The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 157

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899, [from old catalog] ed; Western historical company, chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1104


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G. ADOLPH KLEINERT, farmer, See. 17; P. O. North Leeds; is the son of August Kleinert, who was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1809. He came to the United States with his family in 1853, and settled on the farm where he now resides with his son G. A. He has three children; G. Adolph, who now owns the homestead and with whom the parents reside, was born in Prussia in 1840. He was married to Frederica Rennebohn; born in Brunswiek, Germany. They have six children-Adolph, Will- iam, Alfred, Edwin, Otto and Herbert. Farm contains 280 acres.


WILLIAM C. KLEINERT, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Leeds ; is the son of Mr. August Klein- ert ; he was born in Prussia in 1838; he came to the United States with his parents in 1853. He was married to Miss Lonisa Lubiens, daughter of Mr. Fred Lubiens, who came to the town of Leeds, from Germany in the spring of 1849 ; Mr. Lobiens was the first German settler of the town of Leeds. Mr. Kleinert has been Chairman of the Town Board for six years, and Town Treasurer for three years. His farm contains 80 acres.


JOHN McQUEEN, farmer, See. 9; P. O. North Leeds ; was born in Crawford Co., Penn., in 1818; he came to Wisconsin in 1842; was engaged about ten years in the pine region of the State, during which time his home was at Grand Rapids, Wis .; he located where he now lives about 1856. He was married to Catherine Birch ; they have five children-Ada, H. B., John, Clarence and Martha. His farm contains 400 acres.


W 'ILLIAM MORRISON, farmer, See. 22; P. O. Leeds Center ; son of James Morrison ; came to the United States from Scotland in the fall of 1842; the family lived about two years near Mil- waukee; thence to the town of Windsor, Dane Co., where he resided till his death in 1877 ; his mother still resides at the homestead in Dane Co. Mr. William Morrison was born in Scotland in 1829. He was married to Agnes Dawson, daughter of James Dawson, who emigrated from Scotland to the State of New York in 1842; thenee to Waukesha Co., Wis .; thenee to Madison in 1852; her father died in 1862 : her mother, in 1860. Mr. Morrison has lived in Columbia Co. about twenty-five years ; he settled on his pres- ent farm in the fall of 1868. Has four children-William M., James D., Annie C. and Edwin. Mr. Morrison has 640 acres of land.


A. S. PACKARD, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Leeds Center ; was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., Feb. 4, 1815 ; his father afterward settled in the city of Albany ; in the spring of 1839, Mr. Packard eame to the town of Milton, Roek Co., Wis .; in June of that year, he helped to raise the first house erected in Janesville, Roek Co .; he resided in Roek Co. for about fifteen years ; he came to Columbia Co. and settled in the town of Leeds in the spring of 1854. He was married to Lydia L. Ives, born in the State of New York Oet. 3, 1829 ; she is the daughter of E. M. and Elizabeth Ives, who came from Cortland Co., N. Y., to Rock Co., Wis., in the spring of 1845, where they lived about five years, and then settled in See. 15, town of Leeds, where they still reside. Mr. and Mrs. Ives have four children-Norman M., born Jan. 4, 1826; Lydia L .; Luey J .. now Mrs. Henry Clark, born March 19, 1832; Ennice, wife of G. Hall, Rio, born July 3, 1838. Mr. Packard has three children-Elizabthe F., now Mrs. M. H. Wright, of Ash- tabula. Ohio; Eugene M .. now Mrs. Anna Boynton, also resides at Ashtabula, and Norman Edward.


JAMES W. ROBINSON, farmer, See. 1; P. O. Leeds Center; was born in Castleton, Rutland Co., Vt., Oct. 3, 1822, where he resided until June, 1846, when he came to Columbia Co .; his farm now contains 320 acres, 120 of which he purchased of the Government, at the time he made his location. Ilis first wife was Maria Theresa Flagg; she was born in Rutland Co. Aug. 20, 1821, and died Dee. 2, 1855 ; his present wife was Sarepta Scc ville, born in Ontario Co., N. Y. Mr. Robinson has one son by first marriage, James F., he lives in Kansas ; has two children by second marriage-Edward M. and Horton B. In the fall of 1856, Mr. Robinson removed to Columbus and engaged in the produce business ; returned to his farm in 1861 ; he is engaged quite extensively in stock-raising.


THOMAS SANDERSON, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Leeds ; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1827; he came to this country with his parents, Thomas and Francis Sanderson, in September, 1851; his parents settled in the town of Randolph, Columbia Co; his father died September, 1878, his mother died in 1853. Mr. Sanderson was married to Miss Margaret Stevenson, daughter of Mrs. Esther Cald- well, of the town of Arlington ; they have one ehild-Ettie. Mr. Sanderson settled in the town of Leeds. in 1862; he purchased his present farm in 1865 ; he is one of the largest farmers of the town of Leeds, has 640 acres of land. He was a member of the Assembly for 1871.


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SMITH J. SCOTT, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Lowville; was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., March 26, 1823; he came to Columbia Co. in the fall of 1845, and made a claim in Sec. 28, town of Lowville, where he lived seven years ; located where he now lives in February, 1852. He was married to Mary Corbet, daughter of Mr. A. Corbet, of Chautauqua Co .; they have five children-Luella B, now Mrs. Ambrose Eynon, resides in Minnesota ; William A., resides in Nebraska ; Elliott C., resides at the homestead ; Helen F. and Estella. Mr. Scott is one of the prominent farmers of the town of Leeds ; his farm contains 525 acres.


C. EDWIN WOODFORD, physician and teacher, Sec. 36; P. O. Keyser; now teaching district school No. 6; born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1838; he came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1860 ; he lived at Viroqua until the fall of 1862, when he returned to the State of New York ; came back in 1867 ; since that time has been a resident of Leeds. He was married to Celestia Castner ; they have three children-Truman, Walter and Edgar.


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JOHN L. BAYERLEIN, proprietor of " Dell Saloon," Kilbourne City ; born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1850 ; he came to this country with his parents in 1853; they lived in Schuylkill Co., Penn., about three years; thence to Adams Co., Wis., in 1856; he engaged in business in Kilbourn City in 1871 ; his wife is also a native of Germany ; they have three children-Edward, Charles and Anna.


CAPT. J. BELL, Kilbourn City ; born August, 1837; came from St. Clair Co., Mich., to Newport, Wis., in 1856; has resided in Kilbourn City since 1863. Mr. Bell is prominently known as Captain of the Dell Queen, which steamer he built in the fall of 1876, and was the first steamer of any importance that navigated the Dells of the Wisconsin River; this boat he owned and operated till it was burned, in June, 1878; the boat was rebuilt, of which he is still in command. He was married to Mary Christie, daughter of Col. James Christie, of Sauk Co .; have two children-Herbert and Ernest.


HENRY H. BENNETT, artist, Kilbourn City ; was born in 1843; he came to Kilbourn City from the East with his parents in 1857; he enlisted in 1861 in the 12th W. V. I., served three years, was at the siege of Vicksburg and other important campaigns ; was wounded at Paducah, Ky., by the accidental discharge of his own gun ; was discharged at the expiration of his term of service, Nov. 5, 1864; he engaged in the photograph business at Kilbourn City in 1865; he now, however, makes a specialty of stereoscopic views, which he began publishing in 1868; the beautiful and romantic scenery of this part of Wisconsin has afforded him ample opportunity to pursue his favorite study, and the hundreds of beautiful views that he has produced attest his success as an artist. He was married to Frances Douty, whose parents settled in Adams Co., in 1858; has three children-Hattie, Ashley and Nellic.


HON. JONATHAN BOWMAN, attorney at law, Kilbourn City; is among the most prominent of the early settlers and those who gave shape to the future of this section ; he was born at Charleston, Montgomery Co., N. Y., May 16, 1828, and is by profession a lawyer ; he first read law in the office of H. & T. Fish, of Fultonville, in his native county, and afterward completed his studies and graduated at the State and National Law School of that State, at Ballston Springs, in 1850; he came to Wisconsin in May, 1851, and settled at Deltou, Sauk Co .; soon after his arrival, he opened an office in Delton, and commenced the pra tice of his profession, and was soon enjoying the reputation of being one of the best lawyers of the county ; in 1852, he started the village of Newport, of Columbia Co., in company with the late Gen. Joseph Bailey, who achieved notoriety as the builder of a dam across the Red River during the late civil war ; in 1853, he moved to Newport, and, in 1862, he again changed his residence to Kilbourn City, where he has since resided. Mr. Bowman has occupied several positions of trust and honor ; in 1860, he was an alternate delegate from this State to the National Republican Convention held in that year in Chicago, which resulted in the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for President ; in November, 1861, he was elected to represent the First District of Columbia Co. in the Assembly ; he was elected State Senator for the Twenty-fifth Senatorial District in 1862, which office he held for two terms, or four years; in 1864, he was chosen one of the Presidental Ele ctors on the Republican ticket, and was Chairman of the Electoral College for that year ; again, in 1874, he was chosen member of the Assembly from the First District of Columbia Co., by a handsome majority, there being only twelve votes cast against him in his own township. Mr. Bowman was also one of the Directors of the


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C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co., from 1875 to 1879, inclusive ; in addition, he has been the attorney for nearly all the different corporations which have been formed to utilize the water-power, both at Newport and Kilbourn City ; he was made President of the Bank of Kilbourn soon after its organization in 1867, which position he has held ever since, and still continues in the practice of his profession. In 1856, the subject of this sketch married Miss Hannah J. Davis, of Montgomery Co., N. Y .; he has five children- Ella D., Abram D., Asa, Jennie and Emma. Not among the least of this worthy gentleman's labors is the best young lawyers he has sent forth from his office ; the first who achieved any note was James C. Edson, who studied with Mr. Bowman at Newport ; he commenced the practice of law at Glencoe, Minn., at the same time founding and editing the Glencoe Register ; he entered the army and returned a Colonel; he still practices his profession at Glencoe. The next student was Isaac A. Fancher, who afterward located in Isabella City, Mich., where he still continues in the practice of the law ; he has been elected to both the Assembly and Scnate of that State. Then follows Michael Griffin, who enlisted as a private in the 12th W. V. I., and attained the rank of Captain ; at the close of the war, he entered the office of Mr. Bowman and remained there till his election to the Assembly, in 1875; then commenced the practice of law at Eau Claire, Wis., with Judge Ellis, and was elected to the Senate in 1879. Following Mr. Griffin was Henry P. Barlow, son of ex-Attorney General Barlow, and, at the present time, a promising young lawyer of Baraboo, Wis. Charles F. Crosby was the next ; he first began to practice in Rock Co., Minn .; he was County Judge of this county for a time, and also a member of the Assembly of that State ; Mr. Crosby is now practicing law at Wausau, Wis. W. H. Mybrea, the present Postmaster of Kilbourn City, is another of Mr. Bowman's students. About the same time, Thomas J. Connor, son of Thomas Connor, of Kilbourn City, also read law in the same office, and has since located at Jenny, Wis. The success of these various students indicates the excellences of the teacher.


JOHN W. BROWN, cashier of Bank of Kilbourn, Kilbourn City; he is the son of John J. and Esther E. Brown ; his parents removed from the State of New York to Milwaukee in the summer of 1857, and came to Kilbourn City in the fall of that year, and engaged in the mercantile business ; his father was appointed Postmaster during the administration of President Buchanan, which office he held till 1865 ; was also for some time engaged in the photograph business; his father removed with his family to Minnesota in July, 1865, returning in June, 1866; he removed to Chicago in 1877; the other chil- dren of the family are Robert L. C., Clarence T. and Francis R., all of whom reside in Chicago ; Jolin W. has been employed in the Bank of Kilbourn since 1869, was appointed cashier in 1870.


JANET CONE, widow of David Cone, Sec. 8; P. O. Kilbourn City ; born in Albany, N. Y., in 1807. Married to David Cone, also born in 1807; after marriage, lived in Steuben Co., three years ; thence to Wyoming Co., and to New Berlin, Wis., in June, 1849; Mr. Conc went to California in April, 1850, returned in October, 1851 ; purchased and settled on the farm now owned by Mrs. Conc, in June, 1852; Mr. Conc died in August, 1877, of cancer in the stomach ; Mrs. Cone had ten children, six of whom are living-Persis, Janet, Elizabeth, Cornelia, Daniel and Alvah; Alvah is one of the three sons born at the same time ; the other two died in infancy ; they were born in August, 1857. Alvah was married to Mary Laffin, born in Columbia Co .; has three children-Harvey, Cora and Hubbard ; Mrs. Cone had five children at two births, Elizabeth being one of twins. The farm contains 160 acres.


WILLIAM H. FINCH, proprietor of Finch House, Kilbourn City ; was born in Greene Co., N. Y., in 1840 ; he enlisted in the fall of 1862, in the 144th N. Y. V. I., served till the close of the war, came West in 1865, and located at Reedsburg, Sauk Co., where, with his brother, he was engaged in the harness business for about seven years ; he then purchased the Mansion House at Reedsburg, which he conducted for two years ; he sold his hotel in the spring of 1875, and purchased his present hotel. He was married to Miss Mary L. Dwinnell, daughter of S. A. Dwinnell, of Reedsburg ; they have three daughters- Eva, Essic and Marion. Mr. Finch is successful and popular as a hotel man, and the repu- tation of his house is doing much toward making the Dells of Wisconsin a popular resort.


M. H. HASKINS, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Kilbourn City ; born in Allegany Co., N. Y., in May. 1837 ; came West with her parents in August 1847 ; lived in Beaver Dam some time; thence to Le Roy, Dodge Co .; thence to Adams Co. He enlisted in the 10th W. V. I., in 1861, served three years. Married Julianne Woodworth, native of Lower Canada ; located on his present farm March, 1869.


FRANK HILL. proprietor of livery stable, Kilbourn City ; was born in Ohio in 1838; came to Portage City in the spring of 1857; was for some time employed as foreman in surfacing on railroad, between Pardeeville and Portage City ; went to Milwaukee, and was engaged one year on what was then the N. & M. R R .; was engaged for some time in a flouring-mill at Fulton. Rock Co., thence to Pardceville ; came to Kilbourn City in 1862, where he was engaged in a flouring-mill for about three years ; engaged in the livery business in July, 1864. He was married, in 1863, to Amelia Bunnell, a native of Ithaca,


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N. Y., whose parents are now residents of Mauston, Wis ; they have two children-George W. and Ida May.


JOHN HICKEY, Kilbourn City ; was born in County Clare, Ireland, about 1829 ; he came to the United States in 1856; went to Canada, where he remained one year ; then returned to Ireland, but came back to the United States in 1866; he was in New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana for a few months; thence to St. Louis, and thence to Kilbourn City Aug. 28, 1866, which he has considered his home since that time. Mr. Hickey has been for twelve years in the employ of the W. W. R. R. Co.


STEPHEN HUNGERFORD, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Kilbourn City ; born in Fulton, Oswego Co., N. Y., in 1818 ; his parents moved to Syracuse when he was a child; he lived in Onondaga Co. till he was about 17 years of age; he went to Livingston Co. in the spring of 1835; returned to Syracuse in the fall of that year ; also lived about two years in Broome Co .; he went to California in 1850, and engaged in mining ; returned in 1854; removed to Branch Co., Mich., in the fall of that year. He was married, in 1843, to Miss Lydia M. Root; resided in Michigan till the spring of 1864, when he' came to Wisconsin, and located where he now lives ; he has seven children-Mary A., now Mrs Marcius A. Rublee ; Henry Clay, resides in Iowa ; Orville J., Charles Sumner, Fred R .; Frances A. and Louis. Mr. Hungerford's farm contains about 200 acres.


G. W. JENKINS, M. D., Kilbourn City; born in Schenectady, N. Y., in 1824; when 16 years of age, be removed with his parents to Schoharie Co .; in 1842, he engaged in teaching at Palatine Bridge, Montgomery Co., where he taught about three years ; in 1846, he engaged in teaching in the town of Glen, Montgomery Co .; about this time, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Biggam; he gradu- ated at the medical department of the University of the city of New York in 1851, after which he practiced for some time with his former preceptor, Dr. Biggam ; he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1851, and settled at the mouth of Dree Creek, afterward Newport ; he located in Kilbourn City in the fall of 1861. He was married to Mary Markham, daughter of Sidney D. Markham ; has one daughter, Kate, born August, 1863. The Doctor is a very popular and successful physician, and possesses a large and valuable practice ; he is President of the Columbia County Medical Society, and a prominent member of the American Medical Association.


GEORGE P. JULSON, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Kilbourn City; born in Norway in 1840; he is a brother of Hans Peterson ; his father settled on the farm where George now lives, in 1849. He was married to Helen Tofenson, a native of Norway ; they have four children-Dene M., Hans, Andrew and Ann. His farm contains 119 acres. He is a member of the Lutheran Church.


EDWARD W. KINGSLEY, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Kilbourn City ; born in Venango Co., Penn., in 1818; he came to the pineries of Wisconsin in 1837 ; in February, 1838, he went to Sauk Co., where Baraboo now stands; he assisted in building the first saw-mill at that place, where the first lumber was manufactured in the summer of that year ; in the fall of the same year, he made a claim in what is now the town of Lyons, where he located in 1840; he came to his present location im the fall of 1851; his home has been within a radius of seven miles of where he now lives, for about forty-two years; for about twenty-five years of that time, he has been engaged during the summer season on the Wisconsin River; Mr. Kingsley is one of the earliest settlers of this part of the State ; his most intimate associates during his early residence here were the Indians, who formed the principal part of the population of this part of Wisconsin at this time. His first wife was Miss Jane Gibson, who died in the spring of 1857 ; his present wife was Martha Ulson, a native of Norway ; he had seven children by his first marriage, five of whom are living ; Jefferson, the oldest son, enlisted in Co. K, 18th W. V. I .; he was killed at the battle of Shiloh ; Mr. Kingsley has eight children by his second marriage. He has 180 acres of land.


CHARLES KLEMME, merchant tailor and clothier, Kilbourn City ; was born in Germany in 1853; came to the United States in 1871 ; lived at Franklin, near Milwaukee, for five years, engaged in tailoring ; came to Newport Township with his parents in 1876; came to Kilbourn City and engaged in his present business in March, 1880.


B. KRECH, proprietor of city meat market, Kilbourn City ; born in Saxony, Germany, in May, 1839; he came to this country in 1854; lived in Beloit, Wis., about three years ; thence to Portage City, where he lived about six years; came to Kilbourn City in April, 1868; has been established in business here since that time. He was married to Anna Romal ; has six children-George, Cora, Frank, Mary, Christina and Effa.


JULIUS LEUTE, proprietor of brewery and saloon, Kilbourn City; born in Germany in 1830 ; he came to the United States in 1853; lived in Philadelphia about two years; removed to Mineral Point, Wis., in 1856; thence to Newport, and to Kilbourn City in 1858, and engaged in the shoemaking business ; engaged in the brewery business in 1861, in the brewery built by his brother, Andrew Leute,


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and Joseph Mechler. He was married to Francisca Stierley ; they have six children-Charles, Julius, Andrew. Mex, Fannie and Mary.


MAJ. CHARLES MOELLER, proprietor of saloon, Kilbourn City ; was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1821 ; served the army of his native land ; came to the United States in 1852; lived in Waukesha Co., Wis., two years; removed to Milwaukee in 1854. Married Elizabeth Brahm ; lived in Milwaukee till 1857, when he came to Kilbourn City ; kept hotel till 1861, when he enlisted in the 4th WV. V. I., and was made Orderly Sergeant of Co. D ; as he had had experience in military service, he was soon after transferred to the Louisiana Artillery as Drill Sergeant ; was afterward promoted to a lieu- tenancy in the brigade of Gen. W. T. Sherman ; being disabled, he resigned in January, 1864; he returned to Kilbourn City, and engaged in the hop business, which he followed for many years.


GEORGE C. MCELROY, M. D., Superintendent of the " Kilbourn Hygienic Institute," Kilbourn City ; was born in Beaver Co., Penn., in September, 1841 ; studied medicine in Philadelphia ; attended lectures at the " Hygeo-Therapeutic College," at Florence Heights, N. J .; his wife, formerly Miss A wanda McMaster, born at Jamestown, Penn., Dec. 22, 1845, is associated with him in the superintend- ency of the institute, she having received the same preparation for her profession as her husband; they became connected with the institute April 5, 1879, and assumed their present position in February, 1880.


G. M. MARSHALL & SON, founders and machinists, Kilbourn City. Mr. George M. Marshall, Sr., member of this firm, was born in Canada East May 13, 1834, though his father was a native of the United States, and a cousin of the eminent Rufus Choate; his mother was a native of Scotland. Mr. Marshall was educated at Williston Academy, Vt., having removed with his parents to that State in 1842; he entered as an apprentice in a foundry and machine shop, at Burlington, Vt., in 1850, and commenced business as a carriage maker, at Shelbourne Falls, Vt., in 1856; came to Wisconsin iu 1×65, and settled at Big Springs, Adams Co. He served two years as Chairman of his town ; as a men- ber of Assembly two terms; he was appointed by Gov. William E. Smith one of the Commissioners under Chapter 273, Laws of 1877, to examine and test such steam or road wagons as may be presented, to compete for the $10,000 reward offered the State, for a cheap and practical substitute for the use of horses and other animals, on the farm and road. The subject of this sketch was Chairman of the Commission. Mr. Marshall was married to Julia A. Hoyt, a native of Vermont ; has three children-Frank, Evaline and Ruth ; lost four children in infancy. Frank, who is associated with his father in business, was born at Shelbourne Falls, Vt., April 12, 1856; this firm is building up a fine business in Kilbourn City ; they are engaged in the manufacture of Marshall's patent blacksmith shears, upsets, power corn sheller, improved Jonvil turbine water-wheels.


CLARK D. MUNGER, deceased, formerly of the firm of Walker, Munger & Co., Kilbourn City ; was born in Warsaw, Wyoming Co., N. Y., in 1827 : he came to Kilbourn City in 1856. He was married to Miss Martha Pettibone, of Warsaw. N. Y .; he died Nov. 17, 18 0. Mrs. Munger has one son- Ellis D., born Oct. 30, 1858 ; has lost three children-Charlotte, Frank and Henrietta.


WILLIAM II. MYLREA, attorney and Postmaster, Kilbourn City ; son of Catharine Mylrea, was born in Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1853; his father came to this country from the Isle of Man in 1840; he returned to his native isle in 1849. He was married and returned to the United States in 1850. Mr. Mylrea's parents came to Kilbourn in 1856, where they still reside. They have three children-William H., Charles h. and Susan J. William H. was educated at Lawrence University, at Appleton, Wis., which he attended about five years ; he entered the law school of Madison, in January, 1878 ; was appointed Postmaster at Killbourn City, in March of that year; prepared himself for the practice of law, in the office of Jonathan Bowman, Esq., of Kilbourn City ; was admitted to the bar, at Portage, Wis., May 13, 1879.


ANDFEND NELSON, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Kilbourn City ; has 250 acres in farm ; born in Norway, October, 1828, came to the United States in August, 1848 ; he lived with Mr. Clark Young, in the town of Leeds, Columbia Co., for about five years; settled on his present farm in 1854. Was married the same year to Melinda Cone, born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in May, 1835. Mr. Nelson has been Supervisor several years ; also Treasurer of the district several terms.




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