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THOMAS H. TAYLOR, depot and express agent; Black Earth ; born in Cornwall, En- gland in 1847; came to the United States with his parents in 1848 ; has been employed at the depot at this place since 1868; has been depot agent since 1872. He was married to Addie Ward, daughter of G. S. and Amelia Ward. Mr. Taylor is the son of Thomas Taylor, who was born in Cornwall, England, in 1819, and has been for the greater part of his life engaged in mining ; he entered the mines at Corn- wall about 1830, where he worked till 1848, when he emigrated with his family to the State of Connecti- cut; he worked for some time in th , copper mines, near Bristol in that State, thence to Dover, N. J., thence to the mining regions of Pennsylvania, where for about one year he had charge of a copper mine for the American Mining Company, and was engaged in other mining interests in the East; he came to Wisconsin in 1855, and took charge of the lead mine at Blue Mounds, Dane Co. ; here he remained sev- eral years ; was for some time employed in the mines of the Lake Superior region, and elsewhere in the Northwest ; in 1866, he went to New York City and was engaged by S. S. Wycoff & Co. to go to Mexico, and attend to their mining interests in that country, he was in Mexico two or three years; he then re- turned to Wisconsin, and has since resided at Black Earth. His wife was Elizabeth Grills. He has four children-John, a Congregational minister, now of Mallrose Island, Mass. ; Thomas . H., Henry P. and Mary Elizabeth ; has lost four children-two sons and two daughters.
JAMES TURK, retired farmer, Black Earth ; born in County Kent, England, in 1811. He was married to Ann Ashtown, born in Sussex Co., the same year ; he came to New York in the summer of 1850, and to the town of Black Earth in the fall of the same year. Mr. Turk served an apprentice- ship to the trade of a miller, in England ; he ground the first grist ground at the Black Earth Mill ; he was employed as miller at this mill for several years ; he then settled on a farm in Sec. 23; he located where he now lives, near the village, in 1868; has had eleven children, seven of whom are living-Eliza- beth, Ann, Harriet, Jane, Charles, James S. and John; two sons, William and Alfred, were soldiers in the war of the rebellion, belonging to Co. A, 11th W. V. I .; William was killed in battle, and Alfred died of disease, while in the service ; Eliza, afterward Mrs. George Wheeler, died at Litchfield, Conn ; another child died in infancy.
JOHN TURK, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Black Earth ; born in England, County Kent, in 1817 ; emigrated to New York in 1842 ; he lived in the city of Albany, N. Y., eleven years, engaged in the brewery business ; he came to Wisconsin in 1843, and settled on his present farm, which he had bought in 1851; he has a well-improved farm, on which he built his house in 1861, at a cost of $1,500, and a beautiful grove of evergreens surrounding his home, which he planted himself; he has 124 acres of land in his farm ; also, 35 acres of timbered land. His wife was Miss Augusta Ieley ; has three children- Samuel W., Frederic H. and Willis F. ; lost four children.
JESSE WALKER, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Black Earth; born in Windham Co., Vt., 1814; he came to Wisconsin in 1837, but returned to his native State; he came back to Wisconsin in 1851, and settled on Sec. 23, in this town, where he lived about five years, when he settled on his present farm. Mr. Walker made all the improvements on his present farm ; had formerly 200 acres, has now 190. His first wife was Diantha Lord, of Vermont. His present wife was Mrs. Julia A. Budlong, formerly Miss Myers. Mr. Walker has four children by first marriage-Warren, Loren resides in Iowa, Jane, now Mrs. A. Dickey, lives in Minnesota, and Charles lives in Iowa. Mrs. Walker has two children by first mar- riage-Clara, now Mrs. Frank Churchill, and Charles. Mrs. Walker was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y .; came to Wisconsin in 1864.
JOHN WALLIS AND SONS (Nicholas, Richard and John, Jr.); Sec. 35; P. O. Black Earth. Mr. John Wallis, Sr., was born in Cornwall, England, in 1824; he was engaged in min- ing for many years ; he came to Wisconsin with his family from England, in 1850 ; settled in the Lake Superior region, and engaged in mining ; came to present location in June, 1879 ; purchased their farm of William Beaty. Mr. Wallis has six children-Mary Jane, Nicholas, Richard, John, Annie and Alberta. Nicholas is in the Black Hills, attending to mining interests which they have there ; their farm contains 365 acres, well improved and in a good state of cultivation ; besides general farming, they are engaged quite extensively in dairying, and own a one-third interest in the Black Earth Cheese-factory.
HENRY WILSON, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Black Earth ; born in County Kent, England, in 1812. He was married to Mary Homewood; came to the United States in 1837 ; lived in Oneida Co., N. Y., for' six years; came to what is now the town of Black Earth, and settled on his present farm, in 1843. Mr. Wilson is therefore one of the first pioneers of Dane Co. ; he is, in fact, the earliest settler now living in the town of Black Earth, having resided on his present farm a period of thirty-seven years. He has a finely improved farm of 160 acres; his house is surrounded by one of the most beautiful groves
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of evergreens found in Dane Co. outside of the city of Madison ; he has also 40 acres of timber-land, and a farm of 240 acres in the town of Vermont ; has eight children-Alfred, Charles, Ellen, now Mrs. James R. Young ; William, John, Eliza, now Mrs. Homer Wardwell, of Owatonna, Minn. ; Martha, now Mrs. David A. Barber, and Emma, now Mrs. Frank Adams ; the first four mentioned reside in Steele Co., Minn.
A. P. WINDEN, merchant tailor, Black Earth ; Mr. Winden was born in Norway in 1830 ; he came to the United States in 1856 ; lived at Mineral Point one year, and came to Black Earth in 1857, where he has since been engaged in business. He was married to Betsey Anderson ; they have three children-Albert, Elora and Belsene; Mr. Winden is doing a good business, and employs a number of workmen.
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REV. JOHN WILLIAM BLUM, Pastor of St. Franciscus Xaverius Church ; born in Cologne, Germany, in 1848; was educated at Essen Gymnasium, at the University at Bonn and Inns- bruck, at Tyrol, where he completed his theological studies. He afterward pursued the study of juris- prudence at Bonn ; came to the United States in 1875; went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he was for some time editor of the Columbia, a German Catholic weekly; thence to Cincinnati, where he was editor of the Wahrheitsfreund, the oldest Catholic weekly in the United States. He afterward attended the Seminary of St. Francis, near Milwaukee, for fourteen months; was ordained March 24, 1878; was Pastor of a church at New Castle, Fond du Lac Co., afterward, of St. Mary's, at Marytown. He assumed the pastoral charge of the present church May 28, 1879.
WILLIAM BOWMAN, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Mazomanie. Mr. Bowman is one of the early English settlers, who formed so large a part of the pioneer element of Dane and Columbia Conntics ; was born in Leicestershire, England, in 1814; came to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled on the farm where he now lives. He was married to Mary Burchell, born in Northamptonshire, England, in 1808. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman have had no children, but have an adopted son. Mr. B. is a Republican in politics.
EDWIN DIMINT, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Mazomanie; was born in Dorsetshire, England, about 1834 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, George and Agnes Dimint, in June, 1847; his father settled on the farm where Edwin now lives, the same year ; his father died in the village of Mazomanie, in the fall of 1879 ; his mother died May 5, 1872. Mr. Dimint was married to Miss Ann Wightman, born in England ; came to this country with her parents, from London, in 1856; they have four children -Lizzie A., Alfred E., Emma A. and Lilly. Mr. Dimint's farm contains 96 acres.
JOHN GRAY, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Mazomanie; was born in Leicester, England, July 4, 1819; he came to Wisconsin from England, in the spring of 1845 ; he came by way of New Orleans, and up the Mississippi River to Galena, Ill., and thence to Dane Co., Wis. He was married to Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of Joseph Harrison, who settled in Dane Co., from' England, in 1846; Mr. Gray pre- empted a farm on Sec. 10, in the town of Berry, where he lived from 1849 to 1862, when he settled on his present farm ; he was the first Town Clerk of the town of Berry ; has held that office ten years ; his farm contains 200 acres ; he has five children-Charles, born June 10, 1850 ; he resides in Michigan and is station agent on the Michigan Southern Railroad ; Mary Ann Johnson, resides in East Troy, Walworth Co. ; she is a graduate of the State Normal School at Whitewater; Albert William, born Nov. 3, 1854; David H., born March, 1857, and Harriet L., born April 27, 1861. Their first son, Joseph, born July 5, 1848, died in March, 1869.
. JOHN HAGEMANN, blacksmith, Sec. 3; P. O. Mazomanie; born in Germany in 1831 ; came to the United States in 1855; came to Sauk Co., Wis., the following spring, and to the town of Berry in 1857; his brother, August, came to this country with him, and was associated with him in bus- iness till 1876; he died Feb. 26, 1880. Mr. Hagemann was married to Christina Longeneckhara ; has six children-Bertha, Hermann, Edith, Amel, Hartwick and Edmond. He is engaged in general black- smithing; he and his brother were members of Co. C, 45th W. V. I. ; enlisted in the spring of 1865 and served till the close of the war.
WILLIAM HAWLEY, farmer, Sec. 5 : P. O. Mazomanie : son of Samuel and Hannah Hawley, who came to Dane Co. from England in 1844; the family consisted of parents and six children,
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four sons and two daughters ; the sons and one daughter are living. William was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1825. He was married to Mary Ann Norton, whose parents settled in Dane Co. about 1846; they have seven children-Helen, Samuel A., Mary M., Hannah, George, Emma and Luther ; lost their second child. Mr. Hawley was a member of the 49th W. V. I. during the last year of the war of the rebellion.
OTTO KERE, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Cross Plains; Mr. Kere was born in Prussia in 1822 ; he came to the United States in 1847, and settled where he now lives in June of that year. He was married, in 1849, to Augusta Wadershedid ; she died in 1850; his second wife was Amelia Pappelpaum ; his present wife was Johanna Festhe; he has seven children by present wife-four sons and three daughters. Mr. Kere is not only one of the prominent early settlers of the town of Berry, but also a prominent and representative man of Dane Co .; has been a member of the Legislature of Wisconsin, elected in 1872 ; has been two terms County Commissioner ; has been a Justice of the Peace thirty years, Town Clerk ten years ; he is a Democrat in politics ; has 320 acres of land in his farm.
FREDERICK KOHLMANN, farmer. Sec. 11; P. O. Mazomanie ; born in Prussia, in 1821 ; he came to this country with his father, Charles Kohlmann, in 1847; the family located in the town of Springfield, where the father was soon afterward murdered, being waylaid and shot just as he had started for Milwaukee, on foot, driving an ox team, his object being to purchase a wagon in that city. The object of the murderer was to secure about $100, which his victim had in his possession. The supposed murderer was tried for the crime, but was not convicted, and is still a resident of the town of Springfield. Mr. Kohlmann settled on his present farm in 1849. He was married to Elizabeth Setimann ; have one daughter, Amelia, now Mrs. John Stapleman ; has 200 acres of land.
FREDERICK SCHUMANN, farmer, Sec. 2, P. O. Mazomanie ; born in Saxony, in 1832; he came to this country with his parents, Christian and Susanna Schumann, August, 1850 ; his father settled in the town of Berry, where he died in 1867; his mother died in 1873 ; when they emigrated to the United States, the family consisted of parents and eight children ; two more children were born in the town of Berry, making five sons and five daughters; the children are all living but one son, Ernest, who was killed by being thrown from a horse, in 1876. Frederick, the subject of this sketch, and the eldest sou, was married to Susan Zimmerman; they have twelve children-six boys and six girls ; lost one daughter. Mr. Schumann is Chairman of the Town Board of Berry ; has held the office of Town Clerk for seven or eight years. He enlisted, in February, 1865, in 45th W. V. I .; served till the close of the war ; his farm contains 140 acres ; he and family belong to the German Lutheran Church.
WILLIAM SESTON, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Mazomanie; Mr. Seston was born in Derby- shire, England ; in 1817, came to Dane Co. from England; in 1845, he entered his present farm of 400 acres. He was married in England to Miss Ann Peacock ; they have five children-George, Eliza A., Mark, Lewis and Elizabeth.
WALTER STANBRIDGE, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Black Earth ; born in Sussexshire, England, in 1821 ; he came from England to the State of Wisconsin with two brothers, William and Frederick, in 1855; on the death of their mother, in 1858, Frederick retured to England; William lives in Kenosha Co. ; Mr. Stanbridge bought his farm of Mr. Thomas Barber. He was married to Sarah Wightman, daughter of John and Sarah Wightman, who came from England about 1845 ; her father died in Black Earth, in 1867 ; her mother died in Colorado, October, 1874. Mr. Stanbridge has two sons- Frederick W. and John W. His farm contains 150 acres.
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ASA A. BOYCE, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Dane Station; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., June 12, 1821, where his father, Abraham Boyce, died April 21, 1831 ; removed to Genesec Co. in May, 1832; he came to Racine Co., Wis., in April, 1844; in the fall of that year, he returned to the State of New York; in June, 1846, returned to Wisconsin with his mother ; resided in Waukesha Co. till October of that year, when he went to Rock Co .; in April, 1847, he settled where he now lives. He was married, in October, 1846, to Charlotte W. Bemis, born in Hamilton Co., N. Y .; they have an adopted daughter-Mrs. Lily Hackett, of Columbia Co. Mr. Boyce was elected to the General Assembly in 1851, and again in 1864; he has also held various town offices ; he was the first Supervisor of the town, elected in the spring of 1849; was also the first Justice of the Peace, which office he held for eighteen years ; he held the office of Supervisor during the late war, and it was duc largely to his influence that the quota of the town was raised without resort to drafting. His farm originally contained 80 acres ; he has now 320 acres in his home farm ; also owns a farm of 160 acres on Sec. 5.
HIRAM CRAMER, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Windsor; was born in Fulton Co., N. Y., in 1815 ; he learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner, which business he pursued for many years ; he was one of the earliest settlers of Rock Co., Wis., where he removed from the State of New York in 1844 ; he settled where he now lives in 1854. He was married to Regina Ableman, whose parents settled in Rock Co. in 1844; they have seven children-five sons and two daughters. Mr. Cramer's farm contains 425 acres.
JOSEPH DEMING, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Waunakee; was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, March 11, 1822, where his mother died; his father afterward removed to Athens, Ohio; thence to Quincy, Ill., in 1832. Mr. Deming came to Wisconsin and settled on his present farm in November, 1846. He was married to Betsy Fisher, born in the State of New York; they have eight children- Henry W., Rufus G., Rose M., Arthur E., Edgar M., Charles C. P., Chester C. and Josie May; have lost two children-Joseph Willard, born 1850, died 1863; another son died in infancy. Mr. Deming's father died in California, May 1; 1880; Mr. D. has held various town offices ; has been Town Clerk since 1865 ; his farm contains 320 acres.
OLE H. FARNESS, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Norway Grove; was one of the early Norwe- gian settlers of Dane Co. ; he was born in Norway in 1826 ; came to the United States in the spring of 1847 ; in the fall of that year he purchased a part of his present farm, where he has since lived ; he has now a well-improved farm of 530 acres. His first wife was Gertrude L. Esse, born in Norway ; she died January, 1860; his present wife was Anna Nelson, also born in Norway ; has four children by first wife, lost two; has seven children by second marriage, lost three ; Mr. Farness is a member of the Liberal Lutheran Church.
WILLIAM W. FISHER, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Waunakee ; is a son of Willard and Rebecca Fisher ; his father was a native of Massachusetts, his mother of Vermont ; he was born in Ohio in 1840, where his parents had removed from the State of New York; he came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1846 ; they settled on the farm now owned by their son, where his father now lives ; his mother died in 1874. He was married to Elmira Newton, born in Dane Co. in 1854 ; her parents settled in Rock Co., from Pennsylvania, in 1850, and afterward removed to Dane Co. ; her father is deceased ; her mother resides in Illinois. Mr. Fisher has two children-Rosa and Edna ; his farm contains 200 acres.
JOHN AND WILLIAM HOWIE, farmers and fruit-growers, Sec. 33; P. O. Wauna- kee ; born in Scotland, came to this country with their parents, Andrew and Mary Howie, in 1840 ; the family lived in New Jersey a short time; thence to Albany, N. Y. ; they lived in Albany and vicinity for four or five years; thence to Hamilton Co., where they resided till 1855; they came to Wisconsin in the fall of that year ; they lived in Milwaukee till 1858, when they removed to the town of Westport, Dane Co. ; the family afterward settled on the farm now owned by the brothers, John and William, where the father died December, 1865 ; their mother died in 1860; when the family came to this country, it con- sisted of parents and six children, afterward ten children-six sons and four daughters ; nine of the chil- dren are living, of whom John is the oldest and William the fifth child; John was born in Scotland in 1832 ; he was married to Mary Lamont; has three children-Jean, Neil and John; farm contains 200
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acres. The brothers are engaged quite extensively in the nursery business, and in orcharding ; their orchard contains from fourteen to fifteen acres, and their nursery about three acres.
MRS. KAREN LARSEN, Sec. 16; P. O. Dane Station; the widow of Thor Larsen, who was born in Norway, in 1813, where he married his present widow, Karen Opdhl, also born in Norway ; they came to this country in 1847 ; came directly to Milwaukee, thence, on foot, with others of their countrymen, to the town of Vienna ; they were among the earliest of the Norwegian settlers of this town. Mr. Larsen died June 2, 1875 ; Mrs. Larsen has four children-John O., born in Norway, March, 1844, married Ida Kellogg, of Cherokee, Iowa, where they reside ; Elias, born May 10, 1850, married Josie Have, reside in Madison ; Ann M., born Nov. 28, 1855, and Marcus, born Oct. 19, 1857. Farm con- tains 180 acres.
SAMUEL PASHLEY, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Lodi; born in the city of Derby, England, November, 1813; his parents removed to Nottinghamshire when he was an infant ; he came with his- father's family to the city of New York in the fall of 1833; the' family then consisted of parents and six children, five of the children are still living ; they resided for a short time at Newark, N. J. ; they removed in the spring of 1834 to the city of Williamsburg, where his father, John Pashley, died about 1845 ; Mr. Pashley removed to Milwaukee in 1848; he settled on his present farm in the spring of 1853, he had purchased the farm in 1849. He was married to Elizabeth Johnson, born in England ; she died in the fall of 1873. Mr. Pashley has had eight children, only two of whom are living-Sarah E., wife of Dr. Irwin, of Lodi, and Mrs. Mary A., widow of Dr. John T. Russell ; farm contains 245 acres.
DAVID ROBERTSON, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Arlington ; was born in Scotland, Jan. 14, 1816 ; he came to Wisconsin from Scotland in 1842 ; he settled where he now lives in the fall of 1845 ; he entered his first 40 acres of land in 1847. Mr. Robertson having settled in Dane County several years before Wisconsin became a State, is one of the earliest pioneers of the county ; he has devoted all his life to agricultural pursuits, and but few have been more successful than he ; he is a large land-owner, owning 1,600 acres of land in the town of Vienna, nearly all in one body ; he also owns land elsewhere ; he is. extensively engaged in general farming and stock-raising. His first wife was Mariette McIntosh ; his- present wife was Hannah Thomas, daughter of Jacob Thomas, of the town of Dekorra ; he has five chil- dren by first marriage, four sons and one daughter-David H., Jane, John L., William and Frank.
THOMAS WILLIAMSON, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Waunakee ; was born in England in 1840 ; he came to this country wih his parents, Charles and Elizabeth Williamson, in the fall of 1851 ; the family settled in the town of Burke, Dane Co .; father now resides with son ; his mother is deceased ; Mr. Williamson settled where he now lives in 1868. He was married to Eliza Whistance; they have- eight children-five sons and three daughters ; Mr. Williamson's farm contains 80 acres.
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C. H. ARNOLD, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Waunakee ; owns a farm of 320 acres in the town of Mazomanie ; was born in Pennsylvania ; he came to Wisconsin from Broome Co., N .. Y., October, 1854 ; he purchased a farm on Sec. 9, town of Westport, which he owned four or five years ; also owned a farm on Sec. 10 ; purchased his farm in Mazomanie about 1868. He was married to Mahala Tifft, born near Troy, N. Y. ; they have one daughter-Esther ; lost a son-George, who died in 1876, aged 13 years.
IRA P. BACON, Waunakee ; Mr. Bacon was born in Canandaigua, N. Y., in 1822; he came to Wisconsin in 1851, and located in Baraboo, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits ; he settled on Sec. 5, town of Westport, in 1862. Mr. Bacon has been Justice of the Peace for fourteen years ; is now dealing quite extensively in real estate ; is also engaged in stock-raising. His wife was born in En- gland; they have one son and five daughters.
CLAUDIUS ELLIS, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Windsor ; was born in Tioga Co., now a part of Schuyler Co., N. Y., in 1822 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1855, settled on his present farm in 1856. He was married to Janet Rood, also born in what is now Schuyler Co., N. Y. ; she was born in 1819; they ' have three children-Brasier R., lives in town of Windsor ; Elmon R., lives in town of Burke ; and Alice S., now Mrs. David Davis, of the town of Windsor ; both sons were soldiers during the rebellion, the older, Brasier, serving three and a half years. Mr. Ellis was Chairman of Town Board during the rebellion, and it was largely due to his exertions that the quota of the town was filled; about $18,000 passed through his hands as bounties to soldiers. He has 125 acres of land.
ELI M. COOPER, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Waunakee; born in Madison Co .. N. Y., in 1833 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Martin and Chloe Cooper, in June, 1841 ; settled in Fond du Lac Co .; his father removed to Minnesota in 1860, where he still lives ; his mother died in 1879. Mr. Cooper went to Baraboo from Fond du Lac Co., in 1860 ; he came to Dane Co. in 1865; now resides on the farm of his father-in-law, I. P. Bacon ; he owns a farm on Sec. 4. He married Julia Bacon ; has four children -Ira, Carrie, Earl and Frank.
GEORGE C. FISH, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Waunakee ; was born in Pennsylvania, August, 1842 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, in the fall of 1853; his father, Asahel Fish, a Christian minister, settled in the town of Dekorra ; he now resides in the town of Springfield. Mr. Fish settled on his present farm in the spring of 1866 ; he has 220 acres ; is engaged in general farming. He was married to Miss Stewart, daughter of Lathrop Stewart ; they have four children -Edith B., Jesse M., Julius and Clara S.
EDWIN J. FOSTER, station agent, Waunakee ; was born in the village of Waterloo, Jefferson Co., in 1847; his father, E. H. Foster, came to Wisconsin from the State of New York, in 1843 ; Mr. Foster was brought up in Jefferson and Dodge Cos. ; he was engaged as telegraph operator and station agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Co. for several years; was afterward engaged in the drug business for about one year, at Ripon, Wis. ; engaged as station agent for North-Western Railroad at Waunakee in August, 1875. He was married to Fannie Boorman ; horn in England ; daughter of Charles Boorman, of Waterloo ; they have three children-G. Le Roy, Leta Maria and Leon P.
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