History of Walworth County, Wisconsin, Part 142

Author: Western Historical Co
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 998


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WILLIAM E. DUNBAR, farmer, See. 7 ; P. O. Elkhorn ; son of Samuel D., who emigrated from near Belfast, Ireland, to the State of New York, in 1833, and settled in Rensselaer Co. ; eame to Geneva with his family in 1839, and soon after settled on the farm which his son William E. now owns. He re- sided here until his death, which occurre I April 20, 1872; his wife died in 1852. The parents of Mr. D. had five children-James, William E., Sarah A., now the wife of Junes R Smith : Robert T. and Windsor S. William E. was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., July 21, 1836 ; he has spent many years in the far West, living for fourteen years at Silver City, Nevada. He returned in 1873 and purchased the home- stead farm the same year. His wife was Elizabeth Bulloch. Mr. and Mrs. D. have six ehildren-Lizzie, William E., Samuel J., Maud H., Walter L. and Harry D. They lost a daughter. Mr. Dunbar's farm contains 160 aeres.


CHARLES DUNLAP, Geneva ; P. O. Elkhorn ; was born in Pultney, Steuben Co., N. Y., March 10, 1834 ; was the son of John and Cynthia Dunlap; came to Wiseonsin with his father in 1839, his mother having died in the East. He was married, Dec. 21, 1853, to Miss Bethaina Crandall, daughter of Richard Crandall. Mrs. Dunlap was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., but came to Wisconsin from Cort- land, N. Y .; in 1853 Mr. Dulap commeneed farming on See. 9, town of Gencva, where he still owns a farm of 240 acres. They have six children living ; have lost one. The oldest, George B., is a farmer in Geneva. Horatio S. is a law student in the office of Joseph Lyons, of Elkhorn. Alice M. died when 4 years of age ; the others are Mark C., Dora H., William P. and Charles K. Mr. Dunlap served several


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years as Chairman of his town ; was elected to the Wisconsin Legislature in 1875; is at present the Superintendent of the Poor and Overseer of the County Poor Farm and Poor House, Geneva. Was elected to his present position in December, 1879, to fill vacancy ; was re-elected in 1880 for three years. He makes an efficient officer, and the Poor House of Walworth Co., which is said to be the finest in the State, is under his administretion a cheerful and comfortable home, for the unfortunate under his care.


HARRIS DURKEE, dealer in coal, cement, etc., Geneva. Mr. Durkee was born in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1825. He removed to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1848, where he kept hotel for a time, and also engaged in farming. Ile came to Elkhorn, Walworth Co., Sept 20, 1855, and settled in Geneva the following December. Mr. Durkee was married in Vermont to Elizabeth Rodgers. They have three children-George A., Frank M. and Nellie E., all of whom are married ; the two sons reside in Geneva ; their daughter (now Clyde R. Harrison), resides at Wall Lake, Iowa. Mr. Durkee succeeded J. P. Forbes in his present business.


EXPERIENCE ESTABROOK was born in Lebanon, Grafton Co, N. H., April 30, 1813. He received a good education, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and settled at Geneva in 1839. Mr. Estabrook became at once prominent in public affairs, being a man of talent and thorough legal attain- ments. JIe served as District Attorney and School Commissioner before the State Constitution was adopted ; was elected to the Second Constitutional Convention, and afterward served as member of As- sembly and Attorney General of the new State. Mr. Estabrook was ever alive to the importance of the greatest possible extension of educational privileges, and to his judgment is Wisconsin largely indebted for the formation of her present system ; as earnest was he also in pressing the necessity of a like broad extension of political privileges-" without regard to race, color or previous condition of servitude." Although of a conservative disposition on these topics, he was in advance of all but a few leaders of public opinion, who were considered radical. Mr. Estabrook remained in Geneva until 1855, when he was appointed Attorney General of the Territory of Nebraska, and removed to Omaha, where he still re-ides. He was subsequently elected a delegate to Congress, and since the Territory became a State has held many positions of public trust, none of which were ever slighted. In his departure from Geneva, the county and the State lost one of her able men.


DAVID L. FLACK, farmer and dairyman, Sec. 10; P. O. Elkhorn. He is one of the prominent and progressive farmers of Walworth Co. He was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1830. He is the son of James A. Flack ; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1804, and came to Walworth Co. from St. Lawrence Co. in 1843, and settled in the town of Geneva, where he still lives. IHis first wife was Mary Lytle, who died in 1836. His present wife was Martha Armstrong, born in Washington Co., in 1816. David L. came to Geneva from New York in 1846. He settled on the farm where he now lives, in 1852. Ile has a fine farm of 200 aeres, and his improvements are among the best in the town of Geneva. He devotes considerable attention to dairying, in which he uses the most approved methods. He has been married three times; his first wife was Philinda Crandall, born in Cortland Co., N. Y., died in 1872. His second wife was Mrs. Adelaide Cady Baldwin, born in Kenosha Co., Wis .; died in 1880. His present wife was Anna W. Moody. Mrs. F. has been known for a long time as one of the inost prominent educators of the State. She was born in South Hadley, Mass .; graduated at Mt. Holyoke Seminary, and came to Geneva with her mother's family in 1858, where she taught for eight years, and established the Lake Geneva Seminary. She taught one an I a half years in the State University at Madison, Wis .; was for one year in the State Normal School at Whitewater ; then for ten years in the State Normal School at Oshkosh, which she left Jan. 20, 1832. Mr. Flack has three children-Hiram C., Mary A. and John A.


NELSON FAIRCHILD, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. O. Elkhorn ; born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., April, 1822. Ho came to Walworth Co in 1843, and purchased his present farm, where he has since lived. He was married to Laura Kinney, born in St. Lawrence Co. Mr. Kinney is numbered with the more successful and prosperous farmers of the town of Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild have six children -- George, Daniel D., Albert, Allison, Mina and Samuel. Daniel D., who owns a farm near that of his father, was born on the homestead in 1851 ; married Edna Vincent, daughter of Jarvis Vincent. They have two children-Jessie and Jennie. The children of Mr. Nelson Fairchild were all born at the home- stead.


JASPER M. FISH, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Springfield. The father of Mr. F. was an early set- tler of Sauk Co., Wis., where he settled in 1855. Mr. F. was born in Greene Co., N. Y., in 1836. His father, Silas Fish, with his family, emigrated from the State of New York to Sauk Co., where he still lives, J. M. resided in Sauk Co. until 1867, when he came to the town of Geneva, and purhased the farm


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on which he now lives, of Mr. James Steadman, in 1866. In the spring of 1874, he bought another farm of Mr. John Smith, both of which he now owns. The former contains 161, and the latter 160 acres. He was married to Temperance Hand, daughter of Jared Hand, Oct. 29, 1859. They have six children- Lorenzo J., Mary E., William H., Silas B., Elizabeth, Charles R.


S. C. FORD, merchant, Geneva, son of J. C. Ford, one of the earliest settlers of the town of Linu. Mr. J. C. Ford was born in Middlefield, Otsego Co., N. Y., June 11, 1806. In early life he was appren- ticed to the trade of a silversmith, but having a hard master he deserted that ealling, and learned the trade of shoe-maker, which business he followed previous to his removal to Wisconsin, and also for several years after coming to this State. When Mr. Ford was a young man, State militia were regarded of great importance, and general training day was as important as the Fourth of July. His son has now in his possession the commission of his father as Captain of New York volunteers, of the date Jan. 7, 1837, and bearing the signature of W. L. Marcy, Governor of the State of New York. Mr. Ford was married to Miss Catherine L. Brewer, Jan. 19, 1833; they settled in Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., and eame to Walworth Co. and settled in the town of Linn in 1838; settled on Sec. 23. In 1853, Mr. Ford with his son-in-law, Mr. Merriam, went to California. They crossed the plains to that land of gold, when months were required to make the journey, which is now made in as many days. Mr. Ford returned in 1859, and resumed the occupation of farming. He finally settled in Geneva a number of years previous to his death ; he died March 2, 1878. His wife died Dec. 7, 1881, while visiting relatives at Wilbraham, Mass., the place of her birth, aged 70 years and 2 months. There are three surviving children of the family -Harriet S. (wife of William Merriam), Marian E. ( wife of G. L. Phillips), and Samuel C .; the latter was born in the town of Linn Nov. 13, 1849 ; married Aliee G. Phillips, daughter of E. D. Phillips, June 8, 1880. He engaged in the dry goods business in the fall of 1876. The firm now occupy a double store and have in connection with the general dry goods business, a department of dress-mak - ing, and also a department of tailoring. Mr. and Mrs. Ford have one child-an infant son.


CHARLES S. FRENCHI, attorney, Geneva. Mr. French was born in Burlington, Vt., in 1856. His father, William H. French, died in Vermont. In 1867, Mr. French, accompanied by his mother, went to Chicago, and came to Geneva the following year. IJe studied law with John A. Smith, Esq., and was admitted to the bar in March, 1879. He became associated with Mr. Smith, which partnership continued till the death of the latter, Aug. 8, 1881. Mr. French is a young lawyer of much promise. His wife was Miss Ida Newberry, daughter of Capt. Oscar Newberry.


L. F. GATES, farmer, Sce. 19; P. O. Elkhorn. Mr. Gates was born in the town of Liecester, Livingston Co., N. Y., in May, 1828, where he was brought up. He came to Geneva in the fall of 1848; he purchased his present farm of Hiram Spencer. His parents, Daniel and Betsey Gates, came to Wal- worth Co. from Livingston Co., N. Y., where they resided till their death. Mrs. Gates was formerly Miss Charlotte Spencer, danghter of Hiram and Lois Spencer. Mr. and Mrs. Gates have four children- Hiram, Lottie S .. Mouroe C. and Bettie L. Mr. Gate's farm contains 116 acres.


ETHAN L. GILBERT, of the firm of Gilbert & Barber, proprietors of Lake Geneva Mills, Geneva. He was born in the town of llamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept. 15, 1818. His father was Andrew Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert removed, with his father's family, to Nunda, Livingston Co., N. V., in 1832. He was apprenticed to the trade of a miller, with Mr. R. J. Balty, in the town of Nunda. Mr. Gilbert first came to Walworth in 1851, where his father had settled several years previous to the time. He cleared up a timber farm in that town, where he was engaged in farming until he came to Geneva, in 1862; his wife was Miss Betsy C. Curtis,- born in Madison Co., N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert have one daughter, Ida E.


CHARLES T. GRIFFIN, farmer and carpenter, See. 14; P. O. Springfield ; born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., in 1822, and removed with his parents to Genesee Co. when a child. His father, Charles Griffin, resided in Genesee Co. till his death. Mr. Griffin came to Walworth Co. September, 1843, and settled in the old village of Lyons, and engaged in work at the business of carpentry. Ile lived in Lyons seven years, and then returned to Genesee Co., where he remained thirteen years, when he returned to the town of Lyons and settled on Sec. 8. He came to the town of Geneva in 1868, and purchased his- present farm of Ethan Farnam. Mrs. Griffin was Clara Traver, daughter of Wm. B. Traver. She died in 1875. Mr. Griffin's farm contains 120 aeres.


DANIEL GROSS, Geneva; was born in Chautauque Co., N. Y., but his parents moved to Warren Co., Penn., when he was an infant, and where he lived until 25 years of age. lle came to the town of Geneva in 1854, and has been a resident of this town since that time. He settled in the village in April, 1856. He was a soldier in the war of rebellion; he enlisted in the spring of 1864 in the 9th


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Ill. V. C., and served until the close of the war. He is a mason by trade, and has been connected with the construction of most of the principal buildings in this vicinity. He had charge of the mason work in the buildings of Wm. R. Davis, Walker's Block, George Sturges' dwelling honses, the Metropolitan Block ; has done much of the work of N. K. Fairbank, ete. He has been engaged in the ice business for the last seven years. His wife was Mary Ann Flack, whose father was an early settler of the town of Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. Gross have one daughter-Mrs. Mary E. Brooks.


L. D. HALE, retired merchant, Geneva, Wis .; was born in Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., Dee. 18, 1818. His parents were Samuel and Sally Abell Hale; his father was a native of Massachusetts; his mother of Connecticut ; he was brought up in Yates and Steuben Cos., N. Y., to the business of merchan- dising ; came to Geneva, Wis., Oet. 6, 1843, and was engaged in the mercantile business until about 1865 ; since that time has not been in any active business ; he owns a farm in MeHenry Co., Ill., and a resi- dence in Geneva. Wis .; has been married twice ; his first wife was Rebecca Ellis, who was born in Yates Co., N. Y., Oct. 23, 1823, and died in Geneva, Wis., Nov. 21, 1846 ; had three sons by first wife, all residents of Kansas. His present wife was Jane E. Allen, born in Oneida Co., N. Y., June 29, 1831, by whom he has four daughters ; also a son who died in infancy ; the eldest daughter, Emma J., is the wife of W. H. Downer ; Mary A. married C. Fred. Keyes, who was killed while in the employ of C., B. & Q. R .; she is now wife of B. B. Seott ; Nellie M., wife of Josiah Barfield, and Genevieve E., aged 13.


W. H. HAMMERSLEY, druggist, Geneva ; he is numbered with the older business men of Geneva ; he engaged in business here in 1865, succeeding George W. Ferris in the drug business, in which he has since been engaged. He was born in England in 1832, and emigrated to New York with his father in 1844 ; except one year's residence in Michigan, he resided in New York until 1863, when he came to Walworth Co., settled in the village in 1864, and engaged in business the following year he was elected Town Clerk in 1872, and served two years ; in 1875, elected Town Supervisor, serving as such till 1879, when he was chosen Chairman of Town Board, which office he still holds. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Smith, daughter of H. Smith. They have three children-Grace, wife of Clarence D. Gilbert ; Charles H. and William H.


JARED HAND, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Elkhorn. He was born in the town of New Lebanon, Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1809 ; he removed to Greene Co., where he was married to Mary Jane Raymond, born in Athens, Greene Co., N. Y. They came to Walworth Co. in 1845; Mr. H. purchased the same year his present farm of Simeon Standish, where he has sinee lived. Mr. and Mrs. H. have four ehil- dren - Temperance, now Mrs. J. M. Fish ; Raymond J., Helen M., and Milton Jay ; the oldest was born in the State of New York and the others in the town of Geneva. Mr. Hand's farm contains 100 acres.


EDMOND S. HARVEY, farmer, See. 18 ; P. O. Elkhorn ; born in the town of Wellington, Tol- land Co., Conn .; his parents died when he was a child ; he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1840, and purchased of the Government his present farm. where he has since lived. Mrs. H. was formerly Eleeta A. Pierce, daughter of Jonathan and Eleeta Pierce; she was born in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1827 ; she came to Kenosha Co. with her parents, in June, 1836 ; her parents lived in Kenosha Co. till their death ; they had thirteen children ; Mr. and Mrs. H. have had five children, three of whom are living - Ella, Allie T. and Carrie ; two daughters died in childhood. Mr. H. had two children by a former marriage- Mary Jane Dunbar and a son, Charles J., who was killed by falling down a mining shaft in Nevada. Mr. H. made a trip to California in 1852, and returned in 1859; Mrs. H.'s father came to what is now Kenosha Co. in 1835, made a location and brought on his family the following year.


JOHN HASKINS, proprietor of John Haskins Manufacturing Company, Geneva. He was born in the town of Washington, Berkshire Co., Mass., in 1811, where he was bronght up ; he removed to Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1837, where he lived five years. In the spring of 1842, he, with his brother, James Haskins, came to Geneva and together purchased this water-power; his brother remained here until 1876, when he removed to St. Charles, Ill .; they began improving the water-power immediately after purchasing it ; they built a saw-mill in the summer of 1843, which they began operating about the 1st of January ; the mill is still standing, and was operated until 1875. The brothers also built a linseed oil factory which they operated several years. Mr. J. Haskins is sole proprietor ; an account of present business will be found elsewhere. He lost his wife October, 1876; he has two children-Mary O. and Herbert E .; lost two children.


JAMES EDMUND HEG was born Sept. 22, 1852, in the town of Norway, Racine Co., Wis. His father, Hans C. Heg, immigrated from Norway, Europe, at an early day, being one of the first settlers


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of Racine County. In 1849, he went to California, where he remained two years, when he returned to Wisconsin, loeating on the old homestead. In 1859, he was elected State's Prison Commissioner, and he was re-elected in 1861, but resigned to accept the position of Colonel of the 15th W. V. I., which is noted as being the only Scandinavian regiment in the war. He was promoted General by brevet, and was in charge of a brigade at Chickamauga, under Thomas, where he was killed Sept. 19, 1863. His body was recovered, and buried in the family grounds on the homestead. James E. Heg was gradu- ated at Beloit in 1874, and is now the editor and proprietor of the Lake Geneva Herald and the Lake Geneva Cisco. He has done much to advance the interests of Geneva as a resort, being very confident of its future. Ile was appointed, by Secretary of State, Warner, to compile the Wisconsin Blue Book for 1881, and again appointed for the same work in 1882, the latter book being the most perfect of its kind ever issued by the State.


JASON A. HERRICK, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Geneva ; son of Jacob Herrick, who was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1790, and afterward removed to Yates Co .; married Roxy Bradley. born in Chenango Co., in 1797 ; the latter died in the State of New York. Mr. Herrick, Sr., eame to Walworth Co. in 1841 ; he afterward married Mrs. Sarah (Corwin) Rouse; he died in 1859. The parents of Mr. Herrick had eleven children, nine of whom grew to maturity, four sons and five daughters ; two sons and and four daughters are still living. Jason A. Herrick was born in Yates Co., in 1826 ; married Evaline Stevens ; they have three children-Eda, Ernest and Eugene. Mr. Herrick resides on the homestead where his father settled in 1841 ; a part of which the latter bought of the Government.


S. B. HOWE, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. O. Elkhorn ; he was born io Livingston Co., N. Y .; removed to Perry, Wyoming Co., where he lived until his 18th year ; he came to Delavan, Walworth Co., on Nov. 16, 1843 ; he was a resident of the town of Delavan till about 1855, when he purchased his present farm of John Hutton ; the farm was first entered and first owned by Stephen Barnes; he has 125 acres. The parents, J. C. Howe and Phebe, came to Walworth Co. in 1844, and settled on a farm in the town of Delavan, where they resided until their death. The parents of Mr. Howe had six children, five of whom are living ; Samuel B. is the only member of his father's family living in Walworth Co. He was married to Eveline Spencer, a daughter of Hiram Spencer. They have two children-Alice and William.


REV. RICHARD KERFOOT, pastor of the Church of the Holy Communion (Episcopal ), Geneva. Mr. Kerfoot was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1838; graduated at St. James' College, near Hagers- town, Md., where he also received his theological education ; he was engaged as tutor in the college for several years after his graduation ; he was ordained in 1860. In 1861, he was appointed Chaplain of the 3d N. Y. V. I., stationed at Fort McHenry, and Fortress Monroe ; after the war, he was pastor of a church in Cincinnati about five years, and went thence to Evansville, Ind .. for about the same length of time ; he has been pastor in Geneva since 1876. Mrs. Kerfoot is a native of Indiana. They have two daughters, born at Evansville. A history of the church and a sketch of the beautiful church edifice, over which Mr. Kerfoot presides, will be found elsewhere in this history.


DANIEL LOCKE, gunsmith, Geneva ; he was born in Cheshire Co., N. H., September, 1820 ; his parents were James and Lydia Locke, with whom he moved to Tioga Co., Penn .; his father died in 1875; his mother still lives in Tioga Co., in her 89th year. The parents of Mr. Locke had twelve chil- dren, six sous and six daughters, two sons and five daughters are still living, all of whom are residents of Pennsylvania, except Daniel. Mr. Locke Icarned the trade of gunsmith of his father; he came to Gen- eva June 11, 1843 ; he has worked at gunsmithing since he first came here, and is the only one that has pursued that occupation in Geneva. He was married in Otsego Co., N. Y., to Clarissa Wright, a native of that county ; she died in the town of Lyons in this county, where Mr. Locke lived for three years. His present wife was Miss Elizabeth Booth, born in Yorkshire, England ; her parents emigrated to the State of Rhode Island when she was a child. Mr. Locke had six children by his first wile, three of whom are living ; Mrs. Julia M. Brady resides in San Francisco; Clara W. and Florence J. Eva L. died at home, Oct. 11, 1881, in her 16th year. Mr. Locke lost two sons, both of whom died quite young.


A. E. LYTLE, dealer in patent rights, and associated with George P. Conant, inventor, firm Lytle & Conant, Geneva ; Mr. Lytle was born in St. Lawrence Co , N. Y., in 1842; he enlisted October, 1861, in the 60th N. Y. V. I., and served till June, 1865; came to Elkhorn the following July, and to Geneva in 1868 ; he was in the employment of N. K. Fairbanks for some time, in the fish business, and has more recently been connected with the patent rights business ; he also has charge of Ford's Opera Hall.


JOHN A. MACDONALD, homoeopathic physician and surgeon, Geneva. Dr. Macdonald was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, in 1836; he graduated at the Medical College at Edinburgh, and eame to the United States in 1862. Ifis father died when he was about 10 years of age ; his mother, with her family,


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came to this country at the time her son came, and is now living in Canada. Soon after his arrival in this country, the Doctor entered the Medical Department of the University of Michigan ; on the completion of his course at that institution, he entered the army as Assistant Surgeon ; in this capacity he served for a time, and was then appointed Paymaster in the service, and was stationed at San Antonio, Tex. In 1868, he located as physician at Douglass Corners, Walworth Co., where he was engaged in practice about seven years. Dr. J. S. Maxon was a student of Dr. Macdonald's while at that place. In 1876, he went to Cleveland, and took a course in the Homoeopathic College of that city ; he also practiced two and a half years in the Huron Street Hospital College of Cleveland. The return of a disease contracted while in the army, induced him to return to Walworth Co., and locate in the healthful village of Geneva. The Doctor is a thoroughly educated physician, and is having an excellent practice. His wife was Miss Ella Mac- donald, also of Scotch descent, but a native of this country.


H. S. MANNING, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Springfield ; son of Charles W. Manning, who was born in Connecticut July 26, 1796 ; he removed to Chenango Co., N. Y., with his parents; he married Abiah Sutton, and came to Wiseonsin with his family, except his two oldest children, who moved to the State of Massachusetts, in June, 1847, and settled on the farm where his son now resides, and where he lived until his death, which occurred Jan. 31, 1878 ; his wife now lives with a daughter in Massachusetts. The parents of Mr. Manning had eight children, six sons and two daughters; two sons and one daughter are living. The brother of Mr. Manning (John H.), resided in Massachusetts, also his sister Mrs. Emma Manning, wife of A. K. Abbott. Three brothers of Mr. Manning were in the Union Army in the rebellion, viz. : Charles B. was a member of the 8th W. V. I., and died at Sulphur Springs, Mo., during the war ; Frank belonged to the 10th W. V. I., and was killed at the battle of Perryville, Ky .; another brother was con- neeted with an Arkansas regiment ; he died at his home at Lake Mills of diseases contracted in the army ; another son died at home, Deeember, 1849, also a daughter in the same month and year. H. S. Manning was born in the State of New York, July, 1839 ; he now owns the homestead ; he was married to Har- riet, daughter of Joseph G. Palmer. They have two children-Emma and Willa. The homestead contains 285 acres.




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