child, Loren, born in Chester July 16, 1808, and who died April 12, 1882. He married Lucy Snell, and of a family of ten children five died in infancy. The others were : Tyler L., Ellen, wife of Frank Put- nam, of Chester ; Mary, wife of Oscar Hill, of Rutland; Arvilla wife of Arthur Lock- wood, and Philara.


Earle, Tyler, son of Loren, was born in Chester March 5, 1842, and married Marinna Lockwood. They had nine children, viz .: Bernard, Allen, Arthur, died at seven years of age; Edna, Edith, Winnie, Guy, Wesley and Nellis.


Guild, Alanson, was born in Wrentham, Mass., July 4, 1769, and married Katurah Turner. He became a resident of Chester in 1807. He had three children : Herman, Luther, who died in Medfield, Mass .; and Horace, who died in Massena, N. Y., in 1890.


Guild, Herman, son of Alanson, was born at Wrentham, Mass., September 1, 1800, and married, first, Huldah Knight. They had five children : Martin ; Eliza (deceased),


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married Oliver Atwood; Sarah, widow of Thomas Clark, lives in Medfield, Mass .; and Horace, died young. He married, second, Susan Thompson, by whom he had one child, Mason. Herman died December 15, 1889.


Guild Martin, son of Herman, was born in Chester, May 11, 1819, and married for his first wife Sophia Thompson. Their children are Hulda S., wife of Calvin W. French, of Chester ; Herman M .; Harvey M., a physician. at Claremont, N. H. Martin married for his second wife Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, nee Wilcox.


Guild, Richard, son of Richard, was a native of Wrentham, Mass., but came to Wind- sor county. He was born October 17, 1762, and married Zillah Turner. Their children were James, Julia, Hiram, Laban and Galen. Galen died in New York State. Richard died October 20, 1819.


Guild, Laban, son of Richard, was born in Wrentham, Mass., September 22, 1801, and married Alma W. Houghton, January 21, 1828. Alma died July 29, 1829. Laban mar- ried, second, Sabra D. Wightman, December 30, 1830. Their children were Lorrain, Al- mon N. and Henry F. Lorrain died when fifteen years of age. Almon N. is a resident of Weathersfield. Laban died September 28, 1868.


Guild, Henry F., son of Laban, was born in Chester, July 25, 1839, and married Elsie M. Horton, November 9, 1868. Their children were Foster H., Della S., Elsie M., For- rest H. and Dora E. Foster H. died when about two years old. Elsie M. died when a few weeks old. Della S. married Charles W. Hemenway, August 27, 1890. Henry F. died October 6, 1890.


Henry, Hon. Hugh, of Chester, was born in Chester, Vt., March 21, 1838. After at- tending the local schools he became a student at Chester Academy and also an academy at Deerfield, Mass. He studied law with Luther Adams of his native town, and Con- verse & French, of Woodstock, Vt. He was admitted to the Windsor County Bar at the May term of court in 1862. In August of that year he enlisted in the Sixteenth Ver- mont Regiment, and when mustered out of service was employed in the provost mar- shal's office at Woodstock until after the close of the war. Judge Henry began the prac- tice of his profession in his native town in 1865, where he has since continued. He has been a member of both Houses of Legislature, and since 1884 probate judge of the Windsor district. Judge Henry married Miss Alice A. Ordway, and has two children : Emma C. and Hugh H.


Lowell, Abram, M. D., of Chester, was born at Washington, N. H., in 1795. After attending the local schools he became a student in the academies of Walpole, Chester, Castleton, and Woodstock. He read medicine with Dr. Baker, of Chester, and began practice in that town about 1830. He married Miriam Whitney and had three children : Harriet W., Abraham L., and Helen M. He died February 13, 1876.


Mather, Frederic P., was born in West Windsor, Vt., September 16, 1843, and is the eldest living son of Charles and Mary (Wait) Mather. He studied dentistry with Dr. Hale, of Windsor, and afterwards became interested with him in partnership. He came to Chester in 1868, and opened a dentist's office, where he has been engaged ever since. Dr. Mather has been married twice, but has no children.


Moore, John Newton, M. D., of Chester, was born in Cavendish, Vt., November 29, 1823, and was the only son of Israel and Mary (Brown) Moore. He attended the Chester Academy and received his medical education at Castleton and Woodstock Medi- cal Colleges. He studied medicine with Dr. Abram Lowell at Chester, of which town he became a resident in 1835. Dr. Moore commenced the practice of his profession in Chester in 1848, continuing three years, when he removed to Salisbury, Vt., and returned to Chester in 1859, where he was obliged to relinquish his profession owing to ill-health, but was engaged in the drug business for many years. He married Caroline Spaulding of Ludlow, Vt., but had no children. He died June 28, 1886.


Morris, Uriah, was an original settler of the family in Chester. He married a Miss Tar- bell, and had the following family : John, Benjamin, Sally, Charlotte, and Polly. These


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children all died in Jefferson county, N. Y., excepting Benjamin. Benjamin was born in Chester, and married Charlotte Holton. They had four sons: Henry, Norman and Alfred, who both died young, and Norman, who died in Chester, and has no issue living.




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