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134-WILSON'S THRUSH.
Turdus fuscescens.
Rather rare; does not breed here.
135-OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH.
Turdus ustulatus swainsonii.
A very abundant bird during migration. It is smaller than the Wood Thrush and is not so musical.
136-HERMIT THRUSH. Turdus aonalaschke pallasii.
Aududon, the great ornithologist, thought this bird to be almost songless, but, in the mighty forest symphony, no sweeter voice is heard than that of the Hermit Thrush-the "Swamp Angel." The Wood Thrush has richer brown on the head and duller on the tail, but in the Hermit, the coloration is reversed.
I37-AMERICAN ROBIN. Merula migratoria.
No one cares to read a description of the Robin. It has been known to all of us since childhood. Yet, as each winter passes and the new spring comes, from year to year, the Robin's song is no less sweet. Only a few remain in our latitude during the entire year. Those that do stay in winter are probably the ones which have been reared far to the north of us, while those that have made their nests in our apple trees pass farther south. The number of robins generally begins to increase about the 25th of February, and from that time till December, they are quite common.
1 38-BLUEBIRD. Sialia sialis.
In some sections of our state, the Bluebird is becoming quite rare, but it is still very common in Upshur. John Burroughs, the great essayist and ornithol-
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ogist, finds in the blue of the Bluebird's back a suggestion of the sky and, in the rich color of the breast, the hue of the earth. The seasonal abundance of this species varies somewhat as that of the Robin. Like all our thrushes, the Bluebird is possessed of a sweet song, and it is of great importance to the farmer because of its insectivorous habits.
ADDITIONAL LIST.
This list contains several species that have been reported from this county. Some species are admitted from doubtful observations made by the writer, and others are admitted on the authority of Bulletin No. 3 of the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. It is doubtless true that nearly all of these species are found in this county, yet the writer prefers to place them in an additional, hypothetical list.
I-HOLBOELL'S GREBE .- Colymbus holboellii.
2-HERRING-GULL .- Larus argentatus smithsonianus.
3-GADWALL .- Anas strepera.
4-GREEN-WINGED TEAL .- Anas carolinensis.
5-WOOD DUCK .- Aix sponsa.
6-LEAST BITTERN .- Botaurus exilis.
7-AMERICAN EGRET .- Ardea egretta.
8 SAND-HILL CRANE .- Grus mexicana.
9-COOT .- Fulica americana.
IO-NORTHERN PHALAROPE .- Phalaropus lobatus.
II-WILSON'S SNIPE .- Gallinago delicata.
12-BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER .- Bartramia longicauda.
13-YELLOW-HEADED RLACK BIRD .- Xanthocephalus.
14-BLUE GROSBEAK .- Guiraca caerulea.
15-SUMMER TANAGER .- Piranga rubra.
16-ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW .- Stelgidopteryx serripennis.
PREFACE
The collection of data for my own family history was the inspiring motive which produced ultimately the History of Upshur County as contained in the preceding and following pages. At the close of the year's teaching in the Preparatory Department of the West Virginia University, I was the possessor of a scholarship in Economics and History at Columbia University, New York City and after hesitation and thought I finally concluded to resign my position and accept the same, although I had no experience whatever in making original researches and collecting original data for a thesis such as a Doctor of Philosophy's course would demand.
Therefore, my summer vacation was given over to mental flounderings as to what topic would be the subject of this paper should I be so fortunate as to com- plete a course. It matters not now what subject I chose, suffice it to say that in my cross country rides and mental perambulations I gathered from the oldest native citizens of my own and adjoining counties much information concerning the early settlers of Upshur County including, of course, that of my own family.
Two successive summers following found me earnestly engaged tappping these rich veins of native folklore about early families, their manners of living, their ways of trade, their forms of worship, their mode of dress, etc.
To the data collected then I am most profoundly indebted for this book. The chief contributers to my store of knowledge were Hon. W. C. Carper, Ben- jamin and Ashley Gould, Albert and Isabella Cutright, Isaac Morgan, Chester W. Morgan, Amaryllis Young, Sophronia Phillips, Jacob W. Crites and my par- ents. After undertaking this work, I was helped and assisted in collecting data for the family history greatly by Luther J. Burr, David Poe, Homer H. Westfall, William F. Fidler and wife, and Mrs. J. W. Heavner. In addition to these valuable service was rendered by persons who saw the importance of the work and were willing to assist. To all these the author feels under lasting obligations.
Every effort has been made to eliminate mistakes and correct errors, and it is hoped that the public will not be able to find many of either in this part of the book. The older families have been given considerable more space and atten- tion than those who came later, because in the process of condensation which was necessary to be applied to all notes and incidents, more facts remained concerning them than the later families.
My earnest hope for this part of the book is, that it may accomplish the one purpose, that is, that each family living within the bounds of Upshur county will have pride enough and therefore determination to have for itself its own family history so that after generations may know what past generations have been, where they have gone, what they have achieved and in what they have failed.
Part Third Family History
JOHN L. SMITH.
CHAPTER XXIII.
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FAMILY HISTORY
DAVID ADAMS was a confederate soldier and member of Co. A, under Captain Davis. He was captured near Richmond during the war and imprisoned at Fort Deleware. Is now a farmer of Washington district. His first wife was Bernie Lawson and to this union the following named children were born: Mary Melvina, John William, Charles E., Georgia S., John T., Addie L., Henry C., and James. His second wife was Sarah Smith and their child was C. J.
SOLOMAN GEORGE ALEXANDER, Carpenter, son of John and Dehen (Alor) Alexander, born May 29th, 1839, in Augusta County, Va. His grand- father, Simon Alexander, emigrated directly from Scotland. His parents moved to Buckhannon in 1845 and lived a few years in a house where the present Court House stands. His father was a mechanic and stair builder. And the son natur- ally took up the father's calling and has built many houses in Buckhannon among which is the Virginia Hotel on Depot street.
He married Abagail O'Neal of Barbour County, daughter of John and Abagail (Anglin) O'Neal, August 28th, 1858.
For a few years he was restless, moved from Barbour County to Upshur, and from Upshur to the state of Ohio and then back to Upshur.
He was a member of the militia at the outbreak of the war, was a scout and guard at Philippi, before the battle at that place, and claims to have fired the first gun in defense of his country, from the west end of the covered bridge a few days before the battle at Philippi. He identified himself with the Free Masons in 1871, joining the Franklin Lodge, No. 7.
Children living : Allen Thomas, Celia Alla, Anna.
NATHAN ALLMAN; born December 14, 1829, on Bridge run. Son of Abram Allman and Winifred Crites, a daughter of Michael Crites, settler of the Buckhannon settlement prior to the Nineteenth Century. Abram Allman was a son of William Allman, whose wife was a Miss Wetherholt and their children numbered thirteen. The subject of this sketch being the oldest.
Nathan Allman married Elizabeth Bligh, a daughter of James and Mary Bligh, who moved from Rockingham County, Va., to the bounds of Upshur County in 1846, settling on Little Pecks run, then in Barbour County. Mary Bligh was the daughter of John Burkholder, whose wife's maiden name was Rose Blaine, and the granddaughter of Jacob Burkholder, a Pennsylvania German, who moved from Pennsylvania to Rockingham County, Va., prior to the year 1800.
Children of Mr. Allman: Alexander Simpson, who married Nancy Abbott, George C., lives in Washington State, Thomas, married a Miss Rinehart, William Jefferson, whose first wife was a Miss Rinehart and whose second wife a Miss Gross, John, lives in Washington, Theodore, married a Miss Rinehart, Lorana, wife of Mallory Clark, Mattie, wife of Charles Betts.
The subject of this sketch is a farmer and carpenter, has always lived on Bridge run. Belongs to the Methodist Protestant Church and is a Democrat.
LORENZO DOW ANDERSON, born January 25, 1841, near Walkersville, Lewis County, where he has always lived. He was a soldier in the Third West Virginia Cavalry, Company I, George A. Sexton, Captain. Soon after the war he married Rebecca Wilson, daughter of Samuel Wilson of Frenchton, Upshur -
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County, and to this union were born five children, Luther Colfax, graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan and the West Virginia University, now a lawyer of Welch, W. Va., Alonzo Dow, student of the West Virginia Conference Seminary, at the time of his death in 1894, Charles Frederick, graduate of the West Virginia Conference Seminary, Ohio Wesleyan and Boston Theological Seminary, now pastor of the M. E. Church at Beckley, W. Va., Lucetta and Lillian, two daughters are at home with their father on the old farm near Walkerville, W. Va.
All the family are members of the M. E. Church.
JOSEPH E. ANDERSON, son of William E. Anderson, the grandson of James Anderson and the great grandson of Joseph Anderson, who emigrated from Ireland to Rockingham County, Va., in 1790, his children were, Samuel, William, James, John and Andrew.
James Anderson was born January 14, 1800, married Sarah Siron in 1825, and their children were, John S. Anderson, Martha Jane Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Josiah, Roxanna, James Morgan, William Damron, Matilda, Lorenzo Dow, Samuel Hunter, Jemima and Victoria.
William Damron Anderson, born March 12, 1837, married Hulda Siron, born May 12 1850, and their children were, Flora (Anderson) Hiner, Joseph F., J. Howard, Effa (Anderson) Smith, William E., Annie B., Charles O., and Waitman C.
Joseph E. Anderson was born near Walkerville, Lewis County, March, 1873, he lived there until 1898, when he married India B. Queen, daughter of John L. Queen, M. D., a former resident of Upshur County.
After his marriage he moved to Buckhannon, where he still resides. He com- pleted a course in the West Virginia Conference Seminary in 1897. Taught school thirteen years, six years in Lewis County, and seven years in the Public Schools of Buckhannon.
Children : Herald Queen, born January 23, 1900, George Hamlin, born December 24, 1901, Robert Reger, born December 20, 1904.
The father of the subject of this sketch, William D. Anderson, enlisted in the U. S. Army, September, 1861, as a private in Company A, Ioth W. Va., Infantry Volunteers, under Morgan A. Darnall, Captain. His company partici- pated in many battles among which were Droop Mountain, Fisher's Hill, Win- chester, Cedar Creek, etc. He was mustered out on March 12, 1865, and began farming in Lewis County. He has been a local preacher in the M. E. Church and class leader of Kedding Chapel for a number of years.
He now lives on his farm near Walkersville, Lewis County.
DAVID NEESON ARMSTRONG was born May 20, 1851, at Frenchton, Upshur County, W. Va. His father was John Wilson Armstrong, who was cap- tured with the Upshur County Militia at Centerville, September 12, 1863, and died in Andersonville, Ga., in August, 1864.
His grandfather was John Armstrong, who immigrated to Upshur County from Highland County, Va. His great grandfather was William Armstrong, Jr., and his great, great grand father was William Armstrong, Sr., who immigrated to the U. S. A. from Wales in an early day.
John W. Armstrong, the father of David N. Armstrong, was born February 2, 1820, in Highland County, Va., and married Sarah Talbot, daughter of Samuel T. Talbot, of now Upshur County, W. Va., December 14, 1843, by the Rev. Gideon Martin. They had ten children; Granville B., who was captured with the Upshur County Militia and died at Andersonville, Ga., June 10, 1864; Sarah J.
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wife of David P. Riffle; George W., dead; David N .; Mary L., wife of L. B. Simons ; Garlin T., married Arminta S. Wilson; Margaret B., wife of W. W. Hull; John Q., married Clara Phillips; Lyda S., married Rispah Wilson; Ella G., wife of C. C. Page.
David N. Armstrong married Dora M. Simmons, September 10, 1885, of this union one child was born, Reta Cloe.
Dora M. (Simmons) Armstrong, was the daughter of Emanuel Simmons, who was captured with the Upshur County Militia and died in Andersonville, Ga., August 10, 1864.
David N. Armstrong was educated in the common schools of Upshur County, and at the French Creek Academy. He taught in the common schools of the county for twenty years.
His mother was left a widow when he was twelve years old, with a family of small children and by his industry and frugality he reared the family.
He now owns the farm on which he was born, upon which is a beautiful residence over-looking Frenchton Station, on the placid waters of French Creek. He is one of the substantial citizens and farmers of Upshur County.
ELIZA J. ANDREWS, wife of Enoch Andrews, a native of Upshur County and daughter of Samuel B. and Nancy E. (McCoy) Allman. She married Enoch Andrews March 4, 1878. Husband was a blacksmith and gun smith of Rock Cave for twenty-five years before death, June 3 1895. Children : William E., Oran Kemper, Bayard Columbus, Hillary, Thurmond, Cecil and Maggie.
ARDEN HUGH ARMSTRONG lives at Rock Cave, is a well-driller by oc- cupation, and son of John M. and Elizabeth (Curry) Armstrong. Was born August 6, 1876, and was married September 20, 1899, to Delia Belle Kincaid, who was born August 18, 1877. His wife is the daughter of Emmitt and Clara (Jones) Kincaid and the granddaughter of James Kincaid of Highland County, Va.
The children to this union are: Dennis Robert, Erena Meryl, Ethel May.
Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong are members of the M. E. Church at Centerville, W. Va., and are good citizens.
GARLIN THOMPSON ARMSTRONG, son of John Armstrong of Frenchton, was born June 29, 1855, and his wife whose maiden name was Arm- - inta Wilson was born July 10, 1858. Their marriage occurred August 13, 1876, and their children are: Rosa Gertrude, Mertie Edna, John Frederick, Willie French, Lucetta Elva, Libby, Maggie Nola, Mollie Joyce.
Mr. Armstrong is a carpenter and lives at Rock Cave.
WARD B. ARMSTRONG, a native of Union District, born March 29, 1870. Son of Benjamin F. Armstrong and Rebecca J. Hudson. His parents came from Pocahontas County to Upshur County, soon after the close of the Civil War. His father was a member of the County Court of Upshur County and took an active part in the great land suit, prosecuted by Benjamin Rich and others against the free holders of Union District.
The subject of this sketch married November 14, 1894, Sarah M. Dickinson, and unto this union were given five children, whose names are : Louie, Audrey J., dead, Ida, Neva B., dead, Minnie D.
Mrs. Armstrong was a daughter of J. M. Dickerson .... .
March 1, 1906, he married for his second wife, Sarah E. Lewis, the daughter of John Lewis and Louvina Ward. Mr. Lewis was a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War.
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The subject of this sketch is a farmer, a member of the U. B. Church and a citizen interested very much in good local government.
GEORGE EARNEST ASHWORTH, oldest son of James, who was the son of James. His mother's maiden name was Margaret Ball, his parentage on both sides are natives of England. Is a farmer of Banks District, owns one hun- dred and four acres of land and a republican in politics. December 25, 1888, he married Mary E. Props, daughter of John Props of Harrison County. Children : Berta, born March 27, 1890; James D., born October 22, 1891 ; Madge, born May II, 1896, and Mollie Alice, born October 20, 1898.
JAMES HENRY ASHWORTH, County Superintendent of the Public Schools of Upshur County, 1907-1911, was born May 7, 1879, in Lewis County. His parents were James H. and Margaret (Ball) Ashworth. He was raised on ~ a farm, was educated in the common school, and for the past two years has been a student at the West Virginia Wesleyan College. He is of English descent, his father and mother both being natives of England, the former having crossed the ocean seven times before settling permanently in America.
His father was stone mason at the Weston Asylum, at the time he decided to settle in Lewis County.
The subject of this sketch married Esta McCartney, a daughter of C. S. and Emily (Romine) McCartney, and to them have been born two children, whose names are, Hermit Roosevelt, born September 10, 1901, and Wesse Lee Ball, born November 14, 1904.
Mr. Ashworth is now a citizen of Buckhannon and has his office in the east room of the second floor of the Court House.
WILLIAM H. AVINGTON, son of George W. Avington, who was the son of George Avington of Ireland. His mother was the daughter of David Hines of Ireland and her christian name was Margaret. His parents came to the United States in 1840, landing in New York, and moved out to Grafton, Virginia, in 1878, his father settled on the Middle Fork river, having purchased a farm of two hundred acres of land, and lived thereon till his death, March 13, 1905.
The son and subject of this sketch lives at the homestead and follows farming for a livelihood. His brothers and sisters are : Michael V., George, John, Alice, (all dead), and Mary J., wife of Arthur Quinn, and Sarah C., wife of Michael McLaughlin and Thomas, living.
CHARLES ANDREW BAILEY, wagon maker and blacksmith of Buck- hannon, born August 25, 1847, son of John P. Bailey and Sarah Mildred Roth- well. His parents came from Virginia in 1846, settling on Big Sand run. His grandfather was Ancil Bailey of Albermarle County, Va. He was the third of nine children, his brothers and sisters being Thomas A. (dead), William Henry, Elizabeth, wife of Harrison Dean, George W., James F.
In 1867, he came to Buckhannon and became an apprentice as wagon maker under George W. Johns. He has been in business for himself since 1878. His positions of trust have been deputy sheriff under A. J. Marple and the same under J. J. Morgan. He has been Chief of Police of Buckhannon and councilman for many years. He was 2d Lieutenant of the National Guards of West Virginia.
On September 14, 1871, he married Sarah Ann Johns, daughter of G. W. Johns and a Miss McNair. the daughter of John McNair, and their children are : Lucy Clyde, wife of R. S. Folkes ; Emma Lee, wife of F. A. Kiddy, Jessie Violet, wife of C. C. McCarty, Maud, and Charles Rothwell, and an adopted
J. M. N. DOWNES, Attorney.
HON. GEORGE MERVIN FLEMING.
EUGENE BROWN, Clerk of the County Court.
HARRISON A. DARNALL, P. M.
HENRY Q. LEWIS.
A. I. BOREMAN.
AARON GOULD, Jr.
DR. O. B. BEER.
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daughter who is the daughter of Bert Bailey, deceased, Floe. He is a Republican in politics and a Methodist in religion.
ABRAM BENNETT, is the son of Silas Bennett, whose parents emigrated from Pendleton County in 1798, settling on the Head Waters of Turkey Run, his mother was Rebecca Crites, descendant from the Crites family, who were among the first settlers in the Buckhannon valley. His grandparents were Moses Bennett and Phoebe Queen. He was born July 12, 1828. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the First West Virginia Light Artillery, and served in that company until 1865, or until the close of the war. He has always been a farmer. Has held one political office, that of Constable of Warren District, for eight years.
He married Elizabeth Mick, daughter of Methias Mick and Mary Lambert. Children : Izetta Cedora, wife of Joseph L. Reeder ; Mary Rebecca, wife of Gideon M. Marple; Emma Victoria, wife of Robert Pickens; Clarence B., married Barbara M. Reeder; Oran B., married Mollie Fostter.
WM. BAXTER BENNETT , farmer and stone mason. Son of Levi and Malinda (Campbell) Bennett. Was married March 11, 1869, to Malinda J. Dean. Louverta, Ella, Richard Baxter, Daisy, Ora.
Children : Ida Jane, Emma, William Preston, Florence Estelle, Cora, Louverta Ella, Richard Baxter, Iva H., Dassie.
ORMSBY ELLSWORTH BENNETT, son of Elias Bennett and Elizabeth Marple, grandson of Moses Bennett of German decent, who came from Pendleton County, to Lewis County, now Upshur. Moses Bennett's mother was an Ells- worth and his father was Levi Bennett a Revolutionary soldier. Children of Elias Bennett were Silas W., Isaiah M., and O. E., the subject of this sketch. He was raised on Hackers Creek on the farm he now owns. In 1867, February 3, he married Mary E. A. Lorentz, daughter of Jacob Lorentz, Jr., and their children are, Lafayette Ireland, and Sarah Roxana.
Mr. Bennett owns a hundred and fifty acres of valuable grass and coal land and is a live stockman.
VERNON LEE BENNETT, jeweler at Rock Cave, born May 6, 1861, son of James M. Bennett and Jemima Siron Wilson, the daughter of Rev. Samuel Wilson and a Miss Siron. The grandson of David Bennett and Virginia Stuart of Highland County, Va., and the great grandson of William Bennett, who early in the 19th Century settled in Lewis County. His father, James M., was a member of the Militia, captured at Rock Cave, taken to Richmond, put in prison, escaped and returned home. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and early made up his mind to be a jeweler. He began the jeweler trade in 1878, and in 1884 came to Rock Cave and opened up a jewelry store. His only brother Clarence was employed in the United States Signal Service at San Diego, Cal., until his death. His father owned the first tannery in Banks District and V. L. took some lessons in tanning. His grandfather's children were Jonathan M. Bennett, William Bennett, Stuart Bennett, Sarah Jane, Abigail, Virginia, Mar- garet, and Rebecca.
V. L. Bennett was married to Delia Boggs, December 11, 1889, daughter of Wesley Boggs and Rebecca McCray, daughter of Robert McCray.
CHARLES BEAN, merchant at Beans Mill, fifteen miles south of Buck- hannon, is a native of the County. Born in 1856, his parents were Henry Bean and Julia A. Bosley, who immigrated from Hampshire County to Upshur County. __
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in 1852. Mr. Bean was raised on a farm and in the mill now owned by him. He has been a successful merchant as well.
He married Isabella Phillips, daughter of Lafayette Phillips, and to this union have been born three children whose names are Wesley, Floyd, Lavidia.
GABRIEL BEAN is the son of Henry Bean, who immigrated to this County from Hampshire County. The father was a millwright and a miller, and built 1 and operated the first mill at what is now known as Beans Mills.
Mr. Bean married Ladassa Burr, daughter of Eldridge Burr, Jr., and to this union were born eleven children, Iona, wife of Willis Loudin; Biddy, wife of Dow Bosley, Adda, wife of Frank Kutt; Maud, wife of Thomas E. Cunningham, Minnie, wife of David McCann, and (the unmarried), Effie, Flossie, Charles, William, Cleveland and Benjamin.
Mr. Bean was a soldier in the Civil War, being a private in the Upshur Battery, Company E, Light Artillery. He served throughout the war and is now a pensioner. He has been a faithful, loyal member of the U. B. Church at Indian Camp for thirty years, and class leader.
ELAM DOWDEN BEAN, born July 4, 1864, near Peel Tree, son of Wesley Bean and Virginia Poling, grandson of Benjamin Bean and Nancy Queen. Benjamin Bean immigrated from Ellicotts Mill near Baltimore, located in Har- rison County and married there. His sister, Stella, is the wife of Edward Hudkins, of Barbour County.
The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools, in the Philippi school, the Flemington Normal, graduating from the Fairmont State Normal in 1888. He taught school for thirteen years and quit the school room to engage in the mercantile business. He was clerk for Hodges and Smith at Peel Tree for three years, was clerk for Hodges at Peck's run five years, and has been running a store for himself at Peck'sRun for the past five years. He married Emma Bean, daughter of James H. Bean of Barbour County in 1891. Children : Mabel, Roxie, Joy, Ava.
JAMES BEAN is a farmer of Meade District, owner of eighty acres of land, was born 1866, a native of the County, the son of John William Bean and Sarah Killingsworth, who was the daughter of John Killingsworth and Jane Dalphin of Highland County, Virginia. The grandson of Henry Bean and Julia A. Bosley. Was raised on a farm, worked as assistant surveyor of the B. & O. engineer corps for twelve years and resigned to go to his farm.
His sisters are, Emma, wife of Bird Fowler ; Virginia, wife of George Fowler, and Lizzie, single.
NATHAN BEAN, a farmer of Washington District, was born January 2, 1844. the son of Henry Bean and Julia A. Bosley. His father moved to Upshur County in 1850. settling on the waters of Indian Camp Run. He married Eleanor Bean, January 14, 1873, and to this union were born six children, Cora A., wife of R. L. Wamsley: Ertha G., married Mary Nichols; Vertie, wife of Harry, Beale ; Clark S., engineer on the B. & O. railroad ; J. Cremar, on Chicago railroad ; Truman and Clarence.
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