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J. C. EAGAN. merchant and Postmaster, Wyoming; born in Ireland in 1844, he came to this country with his parents when he was a child. They came to Avoca, Iowa Co., Nov. 26, 1856. Mr. Eagan enlisted Sept. 21, 1861, in the 6th Wis. L. A., and served till the close of the war, a period of three years and ten months. He participated in many of the most important campaigns of the war. He was at the siege of Island No. 10, siege of Corinth, battle of Corinth, siege of Vicksburg, battle of Nash- ville, Jackson, Miss., Missionary Ridge, etc. He located where he now lives soon after the close of the war. He was married to Mary, daughter of Samuel Claybaugh. They have three children-Maggie, Mamie and Nellic. He has been Postmaster of Wyoming for five years.
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GEORGE W. FOSTER, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Helena ; born in Greene Co .; N. Y., town of Lexington. When 23 years of age he removed to Delaware Co. He was married to Isabel Gra- ham, born in Delaware Co. They came to Wisconsin in 1864, and settled where they now live. They have three children -- Helen, James and George H.
SANFORD B. HATCH, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Wyoming; born in Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1824 ; came to Mineral Point with his parents about 1835 ; family afterward removed to Illinois, but returned to Rock Co., Wis., and back to Iowa Co. about 1851 ; parents resided in Arena till their death. Mr. Hatch lived in Arena for several years; settled on his present farm in 1876. He was married to Minerva, daughter of William Bartlett; they have five children-Hattie, Leonard, Hannibal, William and Luie ; lost one daughter-Katie. Farm contains about 250 acres.
CLARK HICKCOX, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Wyoming; was born in Randolph Co., Ill., Jan. 12. 1820, where his parents had removed from the State of New York in 1818 ; when he was 4 years of age, he was sent to Oneida Co., N. Y., to live with his paternal grandfather. In 1828, his par- ents returned to the State of New York, when he returned to his father's family; settled in Syracuse, where they lived till 1835, when they removed to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Ridgeway, where his parents resided till their death. Clark was married, in the town of Ridgeway, to Rebecca C. Green, daughter of William C. Green, of Green Co., Wis .; her parents immigrated to Wisconsin in 1840. Mr. Hickcox entered the army in 1864, as a member of the 6th W. V. I., and served till the close of the war. He removed to the town of Ridgeway, and settled on the farm which he now owns, November, 1866; he has had nine children, eight of whom are living-George, William C., Clark A., Laura E., Edward M., Ida M., Nat D. and Dana C. Mr. Hickcox has 550 acres of land, and is engaged principally in stock- raising.
LEMUEL W. JOINER, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Wyoming; born in Royalton, Windsor Co., Vt., Nov. 9, 1810 ; in 1831, he went to Detroit, Mich., for the purpose of engaging in business with the Northwestern Fur Co., but changed his mind and went to Cleveland, and engaged as a clerk in a store near that city, where he stayed one year. He then went to Cincinnati, where he stayed about two years ; thence to Warren Co., Ohio, and from thence to Williamsport, Ind., where he was engaged in the mercantile business till 1845, when he came to Wisconsin and settled on his present farm. He was mar- ried, at Williamsport, in 1839, to Cynthia Lucas, a native of Ohio; they have had nine children, two sons and seven daughters ; one son and six daughters still living, viz., Robert L., Sarah E., Julia (now Mrs. L. C. Lebarre, of Custer City, D. T.), Mary E. (now Mrs. J. T. Morris), Martha B. (now Mrs. C. A. Hickcox, of Deer Creek, Madison Co., Neb.), Alice A. and Anna (now a student of Whitewater Nor- mal School); Franklin S. (enlisted in 33d W. V. I., died at Natchez, Miss., Sept. 21, 1863) ; Florence, their sixth child, died Feb. 28, 1865, aged 14 years. Mr. Joiner has been one of the prominent and influential men of Iowa Co. He was elected to the General Assembly in 1853, and has served three terms in the State Senate ; was first elected in 1857, and again in 1860 and 1868. His farm contains 330 acres. Robert L. Joiner was born in Indiana in 1841. Was educated at Royalton Academy. Ver- mont. He was married to Marilla Gaige, daughter of Richard Gaige ; has six children-Beulah, Josie, Ruth, George, Lethe and Kezia.
JOHN L. JONES, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Helena ; born in Wales in 1832; son of Richard L. L. and Mary Jones ; the father was born in Wales in 1799; mother, in 1807. Family emigrated to the United States in 1844; it then consisted of parents and seven children; four children were afterward born in this country. The family first settled in Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1845, and removed to Sauk Co. in 1855. and to the town of Wyoming in 1863. Mother died in August, 1871 ; father resides with his son John L. He now has ten children, five sons and five daughters ; four sons and one daughter live in Wyoming. Mr. John L. Jones was married to Hannah M. Rees, daughter of John D. Rees; she was born in Ohio ; her parents were from Wales; they have four children-John R., Thomas L., Mary and Jenkin L. His farm contains about 275 acres. This is one of the most numerous and prominent fami- lies in the town of Wyoming. Rev. Jenkin L. L. Jones, a brother of John L., is quite an eminent Unitarian minister, now in Chicago. The family all profess the Unitarian belief. The two youngest sis- ters of Mr. Jones, Ella C. and Jennie L., are graduates of State Normal School at Platteville. The former is now a teacher in the State Normal School at River Falls. The latter is now in St. Louis, pre- paring herself for the kindergarten system of teaching.
OWEN KING, lumber dealer, proprietor of King's Lumber Yard, town of Wyoming; is a son of Patrick King, who came to Iowa Co. from Prince Edward Island about 1850; he was born in 1845. Married Helen, a daughter of Thomas Weston ; they have five children-Thomas, Mary Jane, Elizabeth,
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Eugenia and Owen Scott. Mr. King is one of the prominent business men of this part of Iowa Co. He has represented his district in the General Assembly two terms.
ROBERT H. LLOYD, ferryman of Spring Green and Helena Ferry ; son of Peter Lloyd. Sr .; was born in Pennsylvania January, 1843; came to Iowa Co. with his parents in 1844. Has been ferryman at Helena Ferry sinee 1870. Married Susan, daughter of Gardiner Dodge; they have three children-Jennie, Carrie and Nettie. He enlisted Oet. 9, 1861, in the 6th W. L. A. Served two years. Was at New Madrid, siege of Island No. 10 and battle of Corinth, where he was wounded, from the effect of which he was discharged.
GOODWIN LOWREY, retired farmer, See. 31; P. O. Wyoming; born in the town of Sharon, Litchfield Co., Conn., in 1827. His parents, Daniel and Abigail Lowrey, removed to Oneida Co .. N. Y., about 1832. Mr. Lowrey eame to Wisconsin in the fall of 1863, and settled on his farm in the town of Wyoming. He formerly had 800 or 900 acres of land; the farm now contains about 400. He was married to Heloise G., born in Louisiana, of Italian parentage.
MRS. MARY ANN MORRIS, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Wyoming; widow of Thomas B. Morris, who was born in Amelia Co., Va., in 1809; he removed with his parents to Jefferson Co., Ky .; thenee to Sangamon Co., Ill., where he was married to his present widow, who was born near Frankfort, Ky. ; they first settled in the town of Ridgeway, in Iowa Co .; thence to the town of Dodgeville; settled on present farm about 1855. Mr. Morris died in 1876. Mrs. Morris has three children-Eliza J. Rawdon (lives in Dodgeville), John T., Laura Bell (now Mrs. Graham; resides in Nebraska). John T. was born in 1846; married to Mary J., daughter of L. W. Joiner ; they have four children-Florence, Jos phine, Renabell and Henry. John T. has charge of the homestead farm.
SIMON C. OLSON, farmer, See. 21; P. O. Wyoming; born in Norway in 1826; came to the United States in 1843, to Milwaukee, and thence to Dodgeville in the fall of 1844, where he was engaged in mining about six years; he made two trips to California, and finally returned to Dodgeville in 1859 ; he bought his present farm about 1860; he rented the Wyoming mills ; was also engaged for some time in the lumber trade. He was married to Elizabeth Carpenter, born in England; they have four children-Adelaide, Libbie, Henry A., Richard C. His farm contains about 300 acres of land.
THOMAS PARR, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Wyoming ; was born in England in 1812; he em- igrated to Boston in 1834, where he worked fifteen years for Chiekering & Mackey, piano manufacturers; afterward lived several years in Halifax, Nova Scotia; he came to Wisconsin, and settled on his present farm in the spring of 1853, which he had bought several years previous to that time. He was married to Jane Connybare, born in England ; they have five children-George, John H., William S., Louisa J. and Mary E. (now Mrs. George Hiekeox). William S. married Miss Elizabeth Greening.
CHARLES F. PARKS, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Wyoming ; born in the town of Shrews- bury, Woreester Co., Mass., in 1810, where he lived till 1838. He was married to Elizabeth Hathaway ; they came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1838 ; lived for some time with Mr. Ebenezer Brigham, of Blue Mounds, Iowa Co .; he then went to Ridgeway ; thenee to Mineral Point, where he lived till Mareh, 1839, in the employ of Mr. I. T. Lathrop; thenee to Sauk Co., and made a elaim on Sauk Prairie. In the spring of 1840, he returned to Blue Mounds ; he exchanged his elaim on Sauk Prairie for a farm in the town of Ridgeway, where he settled in the spring of 1843. In 1855, be removed to the village of Dover, where he kept a hotel; exchanged the hotel for a farm in Sec. 24, town of Arena; thence to the village of Arena, where he engaged in the mereantile business; settled on his present farm in the fall of 1867. They have had two sons, only one of whom is living-Charles W., who resides on the homestead. Leonard, the younger son, enlisted in the 11th W. V. I. in the fall of 1861, and served till the elose of the war ; he was twiee wounded, and died June 14, 1867. While residing at Dover, Mrs. Parks received a fall, from the effects of which she suffered greatly many years ; she was unable to walk at all for ten years, but has now comparatively recovered.
MRS. ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, See. 2; P. O. Wyoming ; formerly Elizabeth Woodbury, widow of Leonidas Richardson, who was born in Nashville, Tenn., in 1824; he came to Wis- eonsin with his father in 1845. Mrs. Richardson was married in La Fayette Co., where her parents had removed from the State of New York in 1845; they were married in 1849, and settled on the present farm soon after ; this farm Mr. Richardson had owned several years previous to his marriage ; he died July 21, 1874. Mrs. Richardson has six children-Ella H., Lydia L., Jesse T., Albert D., George and Rosa May ; lost four children-Carrie M. died Aug. 15, 1880, in her 24th year ; the others deceased were Elmore E., Eddie and an infant. Albert D. was born Sept. 3, 1864.
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ROBERT SQUIRE, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Wyoming ; born in England in 1830 ; he emi- grated to this country with his parents in the fall of 1845 ; the family settled in the town of Wyoming the same year ; his father died in May, 1880 ; his mother died in 1877. Mr. Squire was married to Eliza- beth, daughter of William Potterton ; they have seven children-Francis S., Levenia M., Marshall G., Webster S., Luella, Robert H. and George E. Mr. Squire settled where he now lives in 1861; his farm contains 115 acres.
ANSON WOOD, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Wyoming ; born in Randolph, N. C., Dec. 5, 1806 ; his parents removed to the State of Kentucky when he was a child, where he lived 'till 21 years of age ; he then removed with his parents to the State of Illinois. He was married in 1837 to Keziah McGrew, who was born in Illinois ; she died in 1840 ; he came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1845; lived in Dodgeville for a time; settled where he now lives in 1847. He has one child-Keziah Ann-now Mrs. George W. See, of Morris Co., Kan. Mr. Wood's farm contains 160 acres.
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JOHN AID, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Highland; was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland ; he came to this country in 1846, and located in the town of Highland, Iowa Co., Wis., the same year. He married, in 1847, Margaret Muldooney ; their children are James; Ann, now wife of William Man- ning; Maggie and Ellen. Mr. Aid and wife have lived in Highland since their marriage ; they own 80 acres of land.
MATTHIAS CHAB, manufacturer, Highland ; was born in Pilgrim, Austria, in 1852 ; he re- mained in Austria until 1868, then came to this country, locating in the village of Highland, Iowa Co., Wis., and learned the wagon-making trade ; in 1877, he engaged in business on his own account ; he manufactures the various styles of carriages and wagons ; his work is well known for its strength and durability, as well as for the neatness of its finish. Mr. Chab married in Highland, Miss Frances, daughter of Jacob Dan- nenhauer, an old and esteemed citizen of Highland. They have one son, Jacob M. Mr. Chab has been Treasurer of the village of Highland four years; he is a leading member of the I. O. O. F., and is N. G. of Vivian Lodge, No. 375.
JOHN P. CHOLVIN, dealer in heavy and shelf hardware, also tinware, Highland; was born in St. Louis, Mo., Ang. 15, 1841 ; in 1849, he came to Mifflin, Iowa Co., Wis., with his father, Joseph Chol- vin (his mother having died in St. Louis), who was for a number of years largely identified with smelting works in Mifflin and in Dodgeville, this county, he died in the latter village, in 1879. J. P. Cholvin, the subject of this notice, remained with his father in this county until 1857, then he returned to St. Louis, then learned the trade of boiler-maker ; he afterward, during the war of the rebellion, entered the ordnance department of the Second Missouri Artillery, where he served until sometime in 1863; in 1864, he en- gaged in the hardware business in Elizabeth, Jo Daviess Co., Ill. Jan. 22, 1865, he married in Wood- bine, that county, Miss Maggie, daughter of Patrick Malone, who was a pioneer settler, and an esteemed citizen of long standing of Jo Daviess Co .; after their marriage, Mr. Cholvin and wife remained in Jo Davicss Co., Ill., until 1867, he a portion of the time being engaged in business in Hanover, a village in that county ; they came to Highland in 1867, making it their home since, he engaging in his present business at that time, and, by keeping only first-class goods in the hardware and tin departments of his store, he has succeeded in building up a good trade. Their children are Constant, Daniel W., Francis J. and Maggie. Mr. Cholvin has held the office of Village Clerk and Justice of the Peace; of the latter office, he is the present incumbent, and has held the position three years.
PATRICK DELANEY, farmer, Sec. 3 ; P. O. Highland ; was born in Queen's Co., Ireland, in the year 1812 ; he remained in his native country until 1843, then came to the United States and set- tled in Pottsville, Penn., where he lived about one year. He married, in the city of New York, Miss Julia Foley. They came to the Northwest in 1844; resided in Rock Island, Ill., until 1845, then removed to New Diggings, Wis .; thence to Hazel Green, and from there to Highland, Iowa Co., in the autumn of 1846, where they have resided since. Their children are-John, who married, in Highland, Miss S. Thompson- they now live near Viola, Iowa ; Dennis, also resides near Viola, Iowa ; Julia, wife of M. Brennan, of the town of Eden, this county ; William, now a resident of Eden, married Miss M. Brennan; Matthew; Pat- rick, married, and now residing near Clayton, Wis .; Lucy Manning, of Eden ; James and Martin. Mr.
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Delaney's farm is finely improved and well located, contains 200 acres, and possesses many of the natural advantages common to the southern portion of Wisconsin.
CHARLES EGAN, M. D., Highland ; was born in 1848, in County Clare, Ireland ; in 1854, he emigrated with his parents, John and Mary Egan, to Pittsfield, Mass .; thence to Madison, Wis .. in 1856, where they remained until 1866, when they removed to Mitchell Co., Iowa, where they now reside in affluent circumstances. Dr. Egan was educated in the high schools and the State University at Madi- son ; he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Harvey, a leading physician of Janesville, Wis .; afterward attended a course of lectures in a medical hospital at New Orleans; then entered the Rush Med- ical College, of Chicago, Ill., from which he graduated in 1875; immediately afterward, he located in Highland, where he has taken an advanced place in the practice of his profession, in which he is pre emi- nently successful ; in 1876, he was appointed U. S. Examining Surgeon ; he is a member of the State Med- ical Society, and was a delegate from that body to the American Medical Association, which convened at Atlanta, Ga., in 1878. Dr. Egan was married in Highland to Miss Katie Kent; they have one child, Walter.
JACOB FECHT, proprietor of the Blackney House, Highland; was born in Potosi, Grant Co .. Wis., April 1, 1852. His parents, Nicholas and Dorothea Fecht, were pioneer settlers of that county, and are now esteemed citizens of Highland, which town has been their home for a number of years. Mr. Fecht married, in Highland, on the 16th of November, 1875, Miss Eliza Lampe. daughter of B. Henry and Katrina Lampe, of Highland ; she was born in Highland. Mr. Fecht has been engaged in hotel- keeping two years, and is very popular as a landlord. Ile is a member of the Highland Village Board of Trustees, in which he has acted two years. Thus far, he has passed the most of his life in Highland, and naturally takes an active interest in her local government and the promotion of her business interests.
SAMUEL H. FITCH, a resident of the Northwest for more than forty-three years, was born in Orange Co., S. C., June 10, 1809; in 1815, he removed with his parents from South Carolina to Smith Co., Tenn., where he remained until 1837, then came to Wisconsin and engaged in lead mining in Potosi. Grant Co .; in 1838, he was one of the party that founded Jacksonville, Grant Co., which burg was quite a mining center for several years; in 1839, he disposed of his interests in Jacksonville, and went to Du- buque, Iowa ; there remaining about four years, ar, the end of which time he went to Elizabeth, Jo Daviess Co., Ill., where he remained only a few months ; in about 1843, he moved to Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wis .; removed thence to Dodgeville, and from the latter place to Highland in the year 1847, where he has since resided. He married, in Highland, Miss Mary Kunz ; they have four children living-B. Frank- lin, Mary J., Kittie C. and Samuel H. Mr. Fitch was first appointed Justice of the Peace by Gov. Dodge, which position he held by appointment until it became an elective office, then was elected for a number of years in succession. He was also Postmaster of Highlaud several years, and held the office of Town Clerk some time.
MICHAEL FORD, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Highland ; was born in County Kilkenny, Ire- land, in the year 1825 ; he came to this country in 1849, and married, in Chesterfield, Mass., Julia Cody ; they came to Wisconsin in 1852, and settled in the town of Highland, which has been their home since ; their children are John, now in Summit Co., Colo. ; Thomas, of this town (Highland ) ; Margaret, wife of Thomas Muldoon, of Highland ; Mary A., wife of James Aid, also of Highland ; Jane, Anna, Bridget and Thomas. Mr. Ford is one of the leading farmers of the town of Highland ; he owns nearly 300 acres of land, very desirably located and well improved.
JAMES GEORGE, Postmaster, Highland ; was born in Cornwall, Eng., April 19, 1841 ; he remained in Cornwall until the year 1860, in which year he came to this country, locating in Dodgeville, Iowa Co., Wis., where he resided ten years. He married, in Dodgeville, Miss Hannah George; they came to Highland in 1870, and it has been their home since ; their children are Mary A., Ida B., Flora M. and Joseph. Mr. George was elected Treasurer of the town of Highland for 1879, and re-elected for 1880 ; he was appointed Postmaster Aug. 11, 1880, and discharges the duties of that office with efficiency ; the same is true of him in regard to the office of Town Treasurer.
PATRICK GRANT, a resident of the town of Highland since 1850; was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland. in 1840 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Thomas and Johanna Grant, in 1850. He married in Highland, Miss Elizabeth Gunn ; they have four children-Mary I., William, Adelia and Isabel G. Mr. Grant is, at present writing, Chairman of Board of Supervisors, of Highland, a position he has filled four years ; he was a member of the Side Board several years, and Town Treasurer three years ; in all of those positions he gave entire satisfaction, discharging the duties of each with credit. Mr. Grant's
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father died in 1874 ; his mother is still living, and is a resident of Highland. Mr. Grant's brothers, John and David, have moved away from Wisconsin ; the former is in Lander City, W. T. ; the latter in Dubuque, Iowa. Mrs. Grant's parents, John and Mary Gunn, came to Wisconsin in 1845, settling in the town of Highland, where he died in 1861 ; she is still living; their children are James, who, in the war of the rebellion, was Captain of Co. G, 27th W. V. I. ; he now resides in Virginia City, Nev .; William, now in Central City, D. T. ; Isabel, wife of William Bambrick, of Georgetown, Colo. ; Isabel, wife of Patrick Grant, whose name appears at the head of this sketch.
LEWIS GUYON, deceased; was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1825 ; at a very early age, he removed with his parents, John and Amelia Guyon, to Gratiot, Wis. ; thus, much of his early life was spent amid the surroundings of pioneer life. In 1849, he married in Mifflin, Iowa Co., Wis., Miss Char- lotte Tate ; she was born near Windsor, Canada, and removed with her parents to Warsaw, Ill., in 1842, thence to Mifflin in 1844, where she became acquainted with Mr. Guyon, and was married in the year as before stated. During the war of the rebellion, Mr. Guyon enlisted in Co. G, of the 27th W. V. I. ; was enrolled in August, 1862, and was in active service with the regiment all through in its series of engage- ments on the Potomae ; the records show that he was a brave soldier. Mrs. Guyon's parents, William and Ann Tate, are both dead ; they were old settlers and esteemed citizens of Mifflin, this county ; he was a soldier in the war of 1812; of their children, four are living, viz., Susan, wife of A. Horsman, of Free- port, Ill. ; Clara, wife of George Ansley, of this town ; Mary E., now Mrs. George Dauphin. Mrs. Guyon has been engaged in the millinery trade in Highland for seventeen years, and is doing an excellent busi- ness ; she and her sister, Mrs. Dauphin, also have a millinery and notion store in Eden.
CHARLES HARVEY, a leading citizen of Highland ; was born in Cornwall, England; he came to this country in 1847, locating in Hazel Green, Wis., there remaining until 1852, in which year. he went to Nevada City, Cal., became engaged in mining, which he followed with good success until 1855, then returned to Wisconsin, and made Hazel Green his home until 1860, when he went to Central City, Colo., where he remained about one year, at the end of which, he returned to Wisconsin ; in 1864, he went tu Alena City, M. T., and there became possessor of paying mining interests, which he sold in 1866 ; came back to Wisconsin, purchased a valuable farm near Benton, La Fayette Co., where he resided most of the time, until his coming to Highland in 1878; in 1875, he engaged in buying zine mineral for the Illinois Zine Company, of Peru, Ill., a business he has since engaged in with more than ordinary success. Mr. Harvey married in Cornwall, England, Mary Kamp; their children are William H., now in Summit Co., Cal. ; Thomas J., in Silver City, Ark .; Mary A., wife of John C. Butterworth, of Highland; Vivian, Joseph, Alfred, James and Elizabeth J., all of Highland.
ANTON IMHOFF. This old citizen of Highland is a native of Germany ; he was born in the Kingdom of Hanover Sept. 11, 1820; in his native country he learned the carpenter trade ; in 1841, he came to America, and worked at his trade in New Orleans, La., and in Hamilton, Ohio, until the spring of 1843, when he came West, to Galena, III., there remaining one year, at the end of which time he came to Highland, Iowa Co., Wis., where he has continued to reside since. He married in Galena, III., Miss Christine Burrichter; she was also a native of Hanover, Germany ; their children are Antoine, William, Mary (now wife of Taylor Imhoff) ; Josephine (wife of Henry Neusbaum) ; Elizabeth (wife of Henry Menke); Christine and Annie, all of whom reside in Highland and vicinity in affluent circumstances. Mr. Imhoff is the possessor of large real estate and mining interests, owning over 600 acres of land, much of it being rieb in mineral deposits.
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