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MILFORD CARR.
Milford Carr, son of John and Isabel (White) Carr, was born in 1892, married Martha, daughter of Chas. and Carrie (Day)" White. They have no children. Mr. Carr has taught in the public schools three years.
RICHARD CHAFFEY.
Richard Chaffey, born at Pittsburgh in 1850, son of H. F. and Hopewell Chaffey, was married in 1882 to Laura L., daughter of A. W. and Caroline Couse. Children, Ruth, Laura and Florence. He came to Randolph in 1889. In 1897 Mr. Chaffey was elected to the Elkins City Council. He is president of the Peoples National Bank of Elkins. Al- though an active and successful business man, Mr. Chaffey is prominent in civil and church affairs, and much credit
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should be accorded him for the adoption of the prohibition amendment in West Virginia.
ABRAHAM CLINGERMAN.
Abraham Clingerman, son of Peter and Julia Ann (Smith) Clingerman, was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, mar- ried, first, Maggie E. Smith. Children, Oda E. For his second wife Mr. Clingerman married Bertha Ellen Eliff. Children, Herschell, Virgie V., Pearl and Denver. Mr. Clingerman has been a carpenter and builder since locating in Elkins.
CAPT. WILLIAM H. COBB.
Capt. Wm. H. Cobb. William Henry Cobb was born June 30, 1859, in Hall County, Georgia. He was united in marriage in 1896 to Laone, daughter of Col. Elihu and So- phrina (Woodford) Hutton. This union has been blessed with four children, Elihu Hutton Cobb, Marion Cobb, Wil- liam Henry Cobb, Jr. and Langly Woodford Cobb.
Capt. Cobb was reared on the typical southern planta- tion on the Oconee River, and received such early education as was afforded by the Old Field Schools of that time. Later he attended the North Georgia Military Academy and took his degree from the Georgia State University at Athens. Sub- sequently he took a course in law and located in Southern Florida for the practice of his profession.
With military mien, talent and training, Capt. Cobb has always had a native bent toward the profession of arms. Ac- cordingly, when war with Spain was declared, he raised a company in his home town of Arcadia. Capt. Cobb's com- pany saw service in Santiago and Guantanimo, Cuba. He has held commissions from the President of the United States and from the Governors of three States, and was preparing to enter the service in the recent anticipated unpleasantness with Mexico. At the close of the Spanish American War Capt. Cobb's company was mustered out and he located in Elkins to practice the profession of law. Capt. Cobb has been active in the affairs of the city and has been a member of city council, mayor and six years president of the Board of Trade. He has been also, vice-president of the State Board of Trade.
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In a practical way he has been active in the upbuilding of the city by erecting several modern business blocks.
The Cobb family is an old English one and the Cobham estates remain as landmarks in the mother country. The family came to America in 1655 and settled near Norfolk, Virginia, moving to the Carolinas prior to the Revolution. Representatives of this family have been prominent in the councils of both branches of the National law-making bodies and furnished governors for several States in Dixie. Capt. Cobb is also related to the Tanner and Langley families of Virginia that trace their lineage back many centuries.
H. T. CONNER.
H. T. Conner, son of William and Minerva (Layman) Conner, was born in Frostburg, Maryland, 1883, married Mary Bowers. Children, Cathaline, Mildred and William G.
Mr. Conner is proprietor of Elkins Bakery and Confec- tionery, and has been a resident of Elkins since 1905.
C. L. CORDER.
C. L. Corder son of Elam G. and Martha ( Hodges) Cor- der, was born in Upshur County in 1872, married Lula, daugh- ter of Rev. C. B. and Marian (Maxwell) Meredith. Children. Paul, Frances and Effie.
Mr. Corder was educated in public schools, Buckhannon Academy and graduated from West Virginia Business Col- lege in 1893. After teaching school a number of years, he came to Elkins and engaged in the insurance business. He is now a member of the clerical force of the Western Maryland Railroad Company at Elkins and also maintains an insurance office.
A. WATT CURRY.
A. Watt Curry, son of William H. and Mary ( Wilson) Curry, was born December 14, 1849, married Jennie, daughter of James and Rachel (Davis) Moyers. Child, Maud.
Mr. Curry was born at Rock Cave, Upshur County. Mr. Curry is one of the substantial citizens of Beverly, and has a jewelry store on Main street. The Curry family was a pion-
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eer family in Augusta. James and Rebecca Curry, children of William Curry, were baptised by Rev. John Craig, D.D., in Augusta, in 1746. These names are in Rev. Craig's records of baptism.
GIDEON C. CORLEY.
Gideon C. Corley, son of N. E. and Louisa (Wilson) Cor- ley, was born in 1840 in Barbour County, married Lydia Thorn. Children, Edward, Henry, Stella, Dora, Garfield, Mer- ta, and Lonna.
Mr. Corley was a member of the County Court of Bar- bour County four years and justice of the peace eight years. Mr. Corley attended the convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln for first term.
DR. JAMES L. CUNNINGHAM.
James Lancashire Cunningham, born September 1, 1863, Pittsburgh, Pa .; graduated from high school of Belmont County, Ohio, in 1881, and in medicine from the University of Baltimore in 1892. Dr. Cunningham located in Pickens in June of the same year where he has since engaged in the practice of his profession. Dr. Cunningham is a son of John and Selena (Cowell) Cunningham, who imigrated to America in 1836, locating in Pittsburgh. At the age of 21, Dr. Cun- ningham engaged in the profession of teaching and taught many terms, leaving the profession to take up the study of medicine as a student under Dr. John T. Huff. He was ap- pointed enumerator of the census for Hackers Valley Dis- trict, Webster County, in 1890. At present he is a member of the Board of Education of Middle Fork District and is surgeon for the B. & O. Railroad.
Dr. Cunningham married Mary, daughter of William and Margaret (Reese) Roberts, in 1894, in the Pickens Presby- terian church by Rev. Brooks, and have children, Mabel Ma- rie and Ethel Selena. Dr. Cunningham has been successful in his profession and owns a beautiful home overlooking the town of Pickens. No physician in the State perhaps, serves so large a clientele in a non-competitive field. Socially and fraternally Dr. Cunningham has been a member of the Ma- sonic and K. of P. orders for many years.
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HON. HENRY G. DAVIS.
Henry G. Davis. Henry G. Davis, second son of Caleb and Louisa (Brown) Davis, was born November 16, 1823. He was of Welch decent. He worked on a farm from early boy- hood until he was 19 years of age. He then became a freight brakesman on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Bal- timore and Cumberland. He was successively passenger con- ductor and supervisor of trains.
At the age of 28 Mr. Davis married a daughter of Judge Bantz, of Frederick, Maryland. In 1854 he was made agent for the B. & O. at Piedmont. Soon thereafter, in partnership with his brothers, Thomas B. Davis and Wm. R. Davis, he engaged in business in shipping coal and lumber. Mr. Davis also founded the towns of Deer Park and Keyser.
In 1866 Mr. Davis entered politics and was elected to the Legislature. Two years later he was elected to the State Senate. He succeeded Waitman T. Wiley in the United States Senate in 1870, which position he held until 1883. He was the leading spirit in the building of the C. I., C. & C. and Western Maryland railroads.
Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Davis. Hallie, who married S. B. Elkins: Kate, who married Lieutenant Brown, and Grace, who married Arthur Lee: and two sons, Harry and John T. John T. Davis represented Randolph in the Legislature in 1910-2.
In 1904 Mr. Davis was the vice-presidential candidate with Judge Parker on the Democratic ticket.
Mr. Davis died in 1916.
A. E. DANN.
A. E., son of William Henry and Christina A. (Hannah) Dann, was born in Kansas in 1877, married Eva (Hatfield ) Wainer. Children, Martha and Dortha. Mr. Dann was edu- cated in the public schools of Kansas. He is at present and has several times previous represented his ward in the Flkin's city council and is manager of the Elkins Furniture and Hardware Company. His father, William H. Dann, came to America from England in 1871. He was clerk of Grego Coun-
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ty, Kansas, in 1885, and for a number of years has resided at Beltsville, a suburb of Washington.
RALPH DARDEN.
Ralph Darden, son of Geo. G. Darden, was born in North Carolina in 1867, married Ada May, daughter of E. C. Har- wood. Mr. Darden was educated in the colleges of his native State and entered upon the study of law, but defective eye- sight precluded close application to study and Mr. Darden engaged in business pursuits. Mr. Darden has been promi- nent in the affairs of his adopted county. He was a member of the city council in 1896.
CHARLES E. DULANEY.
Chas. E., son of J. L. and Mary (Cain) Dulaney, was born February 9, 1875, married, first, Hedig, daughter of Mathas and Ada Sulsi. Children, Roy, Franklin and Thamer.
The first wife of Mr. Dulaney died in 1901. Mr. Dulaney for his second wife married Bessie M., daughter of David and Mary Jane (Armstrong) Riffle. Children, Cecil, Charles, Nor- val, Claude and Mary Louise. Mr. Dulaney was born in Ritchie County and came to Randolph in 1894. He is of French descent. For fifteen years he has held his present po- sition of engineer of Pickens and Webster Springs Railroad.
WILLIAM F. DOERR.
William F. Doerr, German descent, son of Henry and Ida (Lessenger) Doerr, was born in Butler County, Pennsyl- vania, in 1873, married Ida S. McCauly. Children, Roy I. and Ralph M. Mr. Doerr came to Randolph in 1895 and for nine years has been in the employ of the Gulland Clarke Wholesale Grocery Company at Elkins.
WALTER C. DILWORTH.
Walter C. Dilworth, son of James G. and Alcinda (Rat- liff) Dilworth, was born in Barbour County in 1879, married Daisy, daughter of Newton Gibson. Children, Mamie L., Hersell L., Kent G., Wanda and Marie. Mr. Dilworth came to Randolph in 1900. He is in the employ of the Elkins Elec- tric Railway Company as conductor and motorman.
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HENRY CLAY DEAN.
Henry Clay Dean. Henry Clay Dean was a native of Penn- sylvania and came to Randolph when a young man. He married a Miss Haigler of Valley Bend District. He taught school, then became a minister of the Methodist church. He moved to Missouri in about 1850. He soon gained prom- inence and was elected Chaplain of the United States Senate, which place he held for twelve years. He studied law and gained a national reputation as a criminal lawyer. At one time he was a candidate for the United States Senate from the State of Missouri and only lacked three votes of election against the combined opposition. The press commenting on his defeat said he would have been elected, without opposi- tion if he had donned a clean shirt at any time within six weeks prior to the election.
During the Civil War Dean's oratorical battery was ever on duty in behalf of the Southern cause and the Federal Government was very anxious to get hands on the man who was giving them more trouble than a regiment of soldiers. His presence in Keokuk, Iowa, became known to the Federal authorities and while he was upon the streets of that city, some dark forms came out of the gloom and took Dean in custody. Rapidly he was hurried up to the tall bluffs over- looking the Mississippi River. A 100-foot drop and eternal silence. It was a magnificient place for an execution-pic- turesque, sublimely beautiful, fatal. The vitriol throwing Southerner looked piteously around at the determined aveng- ers, but read no compassion in their countenances. He raised his hand.
"No speech," said the Captain peremptorily. He knew the danger of that marvelous tongue. "Just a short prayer, Dean, and then to the fishes."
"Thank you Captain," said the condemned, as if impress- ed with the soldier's magnanimity, "I have no speech to make, nor will I take up your time to pray. I have only this to ask." He began fumbling in his pocket. seemed perplexed for a moment as if something had been mislaid, and then brought out an old fashioned Barlow knife and a leather pocket book.
"This knife. Captain," he said, "I would have sent to my
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son, back on the old farm in Putman County. I promised to make him a kite when I got back home with it, but-well, I don't want to disappoint the lad, you know. He'll be ex- pecting me tomorrow and will be down to the-the gate. Ex- cuse me comrades, but i love the boy-I can't help it."
The voice grew husky and the man under sentence of death turned and looked out over the great river. Some of the men shifted around to the rear.
"It's childish weakness, I know," resumed Dean, turning his face toward the soldiers. "Don't mind it friends." The Captain took the old knife sheepishly. "Now this book con- tains an old picture of mine and some verses ; maybe a dollar or two also. I don't think you'll regard it of much conse- quence, but the dear angel back in old Missouri-my wife gentlemen-the sweetest, truest, gentlest woman that ever blessed the life of man; I can see her now as she kneels be- side her couch, praying to the God of the unfortunate to pro- tect her husband and bring him safely back to the old roof tree, where we've stood beside a cot over which the death angel hovered, and where we walked arm in arm through the clover fields to garland the grave of our dead. This is all I can send her comrades -- I'm poor. But she'll prize it be- yond the gift of kings. She'll-why where are your men, Captain? Come! I'm ready."
During Dean's pathetic reference to his wife the militia- men had one by one slunk into the night shadows, leaving the orator alone with the leader.
"Oh, they got tired and went home," said the Captain wearily. "Dean if you and the devil ever meet my sympathy will be with the gentleman of the forked tail."
Mr. Dean died in Missouri in 1886, aged 63 years.
NEWTON L. DOWNS.
Newton L. Downs, son of Wm. H. and Elizabeth (Chis- holm) Downs, was born October 26, 1874, in Flintstone, Md. married, June 14, 1899. Minnie, daughter of W. F. and Ra cheal McClaskey. Children, Genevieve, Walter and Julia.
Mr. Downs was educated in common schools. Has been an employe of Western Maryland for twenty years as opera-
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tor and clerk at Coketon, Thomas and Mill Creek. Has been a member of town council of Mill Creek and is at present pres- ident of the Board of Education of Huttonsville District.
HON. S. B. ELKINS.
Hon. Stephen B. Elkins. Stephen B. Elkins was born in Perry County, Ohio. on the 26th of September, 1841, and died at Washington, D. C., January 5, 1911. During the childhood of Mr. Elkins his father removed with his fam- ily to the State of Missouri, where young Elkins attended the public school and was fitted for college. Entering the Missouri University, he graduated in 1860, at the age of eigh- teen. He was admitted to the bar in 1863. When the war broke out he joined the Union forces and attained the rank of Captain. In 1864, young Elkins removed to New Mexico, where at that time dangers, hardships, and discomforts had to be met and overcome, but along with these came opportu- nities for success. Barely had the first year of his residence elapsed when he was elected to the Territorial Legislature. In 1867 he was made Attorney General of the Territory. In 1869, President Andrew Johnson made him United States At- torney. After holding this place nearly four years, he re- signed under the Grant administration.
Mr. Elkins was elected a Delegate in 1873 to represent the Territory in the Forty-third Congress of the United States. During Mr. Elkin's first term in Congress he visited Europe and while abroad was re-elected for a second term to the Forty-fourth Congress. In 1869 he became president of the First National Bank of Santa Fe. While in Congress he wedded Hallie, daughter of Senator H. G. Davis.
His greatest national prominence came to him during the campaign of 1884, when he was chosen Chairman of the Ex- ecutive Committee of the National Republican Committee.
In December, 1891, Mr. Elkins was nominated by Presi- dent Harrison for Secretary of War to succeed Mr. Proctor.
Mr. Elkins' father, Col. P. D. Elkins, was a native of Vir- ginia. His mother, Sarah (Withers) Elkins, was a member of a prominent Virginia family. By his first wife Mr. Elkins had two children, Mrs. A. E. Oliphant, of New Jersey, and
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Mrs. E. E. Brunner, of New York City. By his second wife Mr. Elkins had five children, four boys, Davis, Stephen B., Jr., Richard and Blaine, and one girl, Katherine.
In 1878 Mr. Elkins became a citizen of West Virginia and associated himself with his father-in-law, Senator Davis, in building the West Virginia Central Railroad.
In 1895, January 23, Mr. Elkins was elected as a Repub- lican to represent West Virginia in the United States Senate. He served continually until the time of his death in 1911. His son, Davis Elkins, was appointed by Governor Glasscock to fill the unexpired term.
ENOCHI J. EVANS.
Enoch J. Evans, born in Green County, Pennsylvania, in 1865, son of Alfred S. and Elizabeth (Brewer) Evans. He came to Randolph in 1883, married Mary M., daughter of Lovell and Phoeba (Taylor) Kelley. Children, H. B., Kent T., Clyde R., Barron L. and Ray, who died in the seventeenth year of his age. Mr. Evans has been a successful farmer and fruit grower. He has been road commissioner twenty-two of the thirty years he has resided in the county.
A. Ross ELLIS.
A. Ross Ellis, son of Powell and Winnie Ellis, was born in Braxton County, 1876, married Linnie May Dingess. Chil- dren, Theron, Andrew, Wendel, Burl and Zudora. Mr. Ellis came to Randolph in 1906 and since has been in the employ of the Western Maryland Railroad as brakesman and con- ductor.
JOHN L. EBERLY.
John L. Eberly, son of Wm. and Martha (Barnard) Eb- erly, was born in Moorefield in 1873, married Lillian May Weese. Children, Myron, Arthur Lee, John L., Jr. He is proprietor of Eberly News Stand on Third Street.
CLAY FITZWATER.
Clay Fitzwater, son of Nelson and Sarah (White) Fitz- water, was born in 1854, married Anzina, daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Phillips) Daniels. Children, Walter Nelson,
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Minnie, Clarence, Holland, Hattie, James, Herbert. Mr. Fitz- water is descended from a prominent pioneer family of Gar- rett County, Maryland. His brother, Rev. Holland Fitzwater, is an able minister of the Methodist Episcopal church in Ohio, filling some of the highest offices in the church.
H. F. FISHER.
H. F. Fisher, son of J. H. and H. E. (Simmons) Fisher, was born in 1874, married Della J. ( Elliott) Johnson. Chil- dren, Loula Grace and Mary Louisa. Mr. Fisher has been a plumber in Elkins for eight years.
W. C. FOWLER.
W. C. Fowler, son of Joseph C. and Margaret (Jones) Fowler, was born in 1885, at Town Marlborough, Md., mar- ried Tosa E. Brittan. Children, William Allan, George, Ben- jamin, Margaret, W. C. Jr., died at age of four years. Mr. Fowler has been proprietor of a tailoring establishment in Elkins since 1913.
DELLAS GAINER.
Dellas Gainer, son of Matthew Gainer, is one of Randolph County's best products. As a young man he was employed in the paymaster's office of the West Virginia Central Rail- road in Elkins. In 1909 he entered professional baseball, joining the Grafton (W. Va.) team, where his excellent play- ing attracted the attention of the Detroit managers of the American League. He was purchased from the Grafton management in the fall of 1909 for $1500.00, and finished the season with Detroit, assisting that team to win the league championship, and participated in the World's series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
In 1910 Dell played with the Ft. Wayne Club, of the Central League, but was taken back to Detroit in 1911. That year he was the baseball sensation until he had his right arm broken, which practically kept him out of the game the re- mainder of that season. At the time of his injury he was bat- ting for an average of .376.
In 1913 he was sold to the Boston Red Socks, of the same league, for $75000, and is still a member of that team,
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his batting average being .317. In 1915 he participated in the World's series against the Philadelphia National League team, assisting his club materially in winning the championship.
By his consistent performance in his chosen profession, by his modest, unassuming, clean living, Mr. Gainer has a host of friends in every city he visits as a professional ball player, and, above all, is honored by the people of his home city and county.
GEO. E. GREYNOLDS.
George E., son of Joseph and Rowana (Blair) Greynolds, was born in Harrison County in 1851, married in 1876, Verna M., daughter of John D. and Rachel (Dawson) Romine, of Harrison County. Children, Delbert L., Joseph, Mary C., John D. and Robert Lee. Mrs. Greynolds, Mary C. and Jo- seph are deceased.
Mr. Greynolds has been justice of the peace of Beverly District for a number of years. Rev. Robert Greynolds is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church.
S. H. GODWIN.
S. H. Godwin, son of William S. and Mary (Cox) Godwin, was born in Barbour County in 1858. The first wife of Mr. Godwin was Sarah M. Gainer, and the children of this union were Raymond, Morris, Dennis, Austin and Belva Alice. Some years after the death of his first wife Mr. Godwin united in marriage Miss Nancy E. Phillip. To them were born Ora Maude, Martha Effie, Stark Daily, Cleet Durkin and Prentiss Page. Mr. Godwin taught school for several years, was jus- tice of the peace in Tucker eight years. He was elected jus- tice of the peace in Barbour in 1904 but resigned to come to Elkins to become manager of Elkins Marble and Granite Works.
ALBERT GEAR.
Albert Gear, son of Adam and Frances (Shifflett) Gear, was born in 1871 at Huttonsville, married Laura, daughter of John and Jane (Smith) Herron. Children, Lela, Ethel, Ar- thur Sewel, Phelix, Nora, George and Adaline. Mr. Gear is of Irish descent and his parents moved from Virginia to West Virginia before the Civil War. Austin Gear was the first of
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the name to come to Randolph. The maternal grandfather, Absalom Shifflett, was the first of the Shifflett family to lo- cate in Randolph. Mr. Gear is a merchant at Mill Creek. Mr. Gear takes an active part in religious affairs and is an elder in the Presbyterian church.
ALBERT R. HICKS.
Albert R., son of Franklin and Mary Hicks, was born April 13, 1879; married first Margaret, daughter of John and Socia (Gladwell) Rothenbughler. Children, James Earle and Mary May. Mrs. Hicks died November 5, 1907. Mr. Hicks married for his second wife Nancy, daughter of Casper and Ida (Morgan) Winkler. Children, Casper Albert, Nancy Ida, Jesse Woodrow and Thadeus Cunningham. Mr. Hick's par- ents moved to Randolph from Braxton in 1888. The Hicks are of English descent and the family moved to West Virginia from the mother state before the Civil War.
WICKHAM HANSFORD.
Acra and Katie (Wimer) Hansford came to Randolph from Rockingham County, Virginia, in 1820, and settled in what was then Randolph but is now Tucker County. Their children were William, Mary, Wesley, John. David, Charles, Levi, Sarah and Julia. Chas. S. Hansford first married Sarah Allender. Children, Katherine, who married David Canfield. Married, second Amanda Ilyre: no children to this union. For his third wife Mr. Hanford married Amanda (Conrad) Curtis. Children, Laban, Wickham, Walter and Corder, who died young.
WALTER A. HEDRICK.
Walter A. Hedrick, son of J. C. and Martha (Berkely) Hedrick, was born in 1881, in Pendleton County, West Vir- ginia. Mr. Hedrick never married. Ile has traveled exten- sively in south and west and was engaged in the real estate business in Florida for several years. In partnership with his brother, Frederick R. Hedrick, he is engaged in the restau- rant business in Elkins.
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REUBEN H. HOWELL.
Reuben H. Howell, son of Andrew and Frances (Rains) Howell, was born in 1860: married Verna, daughter of Eu- genis Isner. Children, Harley and Mary. Some years after the death of his first wife, Mr. Howell choose his second wife in the person of Mrs. Jones, of Barbour County. Mr. Howell is is an employee of the Western Maryland Railroad.
HOWARD HARMON.
Howard Harmon, son of Samuel and Eva (Bible) Har- mon, was born in 1871 ; married a daughter of Jacob and Su- san (McDonald) Harper. Children, Neal, Handy and Cor- nell. Mr. Harmon has been a merchant at Harmon eight years and was at one time elected mayor of the village, but refused to serve. When 18 years of age Mr. Harmon drove a wagon from Summer County, Kansas, to Randolph, a dis- tance of 1800 miles, and was ten weeks on the journey.
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