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Joseph Wilson was another early settler on this creck. beiow Pullman. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, and was a native of Ireland, having been borne in 1804; and with his parents removed to Kentucky in his youth. At the age of twenty-one years, he came to this county, where he was mar- ried to Miss Mary Cain, daughter of David Cain, who resided on the Prunty farm at that time; there the marriage was solemnized, and there they resided for several years. before going to Ohio, where they remained until 1847, when they returned and took up their residence on the Joseph Summers homestead, where Mr. Wilson passed away in 1878. Mrs. Wilson died at the home of her son, Lemuel, at Smithville, a number of years later, and both sleep at Pleasant Hill.
They were the parents of six sons :
David M. and James died in youth, the late Robert, of
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Slab creek, died several years ago, leaving one son, Mortimer ; Napoleon, who is a twin of Lemuel, of Smithville, resides at Burnsville, with his only son, Carl; Hiram resides at Salem. He is the father of several children, but the other three brothers had but one son each. C. A. Wilson, of Burnt House, is the son of Lemuel.
Elias Summers was the first settler on the farm now owned by his son, E. N. Summers. He was born in Monon- galia county, and there he was married to Miss Miranda Wil- son, sister of Isaac Wilson, of Indian creek, and came to this county in 1838, and settled near Oxford, on the farm that is now owned by the Michael heirs. He removed from here to the Thomas Mckinley farm, on White Oak, and from there, to the E. N. Summers homestead, in 1854, where he passed from earth rich in the esteem of all who knew him. He was buried in the Cox graveyard, and, in 1901, his wife was laid by his side.
Their children: Mrs. Hannah (James) Prather, Mrs. Margaret (J. M.) Cox, Mrs. Jemima (Robert) Mitchell, James K., who lost his life in the Union cause, Mrs. Mary A. (John O.) Kelley, Harrisville; and Thomas, and Della, who died in infancy, have all joined the throng on the other side. The surviving ones are: Mrs. Lucy E. (T. T.) Pritchard, Wyoming : Joseph M. Summers, Ohio; J. T., Kansas : and E. N. Summers, of Pullman.
Elijah Summers, brother of Elias, and his wife, Mrs. Susan Barnett Summers, were very early settlers across the Doddridge county line, near Summers; here they passed from earth and here they lie buried.
They were the parents of the late Joseph Summers, and Elijah W. Summers, of Summers ; of Mrs. Louisa Adams, of Mrs. Sarah McClain, and of Francis Summers, all of Roane county.
Grant Summers, the County clerk of Doddridge; M. B. Summers, of West Union, who is prominently known in Democratic circles ; Mrs. George Woofter, wife of the well- known Baptist minister ; and the Rev. M. A. Summers, of the Baptist church, are grandchildren of Elijah.
Elijah and Elisha Summers were the sons of Alexander
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Summers, an early settler of Monongalia county, and they were two of a family of ten brothers and sisters. The other eight members being as follows: Joseph Summers, Preston county : David, James, Jonathan, and Mrs. Rebecca Barker, all of Monongalia county ; Elisha, Mrs. Elizabeth Snyder, and Mrs. Mary Swisher, Marion county.
Elisha was the father of T. M. Summers, of Hazelgreen, and here, at the home of his son, he spent his last hours.
William T. Mitchell was long identified with this creek. He was born in Barbour county, on September 13, 1823. and was married to Miss Matilda Zickafoose, daughter of Sampson Zickafoose, who was born in Pendleton county, on June 24, 1834, and died on March 24, 1895. They were the parents of eight children: O. G. Mitchell. Mrs. Sarah L. Prunty, Mrs. Fannie V. Hardbarger, who reside on the old homestead; Thomas L., Kansas : William T., junior, George. and Sampson, of Okiahoma, and Sanford E., who sleeps in the Mt. Zion churchyard, beside his parents.
Mr. Mitchell was a brother of John, Daniel, and Josiah Mitchell, who went West, and from the first three nearly all of this name in the county are descended. Martin, of Iris : Robert, of Tanners ; and the late Mrs. F. M. Law, of Lawford, are the children of Daniel.
Hiram Cain, another early settler on this creek, was born, lived, and died in this county, and his widow, who was Miss Eveline Collins, now resides with her daughter at Parkers- burg.
Isaac Tremble and his wife, Mrs. Matilda Neal Tremble. were the first settlers of the farm that is now the home of Winfield Chapman.
He came from Harrison county (?), and here passed from earth, on August 17, 1878, at the age of fifty-two years, five months, twenty-eight days.
Mrs. Tremble died on March 27, 1871, at the age of forty-four years. Both rest at Pullman. They were the parents of several children, all of whom died in youth, and in childhood, except Ellen, who was the late wife of Winfield Chapman. Her son, Lester Chapman, is the only living de- scendant of this couple.
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Henry S. Morris was another arrival of the early fifties. He was born in Marion county, on April 26, 1834; was the son of Richard and Susan Morris. He married Miss Jane Wilson, daughter of H. B. Wilson, on November 16, 185?, and, four years later, they removed to Slab creek, where they remained until deatlı, and where some of their family still live. Mrs. Morris died on March 20, 1884, and he, in 1894. Both lie at Pullman.
Their children were ten in number: Mrs. Mary (T. N.) Kirkpatrick. Fonsoville: the late Mrs. Margaret (A. F.) Harris, Pullman ; Mrs. Belle Maulsby, and J. W. Morris, Pullman ; Mrs. Addie Nichols, and Mrs. Minnie Rowe. the late Mrs. Bertha King, and the late Pinckney Morris, all of Colorado ; and Wilson Morris, of Wyoming ; and Mrs. Nannie Riddel, of Nebraska.
William T. Bane, a native of Marion county, married Miss Louisa Cox, daughter of Col. Daniel V. Cox, and set- tled the "Bane homestead," where his widow still survives. He served as a soldier of the Union, and in the Mt. Pisgah churchyard he lies at rest.
He was the father of several children, all of whom have passed on, save three : viz., Daniel Bane, and Mrs. Neva Kirk- patrick, who live in the West; and Jay Bane, of Pullman ; Mary Ann Bane was the late Mrs. John Stull, and the late Emerson was another son.
Daniel Nay and his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Hayhurst Nay, were other pioneers of this section. They came from Marion county, in 1852, and found a home on the farm that is now owned by Claude Allender, and, after a brief residence here, they removed to the J. O. Nay homestead, where they spent the remainder of their lives, and where they lie sleeping. Mrs. Nay preceded her husband to the other shore by many years, and he married Miss Abigail Bee for his second wife. She, too, is now sleeping. by his side on the old homestead.
Marshall Nay, a son, passed on in his youth, and J. O. Nay, and Mrs. Jane (W. M.) Wilson, both of Pullman, are his surviving children, they being born of the first union.
O. Guy Wilson, who is now one of the promising young educators of this state, is a grandson of Mr. Nay.
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George Foster and his wife, Mrs. Michael Hayhurst Foster, sister of Mrs. Nay, also, came from Marion county in the early fifties and took up their residence in the forest where they still survive, at the ages of eighty-nine, and eighty-seven years, respectively.
Their children are as follows: S. C. Foster, Missouri ; J. N., F. P., Clarke, the late W. F., and the late Mrs. L. A. Neal. all of Colorado; Mrs. Mary E. Howard, Pullman ; Mrs. A. O. Wilson, Mrs. Ashford Taylor, and Miss Louie Foster, all of Pennsboro ; and the late W. J. and Esther, who died in child- hood.
Dr. George Curtis Howard who is widely known in dental circles is the grandson of Mr. Foster, he being the son of the late Ashford and Mrs. Mary Foster Howard, and a native of Pullman.
Dr. Howard became interested in Dental surgery at the age of eighteen years-beginning at this period to extract teeth-and six years later he entered the office of Dr. John Stoops. and continued the study of this profession until June 1906, when he went before the State Dental Board of Examin - ers at Charleston and carried off the honors of a class of forty. on clinical work, all of whom, with an exception or two, held college diplomas, and since that time he has made Pullman and West Union his headquarters, he being a citizen of the latter town at present.
On August 18, 1903, he was married to Miss Goldie Mae Paugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Paugh of Preston county, and on December 22, 1905, her gentle spirit took its homeward flight, and during the autumn of 1907 he was again married to Miss Sarah Riggs, of Pullman, and the one son of the latter union, George Jennings Howard, was laid in the Pullman churchyard in August, 1910.
Jacob Hayhurst was, also, among the arrivals of the early fifties. He was the son of David and Phebe Devault Hay- hurst, and was a native of Prickett's creek, Marion county, being born on May 28, 1820. On May 25, 1844. he was mar- ried to Miss Elizabeth Lake, who first saw the light in Taylor county, on March 21, 1816; and in 1852, they came to Slab creek, where they spent the remainder of their lives, on the old
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homestead that is now owned by their only son, G. W. Hay- hurst. Here Mrs. Hayhurst bade adieu to earth on August 12, 1885, and Mr. Hayhurst joined her on the other side, on April 28, 1906.
Besides the son above mentioned they were the parents of two daughters, Miss Ellen Hayhurst of Pullman ; and Mar- garet Jane who is married and lives in Ohio.
(David Hayhurst was born on Sept. 23, 1:94, and died on July 1, 1865 ; and his wife Phebe Devault lived from March 11, 1197 to July 20, 1877.)
Leman H. Hayhurst, Ritchie county's superintendent of schools, belongs to this family, he being the only son of G. W. and Mrs. Millie Harris Hayhurst, and one of a family of six children : viz .. Metta, Isa, Juna, Ida, and Mae Hayhurst.
He was born on the old homestead near Pullman, on February 18, 1876, and entered the profession of teaching at the age of eighteen years. He served as a member of the Board of Teachers' Examiners for four years, and was grad- uated from the State Normal at Fairmont in the class of 1901. and was elected to the office of County Superintendent the following year. He is now serving his second term in this capacity and is proving to be one among the most efficient and popular of the long line of Ritchie's superintendents.
He is now a student of the medical department of the University at Louisville, Kentucky, and will soon identify himself with the medical practioners to the loss of the Edu- cational field. On September 21, 1905, he was married to Miss Cynthia Pratt, daughter of the late J. E. Pratt, of Pennsboro, and two little daughters, Ruth and Esther are the result of this union. Later, Mr. Hayhurst was graduated from the medical college in June, 1910.
John Parker .- The name of John Parker belongs to this corner of the county's history, he having been a very useful citizen of early times.
Mr. Parker was born in Marion county in October 1821; was the son of William and Sarah Deacon Parker. His grandparents came from England and settled in Marion county before his father was born.
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He was one of six children: Thomas, Phillip, Washing- ton, Rachel, and Luvina.
In 1830, his father moved to Indiana, where he died two years later, and soon after this sad occurrence, the family re- turned to their old home in Marion county.
Mr. Parker is said to have come to this county in 1838, but his marriage did not take place for some years after this date, as he was but a lad of seventeen years at this time and his future wife, Miss Nancy Snodgrass, daughter of Isaac Snodgrass, who was born in 1827, was but eleven years of age, so it was, perhaps, late in the forties when he took up his residence on the waters of White Oak, where Ellis Prunty now lives ; and shortly after his settlement here, he erected a saw mill, near the present site of the White Oak church, which he manipulated for a few years, before coming to Slab creek to the farm that is now owned by Henry Bruffey. From here he moved to Pullman, where he remained until he was laid in the churchyard, in December 1895.
He was the first miller of this section, his mill having stood in what is now the garden of the Pullman hotel property. It was in operation during the war, and the women and the girls were the "mill boys."
He was the father of nine children : the late Sylvester, and James, Pullman ; Alvin and Mrs. Rose Foster. Colorado: Eli. and Mrs. Luvina Wilson, Washington; Mrs. Eliza Howe, Upshur county : Usebius, Parkersburg; and the late Frank, Clarksburg.
Washington Parker, his brother, was the only other men- ber of the family that came to this county.
In 1850, he married Miss Mary Boone, of Marion county. and, four years later, they came to this county and after an eight years' residence on White Oak, removed to Chevauxde- frise in 1862, and there he died in 1885. Mrs. Parker survived until 1909 when she was laid by his side in the churchyard at Chevauxdefrise.
Their children: Mrs. Ella Matheny, Harrisville: Josiah, Washburn; Leroy, Pennsboro; Mrs. Laura Goodwin, and Mrs. Lena Cox, Cairo : Festus Parker. Washington state : Mrs. Sarah Foster, Colorado; and Mrs. Iva Lowther, Yellow creek.
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Kirkpatrick is another name that has long been associated with this part of the county. This family, as their name sug- gests, originated in the "Emerald Isle." Thomas Kirkpatrick crossed the sea at a date unknown, and settled in Pennsyl- vania. He later removed to Ohio and finally to this state where he finished his earthly pilgrimage in Tyler county.
His son, Ichabod Kirkpatrick, was born in Pennsylvania, on October 11, 1815 ; and on January 25, 1834, he was married to Miss Agnes Davis who was born on August 19, 1815, and settled in Ohio. Here Mrs. Kirkpatrick died leaving seven children ; and in 1851, the family removed to this county and settled in the Pullman vicinity, where, on March 20, 1853, Mr. Kirkpatrick was married to Miss Mary Ann Bane, sister of the late William Bane, who passed on in March 1857, leaving three children. The family at this time resided in the Corn- wallis vicinity, but shortly after Mrs. Kirkpatrick's death, he was again married to Mrs. Margaret Lowther Cunningham (daughter of Jesse Lowther of Cornwallis) and this same year (1857) purchased a farm on Isaac's fork of Slab creek, where he spent his last hours in 1874. And here, on his old home- stead, by the side of his youngest daughter, he lies in his last sleep. His second wife rests on the Flannagan farm above Berea; and the last one, in Ohio, where she spent the remnant of her days with a daughter of her former marriage.
The children of his first marriage were as follows : Drusilla, died in infancy ; J. Jackson resides in Maryland ; Ephraim, on Rock Camp; Levi, on Slab creek ; Sanford died in childhood ; Adonis, in youth : Marie married James Boner, of Ellenboro ; Eveline, who first married Nathaniel Mitchell is now Mrs. D. S. Bush, of Harrisville ; Thomas N. Kirkpatrick, of Grass run; the late Mrs. Mattie Owens, of Volcano; and Sarah, who died in childhood, were the children of the second. And of the third marriage there was no issue.
Daniel Mason and his wife Rachel Deacon, came from Marion county as early as 1852, and settled near Cornwallis, and from there removed to the Mt. Pisgah vicinity where their grandson, Thomas Mason now lives. Here they passed from earth and in the White Oak churchyard they repose. Their eldest son Thomas, lost his life in the Union service :
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Reilly and Sanford are of Webster county ; Eber is of Penn3. boro; Frank, of California : Webster met a tragic death from an accidental discharge of a gun in his young manhood, and the only daughter died in infancy.
Joseph M. Wilson .- Another old Slab creek family which has heretofore been overlooked, and which now comes under our notice at the eleventh hour, is that of Joseph M. Wilson, senior, who, with his wife, Elizabeth Gray Wilson, came from Marion county, near eighty years ago, and settled on the farm that is now the estate of his late son, Peter T. Wilson. He was the brother of Thomas Wilson, father of the venerable Isaac Wilson of Indian creek ; and here where he settled he spent his last moments near the breaking out of the Civil war : and in the Pullman churchyard, beside his wife, he rests.
His children were as follows: Thomas, the eldest son went to Zanesville, Ohio: Eugenus died in Preston county in 1910 at the age of ninety-two years ; the late Smallwood, Jo- seph, Peter T., and Reason, who lost his life in the Union cause, were all of this county : Lucy Ann married Felix Gray- son, and after her death the family went to Kansas : Elizabeth was the late Mrs. Levi Wells of Grafton ; and Sarah was the late Mrs. Jackson Shuttlesworth, of this county.
Joseph Wilson, junior, married Rebecca Anne Weaver. daughter of Joseph Weaver, and spent his life in this county. He having passed on in 1908 at the age of eighty-six years. Louisa, his only daughter married Charles Pfeltz of Balti- more and was the mother of Wm. Pfeltz of Pennsboro: and Winfield, who was accidentally killed in his boyhood, and B. I. Wilson, of Pennsboro, were the other members of the family.
Note :- Doubtless this pioneer was the first citizen of this creek after John Cain.
CHAPTER XXIV
White Oak Settled
HIS stream took its name from the profusion of valuable White Oak timber upon its banks. It was named by Adam Weaver, a surveyor of Baltimore, who laid this section off in blocks before it was permanently settled.
Barton Hudkins was the first pioneer to find a home here. He came from what is now Barbour county, near 1826, and erected his dwelling where L. S. Clayton now lives, and after a brief stay, removed to the Bond's creek side, and settled at the forks of the Parkersburg and St. Mary's turnpike, where his life came to a close. He was of English-Irish origin, his father having come from Eng- land and settled in the Maryland colony. The father later rc- moved to Randolph county (W.) Virginia, where Barton was born in 1773, and where he grew to manhood, and married Miss Naomi Ingraham, who was ten years his junior. She was also a native of Randolph county, but was descended from a prominent Scotch family by the name of Slavens of Highland county, Virginia. He (Barton) was a soldier of the war of 1812, and had been a resident of Harrison-now Barbour --- county for a number of years before coming to Ritchie. He died at his old homestead on Bond's creek, and his wife spent her last hours at St. Mary's, but both rest at Highland.
Their children were as follows :
Mrs. Rachel (S. G.) Hall, and Bazil Hudkins, Highland ; Mrs. Margaret (Arthur) Hickman, Tollgate; Mrs. Elizabeth (Archibald) Wilson, Pennsboro; Mrs. Edith (Simon) Davis, Tyler county ; Mrs. Sarah (Thomas) Dare, Parkersburg ; and Allen Hudkins, Nebraska. All have joined the throng over there, but quite a number of the grand-children are still identi- fied among the older citizens of the county. Among them are
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B. H. Wilson, of Goff's ; Mrs. Love Prunty, and Mrs. Eveline Bee, and J. M. Wilson, Pennsboro: John S. Hall, the blind poet of St. Mary's, is also a grandson, and the late Mrs. Eliza- beth McGregor, of Highland was a grand-daughter.
Elijah Clayton in 1841 purchased the Hudkins improve- ment of John M. Wilson, and became the first permanent set- tler here, remaining until his death, on August 3, 1873. He was of Irish lineage, his father, Noah Clayton having crossed the sea, and settled in Virginia early in the nineteenth century. and from there, removed to Monongalia county, where he died. There, on September 27, 1811, on Little Papau, in what is now Marion county, Elijah Clayton was born, and there he grew to manhood. He was one of a family of twelve chil- dren, some of whom became very prominent. John Clayton represented his district in the Richmond Legislature in both the House of Delegates and the Senate; David L. Clayton, another brother, being a musician of note, wrote the "old Virginia Harmony." Richard, Ezekiel, Little, William, and Elisha were the other brothers: and the sisters were, Mrs. Effie Snodgrass, Berea : Mrs. Nancy Holden, Mrs. John D. Parker, and Mrs. Wilson, all of Marion county.
Elijah Clayton married Miss Millie Amos. daughter of Stephen, and Elizabeth Miller Amos, of Marion county, and was the father of fourteen children. He was a lay minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and his influence was a power for good. At his home the first church society in the community was organized. He gave the grounds for the White Oak church and cemetery, and here, beside his wife. who died on August 20, 1891, he reposes. He was one of the corner-stones of this church, and was a pillar as long as he lived. A splendid life-sized portrait of this venerable man, which was placed here by his son L. S. Clayton, not long since, now impressively greets the visitor to this church, re- minding him that though his form has vanished, his memory is revered, his influence is still here.
His children :- L. S., who resides at the old home and the late Stephen and Perry, were of White Oak: Mrs. Rebecca (J. M.) Wilson, and J. Spencer, are of Pennsboro; Franklin C., Des Moines, Washington : A. A. Clayton, Lawford ; David
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L., Missouri ; the late Ishmael, Illinois ; the late Mrs. Ingaby (Elmore) Prunty, White Oak ; the late Mrs. Amanda (Ezra) Chipps, Doddridge county ; Mrs. Millie F. ( Reilly) Mason, Webster county; Elizabeth died at the age of ten years, and Sophronia, in infancy.
Peter Pritchard was the first settler at the mouth of this creek, where his son, John, now lives. He was the son of Thomas and Nancy Tichinel Pritchard, and was a native of Preston county, he having been born on October 1, 1798. On February 15, 1821, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Willis, daughter of William and Anna Douglass Willis, early settlers of the Clarksburg vicinity. Her father came from the "Emier- ald Isie," and was one of the pioneer pedagogues of Harrison county. After Mr. Pritchard's marriage, he resided in what is now Barbour county until 1837 when he came to White Oak, where he spent the remnant of his days. He was one of the early justices of the peace, and, like Mr. Clayton, was a cor- ner-stone of the White Oak M. E. church. He died on Sep- tember 29, 1883, and Mrs. Pritchard, who was born on De- cember 30, 1798, passed to her reward, on December 9, 1869. Both rest at White Oak.
Their children: the late George, Thomas and Mrs. Anna (B. M.) Lawson, and John, of White Oak ; Wmn. T., of Web- sier county ; Mrs. Cassie (Harrison) Wass, Harrisville; the late Mrs. Nancy P. (A. E.) Holt, of Fairmont ; and Jane P, who first married Lewis Maxwell, of Doddridge county, and after his death became the wife of the Rev. W. H. Wiley, is now of Fairmont.
Thomas married Miss Amanda Lawson, sister of B. W. Lawson, and was the father of the Rev. M. F. Pritchard, of the M. E. church, and J. F., and W. I. Pritchard, of the U. B. church.
Mrs. M. R. Lowther, of Parkersburg is also a grand- daughter of this pioneer, she being the daughter of Mrs. Anna Pritchard Lawson.
William I. Lowther .- Contemporary with the settlement of Mr. Clayton, in 1841, was that of William I. Lowther, who made his improvement on the farm that is now the home of his nephew, John F. Lowther. He was born in Harrison
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county, on August 27. 1818 ; and was the son of Alexander and Sarah Ireland Lowther. When he was but a child of two years, he came to this county with his parents; and in 1840, he was married to Miss Virginia Mitchell, and soon after be- gan to carve out his fortune in this wilderness. Here, for more than sixty years he resided, and to his dying day his in- terests were identified with this community. He was a inen- ber of the M. P. church, and his hand played an important part in the erection of the first church at Pullman, known as "Old Slab," and when this old structure, which was destroyed by the hand of an incendiary during the early days of the Civil war, was replaced by one of more modern architecture, he again ient his aid, and the present church stands as a monument to his memory. He was a delegate to the General Conference at Pittsburg in 1884. His wife died on September 15, 1885, and a few years later, he married his brother, Rob- ert's widow. Mrs. Jane McKinley Lowther, and the last three years of his life were spent at Pennsboro, where he laid down the cross, on November 6, 1904, and where she still survives.
He sleeps by his first wife at Pullman.
His children: Cordelia, Alvin, and Mrs. Sarah Sommer- ville Chapman, rest in the churchyard at Pullman; the late Rev. Sylvester Lowther. D. D., of the M. E. church, at Park- ersburg : the late Rev. Robert, of the M. E. church, in New York: and the Rev. Oliver Lowther of the M. P. church, the only survivor of the family, resides at Pullman. Mrs. M. A. Kendall, of Parkersburg. is his grand-daughter, she being the only child of the Rev. Sylvester. and Mrs. Cynthia Prunty Lowther. The Rev. Robert's family live in New York, and are all prominent in educational circles.
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