The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 153

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JOHN WENZEL, farmer, Sec 3 ; P. O. Campbellsport; born in Hesse-Darmstadt, in 1832 ; in 1848, he accompanied his parents to Algeria, Africa, where he spent two years ; returning, he remained in the Fatherland until he was 25, when, accompanied by his future wife, Miss Margaret Bader, he came to America and to Wisconsin ; they reached Ashford with nothing but health and resolution to make a home ; both hired out, he for a year at $100. The next year they married and began housekeeping in a granary. Mr. Wenzel getting $12 per month the second year, then renting his present farm for three years ; beginning $20 in debt, he has, in twenty-two years, earned a splendid 162-aere farm, on which he has built a large and tasty residence, and a basement barn, 82x34 feet in size, and has all tools, etc., besides grade short-horn cattle and Leicester grade sheep. He can now speak and read English, and is educating his children, having seven living-John, Bena, Mary, Charlotte, Henry, William F. and George D. Politics, Independent Republican ; has been Supervisor two years, and Assessor four years.


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JOHN and E. C. AIRHART, farmers, Sec. 17; P. O. Osceola ; John Airhart was born in Alsace, France, July 24, 1790; when 16 years old, he joined Napoleon's army, served through the German and Spanish campaigns, was captured by the English and held prisoner in Malaga six months ; then enlisted with the English and served over three years with the garrison on the Island of Malta was then sent into Canada, and fought during the war of 1812; deserting the British at Plattsburg, he set- tled in Albany Co., N. Y., where he married, Dec. 15, 1816, Miss Mary Killmer, who was born June 19, 1794, in Greenbush, Rensselaer Co., N. Y .; about 1833, they left Albany Co. and settled in Rensselaer Co., remaining until June, 1848, when the family settled on the Airhart homestead in Osceola ; bought 320 acres, part of which has been given to the heirs, the farm now containing 200 acres. For some time the family lived in a rude shanty built by a Mr. Cole ; there are five children living-Eveline, Mary MI., Edward C., Willam B. and Martha ; they have lost four-Sarah, Dinah, Helen and John H. (who died in the Union service at Duvall's Bluff, Ark., in 1864 ) : Edward C., William B., John H., Helen and Martha, and Mary M. ( now Mrs. Nathan C'arey), all came to Wisconsin with the old folks, who are now doubtless the oldest married couple in the county. Edward C. was born in Albany Co. N. Y., March 16, 1828, and married, Dee. 25, 1851, Miss Sarah J., eldest daughter of Aaron Walters, of Eden, she leaving at her death, June 14, 1867, one daughter-Helen E. (now Mrs. A. R. Pasenger, of Watson, Lewis Co., N. Y ). On the 30th of April, 1868, he married Miss Mary E., daughter of E. R. Tripp, who came from Oneida Co., N. Y., to Walworth Co., Wis., in 1854, and settled in Fond du Lac Co. in 1862 ; his wife was Sarah E. Bartlett, and both are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Airhart have two daughters-Edith M. and Mary E. Father and son are Republicans, E. C. having served as Supervisor and Chairman.


CALVIN HI. ALLEN. farmer, See. 30; P. O. Waucousta ; was born in Ashland Co., Ohio, Oct. 19, 1835 ; son of Capt. Silas Allen, who led a restless life, sailing for many years on Lake Michigan and the other great lakes; in 1847, he bought 400 acres of Government land in Osceola, on which he settled with his family in May, 1848; having but little means, the family saw much of pioneer privation and hardships ; after making a good farm and home of this wild land, Capt. A. sold it and removed to St. Joseph, Mich., where he died Jan. 12, 1872; a strong, earnest and true man, be was missed by scores of warm friends. C. H. Allen settled on his farm of eighty acres in 1857 ; of his first forty only eight had been cleared and broken ; beginning with almost nothing, he built a shanty and kept "bachelor's hall " about three years; Mr. Allen has reelaimed his land and made a most pleasant home. He married, March 22, 1860, Miss Sarah, daughter of James Yapp; she was born in Worcestershire, England, coming to America in 1851, and residing in Fond du Lac until her marriage ; they have one son-Leonard J., born May 31, 1868. Both Mr. and Mrs. A. are supporters of Christianity, she being an Episcopalian. Mr. A. is, like his father, a Democrat.


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JACOB ARIMOND, merchant, Dundee; born Oct. 12, 1840, in Germany ; his mother died the next July, and, in 1844, his father came to America; Jacob came with his grandfather in 1851, and joined his father in Marshfield, Fond du Lac Co., and learned the mason's trade of him ; after three years, he went to Taycheedah, and, when he left there, entered the paint store of James Edwards, Fond du Lac, going from there to a hardware store; in August, 1863, he went to California via the isthmus, and the second year opened a store in San Francisco, returning to Wisconsin, via the Nicaragua route, in February, 1866; in May, 1866, he bought the store and stock of A. Larsdt, Dundee; did business in the old stand three years; then built his large two-story store, which is 24x66 feet in size, and well fitted up; here he has the post office, as deputy, and carries a large and complete stock, the only one in Dundee; keeps any and every thing to meet a country trade, including drugs, medicines, notions, etc., besides farm- ing implements. Married, in 1866, Miss Mary Deweis, of Fond du Lac, and has two children-Gudula C. and Edward J. Mr. Arimond is a Democrat, and a Roman Catholic, with his wife, who was born in Germany, and settled in Fond du Lac in 1855.


ASHER ARMSTRONG, farmer, See. 2; P. O. Armstrong's Corners; born in Hoosic, Rens- selaer Co. N. Y., June 17, 1821; was educated there, and married Miss Adelia lIarris; made a visit to Wisconsin in 1847, and, in 1849, settled on a farm near the Mccullough Schoolhouse, in Auburn; in 1851, he exchanged with Mr. Bates, and settled on his present farm of 200 acres; of this, perhaps six were cleared, on which was a log shanty ; since his settlement, the crossing of the road south of his house has been called Armstrong's Corners, and the post office was established here in his house in 1854 or 1855; jt was soon transferred to the house of S. F. Armstrong, where it was kept until 1872, when the brothers left their farms, and Mr. Stannard, who still serves, was appointed; he rented Mr. Asher A.'s farm, and began keeping the office in his house, where it is still kept. Asher A. took a position under Mr. Wheeler in the State Prison, where he served until 1871; was then a year in business in Fond du Lac, returning to his farm in 1875; in 1878, he built a cheese factory and store, which burned New Year's Day, 1880 ; Mr. A. has nearly completed a large two-story building, which he will fit up in the best manner for a cheese factory, and one large room for a store ; the upper story will be a public hall, 34x20} feet in size ; his factory was and will be a complete success in spite of rival factories. In the fall of 1851, his vote, with three others, were the only ones cast for the Free Soil ticket in a town which afterward gave a Republican majority of forty ; his first vote, in 1844, was for Mr. Bisney. Mr. A. has been Town Treas- urer, Supervisor and Superintendent of Schools, and received a vote of' thanks from his town for his able settlement of a dispute between Osceola and Eden in 1851, he settling with Messrs. William Stuart and Carr, of Eden ; he has also served with credit as Clerk of the County Board, Deputy United States Assessor, Sergeant-at- Arms in the Wisconsin Assembly in 1860-61, and took the United States census of 1870 in his distriet, as Deputy Marshal. Mrs. Armstrong died in 1867, leaving six children-Harper deceased ), Mary, Sarah, Van H., Jay P. and Ida. In 1870, he married Mrs. Sarah Odekirk, by whom he has two daughters-Hattie and Lucy Hayes. As a religionist, Mr. A. believes in doing his whole duty. O. F. BROKMEYER, proprietor of the Dundee Hotel, Osceola; born March 25, 1845, in Prussia ; came to America in 1861, and worked a year in a pail factory at Two Rivers, Wis .; was two years in Fond du Lac and eighteen months in the iron region of Lake Superior; he then made a year's visit to the Fatherland ; returned, and opened a store in Elmore, where he was the first Postmaster; after two years here, he sold out, and bought the Dundee Hotel April 4, 1870; it is the only public house in the village, and he has more than doubled it in size, added good stabling, ice-house, etc .; has also the only livery and bar in the place. Married at West Bend, Wis., July 4, 1866, Miss Catherine Lenn, a native of Switzerland, by whom he has four children-William, Caroline, Anna and Kate. Mr. Brok- meyer is a public-spirited and genial landlord, and a liberal giver to the local churches; was also the originator of the Dundee Stock Fair of June, 1870. Politics, a Democrat.


DANIEL CAVANAGH, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Osceola; born in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland, Feb. 2, 1831 ; is a son of James and Ellen Cavanagh, who emigrated to America in 1834, stop- ping a short time in Bangor, Me., then settling in Waltham, Mass., where Daniel received his schooling ; the family settled on a farm in Washington Co., Wis., in 1842, remaining until April, 1849, when they settled on Government land on See. 3, Osceola, being the second Irish family to locate here. The subject of this sketch continued his studies in Wisconsin, living on the homestead until 1869, when he bought his farm of 220 acres ; his mother died in September, 1853, and his father in January, 1868; Mr. Cava- nagh has proved himself a capable farmer, having built a basement barn 46x71 feet, with twenty-two foot posts, and a handsome square, two-story residence ; has also brought 135 acres of his farm to a good state of improvement. In politics, a Democrat; Mr. Cavanagh was elected in 1861 Town Treasurer ; then followed his election as Chairman of Osceola from 1864 to 1877, with the exception of three years ; in


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1869, he was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly, and to the State Senate in 1875. lle married Miss Margaret, daughter of Henry Hardgrove, one of the Irish pioneers of Forest, on the 20th of February, 1854, they having seven children-Ella, Mary, James T., Daniel, Anna, Henry and Jennie ; Mary is the wife of E. H. Lyons, of Osceola. Mr. Cavanagh and family are Roman Catholics.


CHARLES COOPER, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Osceola; born Oct. 17, 1808, in Lanarkshire, Sentland, where he married, in 1838, Miss Mary Inglis, a native of that shire; they came with three children-Elizabeth, Charles and Mary-to America, reaching the Cooper homestead in October, 18-19, with a team hired in Milwaukee. Fond du Lac then had but two stores. Mr. Cooper bought the farm of W. Nobles, and was the second Scotchman to settle in the town of Osceola. The lumber for the floor of his log house was hauled from Sheboygan, and it was roofed with poplar troughs. Roads were poor and without bridges-Mr. Cooper going often to Plymouth to mill when there was only flour enough for a single baking in the house; all his teaming and breaking was with oxen, and he did good work as a pio- neer ; died Sept. 22, 1876. Elizabeth is Mrs. Horace Eels, of Waupun Township; Mary is Mrs. J. B. Tripp, of Fond du Lac; Charles was born June 3, 1843, and did his share in improving the farm, which he now owns, with its excellent barns and spacious house, which has replaced the log house of old times ; the farm is 160 acres; on the 17th of July, 1879, he married Miss Sophia Yokeum, of Auburn. The family are Presbyterians, and Mr. Cooper a Republican.


JOHN GRAHAM, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Osceola ; born in the city of Carlisle, Cumberland, England, March 28, 1821; came to America with his parents in 1836, both he and his father taking an active part in the patriots' outbreak in 1837, narrowly eseaping the vengeance of the British, and settling in Albany, N. Y .; then going to New York City, where John Graham resided three years, then locating in Geneva, N. Y., where he worked three years for T. B. Burrell ; in September, 1844, he reached Mil- waukee, and, during the next two years, was engaged in chopping in the woods south of the then village ; was joined here the second year by his wife, he having married Miss Louisa Legare, they then settling among the openings of Dodge Co., living in a bark-roofed shanty floored with basswood slabs; on the 10th of January, 1848, they settled on Government land on Sec. 17, town of Osceola, building the first house in the town, all other buildings being shanties; for doors and windows they used blankets, and. when Mrs. Graham was alone at night, with a pack of ravenous wolves howling on either side of the house, we may well excuse her fright. The oldest son, Byron, was born here on the 14th of March, 1849, and theirs was the first white child born in the town ; the other living children are Caroline, Agnes, Josephine and Garrie; Caroline is the wife of Allen Pulling, of Greenbush, Wis .; Agnes is Mrs. Noble Adams, of Fayette Co., Iowa; Josephine resides in Menominee Falls, Wis., and Garrie is a teacher in Rosendale ; Byron married Miss Catherine Roltgen, and is now on the homestead. John Graham began in this town with 18 cents in his pocket, his family doing without a floor or a store the first fall, and living on corn- meal ground in a coffee-mill, destitute of butter, pork or milk, and using an old chest for a table, sleeping on a pile of logs, and doing without chairs. As a reward for the privations so patiently endured then, he has a well-improved farm of 120 aeres, a pleasant home and all needed barns, etc. Is a Catholic and a Republican. Ile also served about a year with Grant in the 5th W. V. I., Co. Il ; during the assault on Petersburg, his brother was shot dead; the honorable discharge of Mr. Graham dates June 14, 1865.


WILLIAM KEYS, farmer, Sees. 17 and 18; P. O. Osceola ; born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, July 17, 1810 ; came to America with his family in 1850, settled in the town of Empire, and, after four years, on his present farm. To reach this, he eut a track through the dense brush, which track is now the highway passing his house. Building a log shanty, he did sturdy work with his ax, having little to do with and much to contend with ; in payment, he has a well-improved farm of 160 acres, several barns, sheds, ete., and has supplanted the shanty with a tasteful residence. In 1837, he married Miss Margaret Wiley, of County Tyrone, Ireland ; they have six children-Thomas W., William C., Sarah L., Hannah J., Eliza A. and Etta M. ; the eldest is a physician in Le Roy, III. ; William C. is a substan- tial farmer in Eden; Sarah L. is Mrs. Charles Montgomery, of Calumet Co., Wis., and Hannah is Mrs. C. E. Tripp, of Eden. The family are members of the M. E. Church; Mr. Keys is a Democrat, and has been Supervisor and Chairman of Osceola.


THOMAS MCGRATH, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Armstrong's Corners; boro in County Tip- perary, Ireland, Aug. 3, 1821 ; came to America in 1841, followed, in 1842, by his mother and brothers, his father having died in Ireland. The brothers worked on the railways of the different New England States for several years; the family settled in Osceola in 1849, Thomas buying his 160-acre farm of the Government. He and his wife saw much of pioneering, he chopping and burning the heavy timber which covered his farm, and living in a shake-roofed log shanty. Beginning with little or nothing, the result of his care and labor is an improved farm, a basement barn, 30x80 feet, with other buildings, and a tasteful LL


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residence in place of the shanty of early days. He married Miss Mary Donaher, of Chester Co., Penn., by whom he has seven children-Hugh, Maria, Anna, Martha, Emily, Thomas and Alice. The parents of Mrs. McGrath settled in Pennsylvania in 1827, and in Sheboygan Co. in 1847. Mr. MeGrath is a Democrat and was for many years a Supervisor; the family are Roman Catholics.


WALTER STANTON, farmer, Secs. 7 and 8; P. O. Osccola; born in March, 1820, in County Mayo, Ireland ; came to America with his wife in 1851, she staying in Onondaga Co., N. Y., while he pushed out for Wisconsin, bought his farm and planted corn and potatoes that spring. His wife joined him, and they began their struggle with the privations of frontier life ; their capital was good health and pluck. Mr. S. did without a team at first, planting his corn in the rooty, unbroken soil with a grub hoe. They saw many hardships, but persevered, aud, as a result, have a well-improved farm of 120 acres, good barns and a pleasant home; a striking contrast to their surroundings when deer could be shot from the door of their slab-roofed shanty. Mrs. Stanton was Miss Hannah Durkin, born and wedded in County Mayo, Ireland. They have one son-James H., born Dec. 10, 1860, who was educated in the State Nor- mal School, Oshkosh. Mr. S. is a Democrat, and the family are Catholics.


JOHN H. TRENTLAGE, merchant, Waucousta ; born Feb. 18, 1833, in Hanover ; came to America in August. 1848; was a year in a New York grocery store; then clerked ten years in Mil- waukee ; came to New Cassel in 1859, and with J. D. Iding, began business in Wancousta the next year, they building the large two-story store of Mr. T. The partnership was dissolved by mutual con- sent in 1865 ; Mr. Trentlage served as Postmaster of Waucousta from 1864 to 1879; is a Republican of Greenback tendencies. He carries a large and complete stock of dry goods, groceries, drugs and med- icines, boots and shoes, hats, caps, glassware, notions, etc., etc .; he has a saloon in connection, and also deals in agricultural implements. He married Laura Jane Lake, of Milwaukee Co., by whom he has eight children-Eliza, Marion, Laura, Cora, John, Annie, Willie, Ernest and George. Mrs. T. was born in 1844, in Ohio.


DAVID TWOHIG, farmer, See. 1; P. O. Armstrong's Corners ; born Feb. 14, 1837, in County Cork, Ireland ; is a son of Bartholomew and Hanorah T., who emigrated to America in 1848, and remained in Chicopee, Mass., until 1852, when the family made a brief visit to Wisconsin and bought the farm. After the return to Massachusetts, Mr. Twohig, Sr., died, and, in 1855, the family settled on the farm of eighty acres, now owned by David Twohig, he having built good barns and a handsome modern residence. He married, Feb. 6, 1877, Miss Bridget Hardgrove, a native of County Clare, Ire- land, her people having reached America in 1846, and settled, in 1852, in Forest. Mr. and Mrs. T. have five children-Bartholomew, Norah E., Henry F., David J. and George R. The family are Roman Catholics. Mr. Twohig is officially identified with his town, as he was elected Supervisor at 22 years of age, and has been elected Assessor four years.


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A. ADAMS (deceased) was born in Rutland Co., Vt., Dec. 18, 1808. April 28, 1838, he married, in his native county, Merinda Bartlett. She was born in Rutland Co. Sept. 14, 1816. In about 1845, they came to Wisconsin, and lived in Walworth Co. one year, at the end of which time they moved to the town of Forest, Fond du Lac Co., where he died Oct. 8, 1868. He was a leading member of the M. E. Church, and took a deep and active interest in religious and educational matters, and during his lifetime was elected to various offices. His wife, Mrs. Adams, is still living, and resides on the homestead. on See. 13, town of Forest. She is a member of the M. E. Church ; owns 80 acres of land. Their children are Samuel A .- he married, in this county, Melissa Heath, they live in Clark Co., Wis .; Emily E., wife of David Rogers, Clark Co., Wis. ( he served in the 14 W. V. I. during the war of the rebellion, and was wounded in the service) ; Mortimer, who enlisted, at the age of 19, in Co. A, 10th W. V. I., and died in the service May 27, 1862; Emery C., wife of Henry Rancier, Dunn Co., Wis. (he served in a New York regiment during the late war, and was severely wounded) ; Helen S., deceased ; Noble, who married, in this county, Agnes Carter-they now live in Jowa ; David, now in Dunn Co., Wis .; Frankie, wife of Charles George, Dunn Co., Wis .; Eugene Ernest and Delyle, of this town ( Forest). Mrs. Adams' father, Hooker Bartlett, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his father, J. Bartlett, was in the Colonial army during the war of the Revolution.


DAVID M. CARSON, Jr., farmer, Sec. 24 ; P. O. St. Cloud ; was a soldier during the ate war of the rebellion in Co. H, 14th W. V. I., and participated in numerous battles, sieges and skirmishes ;


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was enrolled in September, 1861, at Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., Wis., and was honorably discharged in December, 1865. He was born in Augusta, Me., Feb. 16, 1837 ; removed with his parents, David M. and Mary J. Carson, to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Forest, Fond du Lac Co. He married, in Green- bush, Sheboygan Co., Wis., on May 31, 1868, Miss A. C. Barnes. She was the daughter of Samuel K. and Salome Barnes, who settled in this town, Forest, in 1853. She was born in Stenben Co., N. Y. They have three children-William D., Ella A. and Austin J. Mr. Carson owns 120 acres of land; is a Republican in polities. His parents moved to Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., Wis. (where they now live), in 1868. Their children are David M., Jr., James H., now of Shell Rock, Iowa; Frederick D., who served in 5tb W. I. during the war ; Ellen, wife of L. W. Casey, Forest; Otis M. Mrs. David M. Carson's father, Samnel K. Barnes, died in 1858. His wife is still living. Their children are Uphasia L., wife of S. W. Van Doran, of Oshkosh, Wis. (he was a soldier in the war of the rebellion; served in Co. H. 14th W. V. I.); William J., of Springvale, this county, he was also a soldier in the 14th W. V. I., during the war ; Milton K., also served in the 14th W. V. I., and died in the service ; Austin T., was in Co. 1, 5th W. V. I., and was killed at Fredericksburg, Va .; Antoinette, wife of James MeConaughty (he served in Co. H., 14th W. V .. I. during the war ; Alvina C., wife of David M. Carson, Jr .; Salome L., wife of George W. Brown, and Miss Viola.


E. C. COON, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Armstrong's Corners ; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1832. Dee. 23, 1855, he married, in his native county, Angelica Crosier ; she was also a native of Onondago Co. In 1859, they came to Wisconsin, located in the town of Forest, Fond du Lac Co., which has been their home sinee ; they have three children-Ida, Willard and Charlie. Mr. Coon owns 240 acres of land. In politics, he is a Republican ; he takes an active interest in religious and educational matters, and is, in every respect, a publie-spirited citizen.


JAMES CORBETT, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. St. Cloud ; was born in Benson, Rutland Co., Vt., April 11, 1826. He received a liberal education in his native county, and followed teaching there until 1849, in which year he came to Green Bay, Wis., and there and in vicinity, followed teaching and farming until about 1855. Nov. 1, 1854, he married in the town of Forest, Foud du Lac Co., Wis . Cinderilla Barragar, daughter of Hiram and Catherine Barragar, who settled in Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., Wis., in an early day ; she was born near Belleville, Canada West, Sept. 3, 1836. During the war of the rebellion, Mr. Corbett enlisted in Co. G, 36th W. V. I., and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He owns 80 acres of land. In politics, is a Republican ; himself and wife are leading members of the M. E. Church. Their children are James F. (a graduate of the Cleveland Medical Institute, Ohio ), Charles B., Ella and George W. Mr. C. is Secretary of the. Dotyville M. E. Church, a position he has filled since its organization. His parents were Peter and Melinda Corbett, who came from Vermont to Fond du Lae Co., afterward moved to Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., where his mother died March 18, 1879; his father is still living in Greenbush, a prominent citizen ; their children were Sylvester i now of Waterloo, lowa) ; James (whose name appears at the head of this sketch); William H. (now in Minnesota, who was a soldier in Co. B, 8th W. V. I., two years ) ; Sarah (wife of C. R. Barrager, of Crete, Neb., he was Captain of a company in 3d W. V. I., during the war of the rebellion ) ; Charles ( now in the mercantile business in Green- bush, served in the 8th W. V. I., during the war, and was severely wounded) ; Lester ( also of Greenbush, served in the 14th W. V. I., in the late war), Alexander (of Greenbush ). Mrs. J. Corbett's parents, Hiram and Cathrine Barrager, came from Canada to Greenbush. Sheboygan Co., where they lived two years ; theu moved to Forest, Fond du Lac Co., where her mother died in 1857 ; her father now resides in Sheboygan Falls, Wis. ; their children are Heury (of Kearney, Neb.), Charles R. (who was Captain of a company in 3d W. V. I., lives in Crete, Neb.), Bidwell, (of Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., was a soldier in the 14th W. V. I.) George W. ( now in Iowa), Walter M. (now in Sibley, Iowa), Alfred J. (in Crete, Neh.), Wendell 11., Sheboygan Falls, Wis.




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