History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 164

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899; Western Historical Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1304


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REV. A. FISH, retired farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Waunakce ; born in Lower Canada in 1816, a son of A. Fish, Sen., and Mary Lane ; came to Wisconsin in 1853 and located in Columbia Co .; came to Dane Co. and located where he now lives in 1859. Was married, in 1840, to Miss Susan Salisbury, of Penn- sylvania, by whom he has five children-Emma Jane, now Mrs. A. B. Rodgers, of Iowa ; George C., mar- ried and farming in Waunakee; Annie C., now Mrs. A. J. Sweet, of Iowa ; Martha B., now Mrs. I. H. Doudna, of Iowa; Charles J. remains at home and runs the homestead farm, a place of 240 acres, nicely located with good improvements, worth $50 per acre. Rev. Fish was ordained in 1842 as a Christian


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minister, and has preached every year since; twelve consecutive years he preached every Sunday without an intermission ; he preaches regularly at present at Reedsburg, and intermediate points ; has been troubled of late with rheumatism, which has made it hard for him ; still he pursues his calling with cheer- fulness. Republican in politics.


ROBERT FLETCHER, retired farmer, P. O. Ashton ; born in 1800, a native of Derby- shire, England ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1850 and located in Springfield. Married in En- gland, in 1832, to Miss Elizabeth Hollingworth, a native of Nottinghamshire, by whom he has two sons -- John, a farmer of Springfield, and Henry, residing in the city of Madison. When they emigrated to America, in 1850, they were wrecked in the Irish Channel ; were taken by boats to Ireland, thence to- Liverpool, where they re-shipped to New York, taking up the time from March 25 to the 1st of June, 1850. Mr. Fletcher is one of the old English settlers of the town. Republican in politics.


DAVID FORD, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Wannakee. Mr. Ford is one of four brothers, natives of England, who settled in the town of Springfield, and three of the brothers are still living-Robert, Archibald and David. Archibald came from England in 1849, and settled where be now lives. David came to the United States in 1832, with his brother Robert. They lived nearly twenty years in the East, most of the time in the State of Massachusetts; came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Springfield, in 1851 ; Robert was born in 1807, David in 1824. The Ford brothers are among the prominent men of the town of Springfield. David has served two terms in the Legislature of the State ; elected first in 1864, and again in 1874; he has been Chairman of the town ten years, also Assessor for several terms.


JOHN FROGGATT, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 16; P. O. Ashton ; born in Derbyshire, England, in 1823; a son of William Froggatt and Anna Robison ; came to America in 1849 ; followed farming for three years in the State of New York ; came to Springfield in the fall of 1852, and purchased part of the place he now owos the following year ; he has kept adding 40 acres at a time until he has now 320 acres, decidedly the best farm in Springfield, well wooded and watered and finely located, with the best of improvements. Mr. Froggatt married Miss Mary Gill, a native of England, by whom he has had nine children, four of whom are living, all at home, three sons and one daughter-Walter, James, Wesley and Ada M .; Walter and James assist in running the farm, besides running a thrasher every year ; they are both promising young men. Mr. and Mrs. Froggatt are members of the M. E. Church of Springfield, of which he has been Trustec ever since the church was built; he has been Class-leader for twenty-seven consecutive years. Mr. Froggatt started in the world without one cent, and by hard work and economy has built up around him a large property ; he is acknowledged by all to be the best farmer in the town, and he justly deserves his beautiful home. Thoroughly Republican in politics.


GEORGE GILLETT, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. O. Ashton ; born in 1811, a native of London, England, and son of George and Mary Gillett; came to Wisconsin and located at Springfield, in 1846. In December, 1847, was married to Miss Lucinda M. Salisbury, a native of Ontario Co., N. Y., by whom he has four children, two living in Wisconsin and two in Iowa; he had five children by his first wife, who are living in Wisconsin, with the exception of two, who are in Iowa. Mr. Gillett came through the influence of the English Emigrant Society, together with a number of his countrymen ; he has a beautiful farm of 260 acres, eleven miles from Madison, with good improvements, which he runs himself in good shape, being a good farmer. They belong to the M. E. Church of Springfield, of which Mr. Gillett is Trustee, and has been Steward for years, besides taking an active part in the Sabbath school, and in an early day was Class-leader for years. Has held the office of Assessor of the town. In politics, Republican. Mr. Gillett has always given liberally to all charitable and religious societies, and has always taken an active part to promote the welfare of the town. The first town meeting was held in his house in 1848, and the first quarterly meeting of the M. E. Circuit was held in his barn. His father was at the battle of Water- loo, 2d Regt. Life Guards, under Wellington, and he still preserves the silver medal bearing date 1815. Mrs. Gillett has been a life member of the Bible Society of the town since 1849, and life member of the Missionary Society since 1855. They passed through many hardships in an early day, and justly merit. their comfortable home.


E. HARDING, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Ashton ; a native of New Jersey ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1856, and located on Sec. 16, Springfield ; sold that out and purchased the place where he now lives, in 1865, a nice farm of 120 acres, twelve miles from Madison, with good improvements. Married Miss Apphia Zane, by whom he has six children, four sons and two daughters-Harry, married and farming in Springfield ; Charles F., attorney at law, Madison ; Ella K., now Mrs. James Huntington, of Iowa ; Clarence A., Lillian M. and Orville A. are living at home. Mr. Harding has held prominent. offices in the town and school; has been elected Town Clerk eleven years, and School Clerk and Director.


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The family belong to the M. E. Church of Springfield. In politics he is thoroughly Republican ; one of the oldest American settlers in the town, a good farmer and business man, and one who can be depended upon at all times.


D. R. HYER, proprietor of Hyer House and Postmaster atHyer's Corners; was born in the town of Arlington, Bennington Co., Vt., in 1812; his parents removed to Chenango Co., Vt., when he was four years of age ; thence to Jefferson Co , where his father died in 1835. Mr. Hyer was married, in 1838, to Sarah Hawkins, born in the State of New York; he came to Wisconsin in 1839, and settled in Aztalan, Jefferson Co., where his wife died in 1841 ; he removed to the town of Deerfield in 1843, where he was married to Maria Campbell, born in Herkimer Co., N. Y. ; she died in Madison in 1854. He was married in Madison, in 1855, to Eliza Hyer, born in Franklin Co., N. Y. Mr. Hyer removed to Madison in 1854; he came to present location in 1862; he had three children by second marriage, two of whom are living-D. C., now a merchant of Susanville, Lassen Co., Cal., and Frederick ; has one son by present marriage-Walter S. Mr. Hyer was one of the most prominent of the early settlers of the towo of Deerfield ; he laid out the village of Deerfield, where he built a hotel, known as the " Hyer Hotel ;" he also built and conducted a hotel in Madison, after his removal to that city ; in fact, Mr. Hyer has been a hotel man for forty years; he has, in connection with his hotel at Hyer's Corners, a farm of over 400 acres.


MRS. PRISCILLA H. KINGSLEY, widow of Saxton P. Kingsley, who was born in the State of Massachusetts, in 1806. He was married to Priscilla H. Burke, boro in Franklin Co., Mass., in 1813 ; they emigrated to Cass Co. in the fall of 1833, where they lived till 1854; settled ou present farm in 1856. Mr. Kingsley died in Florida, where he had gone for the benefit of his health, Feb. 28, 1878. Mrs. Kingsley has had six children, only two of whom are living-Almon B. resides at Middleton Station ; George P., born in 1843, married to Sarah Towne, born in Illinois, daughter of Oliver P. Towne ; they have two children-Sarah L. and George A. Mrs. Kingsley's son, George P., resides on the homestead ; farm contains 500 acres.


A. C. MARTIN, farmer and dairyman ; P. O. Ashton ; born in Ferrisburg, Addison Co., Vt., in 1824, a son of Stratton Martin and Hannah Martin, natives of Vermont; came to Wisconsin in June, 1850, and located in Dunkirk, where he engaged in farming ; sold out there and purchased the place where he now lives, in 1851, and moved on to it in May, 1853, a beautiful farm of 240 acres, with first-class im- provements. Mr. Martin has nine children, two sons and seven daughters, all living in Wisconsin ; O. W. Martin is married and farming in Springfield ; Estelle, now Mrs. Samuel Steel, of Dane ; Ada is teacher io a grammar class at Mazomanie; Emma is teaching in Trempealeau, where she has taught the fourth term successfully. Mr. Martin and his oldest son are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Spring- field, and Republican in politics; the rest of the family remain at home. There being no manufacturing in the town, Mr. Martin conceived the idea of starting a cheese-factory, and to that end consulted the farmers of the town regarding the establishment of one; but they were loth to take hold, so in 1878 he erected one on his own hook, and purchased an engine and all other first-class improved machinery at a heavy cost; he turns out 25,000 pounds of cheese annually, of the choicest kind; it is now the main in- dustry of the town. Mrs. Martin died in May, 1879 ; she was an exemplary Christian woman, a kind and affectionate wife and mother, and a neighbor to all ; it was a great loss to Mr. Martin, one that he can hardly be reconciled to; her memory is not only fondly cherished by her family, but by the entire com- munity. Mr. Martin is a thorough Christian gentleman, a good business man and a number one farmer.


LOUIS MARTINI, merchant and Postmaster, Springfield Corners ; was born in the Kingdom of Saxony in 1820; he came to the United States in the spring of 1848; he spent a few months in New York, and then went to New Buffalo, Mich .; he came to Milwaukee in 1849; that was before the days of railroads in Wisconsin, so Mr. Martini performed the journey from Milwaukee to Springfield on foot. Like most of the pioneers of that day, Mr. Martini was not possessed of much cash ; he began business, in a small wav, as a merchant; but by industry, frugality and good management, has been quite success- ful financially. He was married to Miss Annis Eller, born in Prussia; they have seven children, two 8008 and five daughters. Mr. Martini has been Justice of the Peace for ten or twelve years ; has been Postmaster for eighteen years.


NATHANIEL MARTIN, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Waunakee; son of Nathaniel Martin, who was born in Vermont, in 1796, where he was married to Sarah Sheldon, born in Connecticut ; Mr. Martin's parents removed to the State of New York about 1832, and emigrated to Wisconsin in the spring af 1847, and settled in the town of Dane, Dane Co .; they settled on the farm where their son, Nathaniel, now lives, in 1849; his father died in 1853, his mother died in 1868. The parents of Mr. Martin have


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seven children, five sons and two daughters ; four sons and the two daughters are still living-Smith G. lives in Iowa; George S., a Baptist minister, resides in the State of Michigan ; Henry lives in Iowa ; Nathaniel, Mrs. Sarah Babcock and Mrs. Polly Payne. Nathaniel was married in 1854, to Lucy, daugh- ter of Phineas Martin, born in Vermont; she come from Vermont with her parents in 1853; they have seven children-Giles P., Deliah J., Eugene, Anetta, Andrew J., Eva and Emma. The homestead farm contains 220 acres ; Mr. Martin has another farm, in Sec. 3, of 240 acres. He has been Chairman of the Town Board for several years ; Mr. Martin's father was a Baptist minister; he preached the first ser- mon delivered in the town of Springfield.


WILLIAM RILES, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Ashton ; born in Lancashire, England, in 1814 ; came to America in 1839, and located in Philadelphia, Penn., and remained three years ; he then moved to Canada, and thence to Springfield, Dane Co., Wis., in the fall of 1858, and settled on Sec. 16; a farm containing 80 acres ; he has kept adding until he now owns 195 acres of land, with good improvements. He was married to Miss Betsy Hurd, of Canada, by whom he has had three children, one of whom is living-John Riles, a farmer of Springfield ; Mr. Riles lost his wife in Canada. He is Republi can in politics.


JEREMIAH SIMMONS, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Wannakee; born in Troy, N. Y., the 10th of April, 1824, a son of Philip Simmons and Hannah Lanehart ; came to Wisconsin Sept. 9, 1848, and located on Sec. 33 ; sold out and purchased the place where he now lives, in 1855, and is the oldest American settler living in the town. In 1848, was married to Miss Almira Bullock, of Otsego Co., N. Y., by whom he has eight children, four sons and four daughters, seven living in Wisconsin and one in Min- nesota ; Chloe L. graduated at the State University, and is a successful teacher in Lansing , Minn .; Irvin, married and farming in Dane Co. ; Grace, now Mrs. Albert Kellogg, of Springfield; Mary, dressmaker, Springfield ; Henrietta is teacher in public school ; Elmer E., George and William are at home on the farm. Mr. Simmons has always been an active man for the good of the town; has been Assessor four . years, and Justice for years and at present. Conservative in politics ; has a beautiful farm of 100 acres, with good improvements, near Waunakee. Mr. Simmons is a first-class farmer, a good business man and respected by all.


HILTON TINKER, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Ashton; born in 1814, a native of Lancashire, England, and son of William Tinker and Jane Hilton. In 1842, he was married to Miss Emma Ken- worthy, of England, by whom he has eight children, three sons and five daughters, three of whom are in Minnesota, and the balance at home ; has held the office of School Director for six years, and Steward of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Springfield, of which his family are members. Mr. Tinker is con- servative in politics, believing in voting for the best man regardless of party ; his daughter, Selina, is a successful teacher in the public school. He passed through many hardships in an early day, arriving in Springfield early in the spring of 1846, making him one of the oldest English settlers in the town.


C. C. UDELL, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Wannakee ; born in Erie Co., N. Y., in 1832; he removed with his parents to Michigan when 12 years of age ; he came to Dane Co., and settled on his present farm in 1854. He was married to Amelia Kingsley, daughter of S. P. Kingsley ; she died in 1872 ; his present wife was Jesse North ; has four children by first marriage-Franklin, Fred, Hattie and Ossie; has one by present wife-Angon. Farm contains 120 acres.


FRANZ WATZKE, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. O. Springfield Corners ; born in Prussia in 1822; he came to Dane Co. from Germany, in 1852, and settled in the town of Berry, where he lived till 1867; he then sold his farm in Berry and settled where he now lives. He was married to Nebrieke Battre ; they. have eight children, six boys and two girls ; his farm contains 160 acres. Members of the Lutheran Church.


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DAVID ADLER, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Columbus ; was born in Northampton, England, par- ish of Brington, April 18, 1823; his father, John Adler, emigrated to America in 1846, and settled in Columbus, Wis .; lived there till 1856, then went to Mauston, and died in 1866, at the age of 72; he was born in Brinklo parish, Warwickshire, England, and his father died before he was born ; when he was 2 years old, his mother died also; he was then taken by an uncle, David Adler, with whom he lived till he was 21 years old; he then worked seven years at Welden Barracks, in the Government service, then worked in a lumber-yard for Lord Spencer thirty-six years, and then came to America. David was mar- ried Feb. 2, 1846, to Rebecca King, who was born Feb. 14, 1827, in the same parish as her husband ; she was a daughter of Charles King, a farmer. Mr. Adler lived on a farm on Sec. 22, town of Columbus, till July, 1850, then went back to England to visit the World's Fair at London ; remained in England till the winter of 1853, then returned to America, arriving in Columbus in February ; he then bought land on Sec. 16, Columbus, and lived there till 1856, then went to Mauston, Wis., and stayed till 1865; then returned to Columbus, and, in the spring of 1861, went on a farm on Sec. 8; in 1867, he removed to his present location, where he has 80 acres of land, worth $4,000; they have four children living-Mary and Rebecca (twins), born Feb. 27, 1853, in Chicago, when on their way home from England ; Charles, born in Mauston, Jan. 2, 1860 ; and George, born in Columbus, Aug. 10, 1861 ; they have lost one daughter, Eliza, who died May 16, 1854, in Columbus ; she was born Jan. 5, 1847. Mr. Adler has been Supervisor three terms ; he is a Democrat. They were both members of the Episcopal Church in England, but have never joined in America.


JUSTUS ANDREWS, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Waterloo ; was born Oct. 29, 1817, in Strat- ford, Montgomery Co., N. Y .; son of Thomas H. Andrews, a native of Connecticut ; when 11 years old, his parents removed to Washtenaw Co., Mich., where he remained till December, 1839; he then came to Wisconsin and spent two years in the pineries about Stevens' Point and Wausau, and running on the Wisconsin River ; in 1842, he went to Winnebago Co., Ill., and lived there six years. He was married there in 1843, to Mary Brown, daughter of Elijah Brown, of the State of New York, and who died in California ; she was born March 23, 1823, in Ohio ; in 1848, Mr. Andrews came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of York, which has been his place of residence ever since ; he spent one year in California, farming and mining ; went there in 1853; they have had eight children, six of whom are now living- Wallace W., married and living in Rutland, Dodge Co., Wis .; Nellie, now Mrs. R. W. Dudley, of Colum- bus; Clara, now Mrs. Charles Linderman, of Portland, Dodge Co .; Frank L., Lettie and Fred, the last three at home; Charles B. enlisted in September, 1862, in Co. A, 29th W. V. I., and died May 10, 1863, at James' Plantation, La., from wounds received at the battle of Port Gibson on the 1st day of May ; was in his 20th year when he died; Flora J. died in 1855, aged 19 months. Mr. Andrews is a Republican, and has held the office of Supervisor. He has 300 acres of land, worth about $35 per acre.


WILLIAM BROWN, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Deansville ; was born in Byron, Genesee Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1817 ; son of Elijah and Mary Brown, natives of Massachusetts ; he came West in October, 1838, lived in Ogle Co., Ill, one year, then returned to his native place; remained there till 1842; in the fall of that year, he came to Wisconsin, and, in the fall of 1843, took up some land in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., having lived in that town and Menominee since he came to Wisconsin, and being one of the first settlers in that vicinity ; he lived in that county till the fall of 1853, being engaged in the mer- cantile business four or five years of that time ; came to Dane Co. in October, 1853, and carried on the same business at York Centre about three years, then bought his present farm, and has since followed farming. He was married June 14, 1846, in Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., to Miss Euphrosyne S. God- frey, who was born in Lancaster, Erie Co., N. Y., Feb. 18, 1822, daughter of William and Anna (Hull) Godfrey ; Mr. Godfrey was a soldier in the war of 1812, and Mrs. Godfrey's father was a Revolutionary soldier. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have had ten children, seven of them now living-Valeria O., now Mrs. Joseph Phillips, of Mower Co., Minn .; Mary J., Rose, now Mrs. Manly J. Wood, of Calhoun Co., Iowa ; Gertrude E., Emeline A., Euphrosyne S. and Brenda Louisa, all at home except the two married; they have lost three-Cassius Marion died June 8, 1854, aged 20 months ; Byron E. died Aug. 18, 1879, 32; and Laura Anna died Jan. 80, 1880, in her 18th year. Mr. Brown is a Democrat, and has held the offices of Town Clerk and Chairman, and Justice of the Peace ever since 1846, except two years when he refused to qualify after being elected. He has 160 acres of land, worth $35 per acre.


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ORSON CARSKADEN, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Waterloo; came to Wisconsin April 3, 1848, and located on the farm he now owns, and has resided there ever since ; he was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., Aug. 17, 1818 ; went from there to Ancram, Columbia Co., N. Y., when he was 11 years old. He was married there in November, 1839, to Lovina Bashford, who died May 12, 1876, leaving five children -Mary, now Mrs. Eli Call, of Watertown, Wis .; George, married to Caroline Johnson, and living in Neilsville, Clark Co., Wis. (his first wife was Mary Hamsted) ; Tama, now Mrs. Wallace Andrews, of Port- land, Dodge Co., Wis .; Harriet, now Mrs. George Call, of the town of York ; and Laura Lovina, now Mrs. Conrad Fox, of Waterloo, Jefferson Co., Wis. He was married the second time, May 4, 1879, to Amarilla, daughter of W. D. Dodge, of York ; he has no children by the second marriage ; he has lost two children of the first wife-William died in 1849, when nearly 4 years old, was scalded, and died within forty- eight hours ; Annette died in 1857, of croup, about 3} years old. Mr. Carskaden was living in Columbia Co., N. Y., at the time of the " Anti-Rent " excitement in that vicinity, and took an active part on the side of the Anti-Renters; in politics, he is of the Republican persuasion ; has held the office of Supervisor three terms, and Township Treasurer one term. Has been a member of the Masonic fraternity over twenty years, and of the Odd Fellows about twenty-seven years ; is also a Granger. He has 200 acres of land, worth about $40 per acre.


GEORGE CAAL, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Waterloo; has resided in the town of York since 1853, on the same farm, having came from Salisbury, Ct. (with his family), where he had been working five years in " H. Ames' Iron-Works " previous to his coming West ; he was born in Ancram, Columbia Co., N. Y .. Dec. 4, 1812; his father, Jacob Caal, was what was then called a " forgeman " in the Salis- bury Iron-Works in Connecticut for a good many years, and his five sons were all brought up to the same business. Mrs. Caal (mother of George Caal, Sr.), was a native of New Jersey, and her maiden name was Betsy Springsteen ; her father served six years and nine months in the Revolutionary army. Mr. Caal was married in 1833, to Eliza Griswold, daughter of Oliver Griswold, of Connecticut, who removed to the town of Ancram, Columbia Co., N. Y., where Eliza was born Feb. 22, 1809; worked at his trade in Ancram till April, 1848, then came to Wisconsin; stayed about three weeks in the town of York, then returned to Ancram and removed with his family to Salisbury, Conn., where he remained till he came again to Wisconsin in 1853; has three children-Eli, married, and living in Watertown, Wis .; George, living in the town of York ; and Anette, living at home, Republican, and has 141 acres of land, worth $35 per acre. George Caal, Jr., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Waterloo ; was born May 23, 1843, in Ancram, Columbia Co., N. Y. Was married, Feb. 21, 1873, to Harriet Carskaden, daughter of Orson Carskaden, of York (see his biog- raphy), and came on his present farm soon after his marriage. Has 110 acres of land, worth $35 per acre ; has two children-William Henry, born Jan. 25, 1875 ; and James G., born in August, 1876. Repub- lican.


ELON J. CRIPPS, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Columbus ; boro June 27, 1843, in Madison Co., N. Y. ; son of William Cripps, a native of Oxfordshire, England, who came to America in the spring of 1836; lived in Madison Co. till 1845, then came to Wisconsin ; lived at Eagle Prairie three years, and, in 1848, came to Dane Co. and settled in the town of York, where he is still living with his son on Sec. 9, in the 82d year of his age. Mrs. Cripps, whose maiden name was Hannah Gregory, died Oct. 6, 1856. aged 56 years. Elon J. has lived in the town of York ever since 1848. Was married, Nov. 22, 1865, to Huldah Manning, who was born April 23, 1845, in Monmouth Co., N. Y., daughter of John Manning, who came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1855, and died in York March 9, 1873. Mr. Cripps had three children-Mariana, born Nov. 9, 1866; Willie . Victor, Jan. 11, 1870; and Rayetta, Dec. 15, 1879. Aug. 14, 1862, he enlisted in the 29th W. V. I., Co. A, as a private, and was mustered out of the ser- vice June 22, 1865, at Shreveport, La. ; he was with his regiment the whole time, never missed a duty or roll-call while in the service, and participated in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged. Has been Supervisor one term. Republican, and occupies the homestead of 220 acres, worth $40 per acre.




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