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(\') Rufus Arlington, son of William H. and Sarah E. (Frederick) Smith, was born at Gladesville, August II. 1868. His early years were spent in Preston county, West Virginia, and he attended the common schools and the summer normal sessions. For one year he taught school, but he then engaged himself in mercantile business at Blaine, Mineral county, West Virginia. In 1900 he went into the mining and shipping of coal. still living at Blaine, which is to this day the place of his residence. In April, 1910. he organized the Hamill Coal and Coke Company, of which he has heen general manager from the incorporation. Mr. Smith has been postmaster of Blaine since 1889. He is also president of the First National Bank of Kitzmiller, Garrett county, Maryland. He is a
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Republican, but not very active in politics. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members and regular attendants of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, June 29, 1892, Nettie Grace, daughter of Mesach A. and Mollie Louise ( Holly) Browning, who was born at Cranesville, Preston county, West Virginia, October 2, 1873. Her father was born near Cranesville, and is now living at Kitzmiller; her mother, born near Moorefield, Hardy county, Virginia, died April 13, 1908. Mr. Browning married (second) in 1909, Jennie Abernethy. Children of Mesach A. Browning, all except the last-named by first wife: 1. Ismenia Mand, mar- ried E. J. Hamill. 2. Nettie Grace, married Rufus Arlington Smith. 3. Cora P., married V. G. Pew. 4. Susan R., married Frank Laughlin, deceased. 5. J. Russell. died October 8, 1908. 6. Louise, born in July, 1910.
Children of Rufus Arlington and Nettie Grace ( Browning) Smith Carroll Ney, born January 31. 1896: William Alan, born December 23, 1900 : Virginia Pearl, December 4, 1904.
EDWARDS Alexander Edwards, the founder of this family in this country, came from Bristol, England, in 1640, and settled in Springfield, Massachusetts, and removed to Northampton in 1655, where he died September 4, 1690. Prior to his coming to America he was an officer in the English army, and was presented with a medal bearing the coat-of-arms of England, by the King, for heroic service in the army, which medal is now in the possession of some of his descendants in Hamilton county, Ohio. He married (a widow) Sarah Baldwin Searles. Children: Samuel, born March 7, 1643; Hannah, February 16, 1645; Joseph, August 8, 1647; May, June 20, 1650; Benjamin, June 24, 1652: Sarah, November 21, 1654: Na- thaniel, referred to below; Eliza, born February 22, 1660.
(II ) Nathaniel, son of Alexander and Sarah ( Baldwin-Searles) Edwards, born June 25, 1657, married, but his wife's name is unknown. Children : William, born 1719, died in 1784, settled on New River, Orange county, North Carolina : Alexander, referred to below ; David, born in 1724, died in 1785, settled in Warren county, Ohio : Robert, born in 1727, settled in Franklin county, Virginia, and was lost in 1776 at the battle of Halifax.
(III) Alexander, son of Nathaniel Edwards, died in 1784, in Gray- son county, Virginia. His wife's name is unknown. Among his children was Benjamin, referred to below.
(IV) Benjamin, son of Alexander Edwards, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. His wife's name is unknown. Among his children was Arthur, referred to below.
(V) Arthur, son of Benjamin Edwards, was born August 16, 1744, in Augusta county, Virginia, and died in 1820; is buried in the Barnett burial ground in Lewis district, Mason county. He served in the American army during the revolutionary war, and was in the battle of Guilford Court House and other engagements under General Gates. He married, January 15, 1775, Jane Withrow. Children: Sarah, born March 17, 1776; Isaac, April 27. 1778; Elizabeth, May 28, 1780; Arthur, May II, 1783; Jane, June 4, 1785; Margaret, June 14, 1788; Hannah; Mary ; Rebecca : Susanna, born April II, 1797: Samuel, twin with Susanna, referred to below.
(VI) Samuel, son of Arthur Edwards Sr. and Jane ( Withrow) Ed- wards, was born April I1, 1797, in Monroe county, Virginia, now West Virginia, and removed with his parents to Mason county when he was eleven years of age, where he died May 9. 1872. He was mar-
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ried, February 14, 1819, by Frank Watkins, Esq., to Sarah C., daugh- ter of Benjamin and Nancy Lewis; she was born October 10, 1799, and died September 12, 1884. Her brothers and sisters were: John Lewis ; Benjamin Lewis, Jr .; Catharine, married Michael Newhouse; George Lewis, married Margaret Winkleblack; William Lewis, married Lu- cinda Clendenin, March 9, 1808: Andrew Lewis; James Lewis; and Isaac Lewis, married Rose Roush. There were born to Samuel and Sarah C. Edwards, children: Smith, referred to below; Albert, born September 14, 1822, deceased : Helen Jane, born February 8, 1824, died September 7, 1829; Jane, born February 3, 1827, deceased; Arthur, born May 4, 1829; Lewis, born March 4, 1832, died June 4, 1905; Vin- cent, born August 22, 1834; Allen, born January 21, 1836, deceased; Samuel D., born August 15. 1839, died July 8, 1874.
(VII) Smith, son of Samuel and Sarah C. (Lewis) Edwards, was born November 16, 1820, died July 15. 1903. After his second mar- riage he removed to South Portsmouth, Kentucky, where he lost his left arm July 29, 1881, by the accidental discharge of a gun. He mar- ried (first) March 25, 1841, Margaret, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Callahan) Pullin; she came with her parents from Bath county, Vir- ginia, where she was born March 7, 1812, and died November 14, 1863. Her brothers and sisters were: James P. Pullin, born March 6. 1800, deceased; Agnes Pullin, born November 3, 1801. deceased ; Charles Pullin, born October 6, 1803, deceased: Jonathan Pullin Jr., born September 11, 1805, deceased; Samuel Pullin, born August 4, 1807, deceased ; Youathless H. Pullin, born December 13, 1809, mar- ried Jane Edwards; Ann Pullin, born May 10, 1814. married George Lewis, January 27, 1831, she died June, 1869: Sarah Pullin, born May 15, 1819; Mary ( Pullin) Cooper, born February 25. 1826. He married (second) Mary Clendenin, daughter of Leander Clendenin. Chil- dren, by first marriage: John Riley, born December 7. 1842, mar- ried Nancy V. Gibbs ; James M., born March 31, 1844, died May 27, 1912, married Mahala Van Matre; Sarah, born January 3, 1845, died October 21, 1904; Mazilla, deceased: Robert, born November, 1847, died March 29. 1905; Straugher S., born March 1, 1849. died May 28. 1890, married Nancy Gibbs ; Jane A., born October 7. 1850, married Camden Lewis; Arthur, referred to below: Mary, born February 19, 1855, married John W. VanMatre, March 22. 1876, died September 3, 1901. By his second wife was born Lewis A., February 20, 1865, died at age of two years. John Riley and James M. Edwards fought in the Federal army during the civil war, enlisting at Point Pleasant. July 18. 1862, in the First West Virginia Artillery. They were in the battles of Rock Gap, Droop Mountain, Lynchburg, Snicker's Gap, Ashby's Gap and many others in the campaign of the Potomac and Shenandoah Val- leys, and were mustered out of service June 28, 1865. at Wheeling. West Virginia.
(VIII) Arthur, son of Smith and Margaret (Pullin) Edwards, was born April 3, 1853. at West Columbia. Mason county, West Vir- ginia. He received his early education in the public schools of Mason county and a private seminary in Ohio, and then entered and graduated from the Ohio Southern Business' College at Parkersburg. After teach- ing school for several years in Mason county he worked at mechanical trades and in business. He was elected justice of the peace for Mason county in 1880 and re-elected in 1896. and in 1895 and 1896 he was treasurer of the town of Point Pleasant. In 1897 he was elected mayor of Point Pleasant, and in 1908 was again elected justice of the peace. and in 1913 was again elected mayor of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, which position he still holds. He was also assessor of the town from
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1907 to 1912. He is a member of Oriental Lodge, No. 49, Knights of Pythias, past chancellor commander, a member of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, and has held offices in the lodge and is at present one of its trustees. He is also a member of Evergreen Lodge, No. 36, 1. O. O. F. He married (first ) September 25, 1878, Sarah Alice, daugh- ter of James W. and Rachel Saunders, of Mason county, West Vir- ginia ; she died December 22, 1891. He married ( second ) April 9, 1901, Etha Jane, daughter of John T. and Harriet ( Howell ) Brown, of Ma- son county, West Virginia. Her brothers and sisters were: D. W. Brown, married Maggie L. Lemaster : Charles W. Brown, married Vir- ginia Love : Carrie Brown, married A. J. Kincade ; Mary Frances Brown, married William A. Cheuvront : Maggie Brown, married T. J. Eads; Vir- gie L. Brown, married O. W. Conley; Johnnie Brown, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have no children.
This family traces its descent to the house of Ormonde,
BUTLER in England, the present head of which is the Earl of Or- monde, bearing one of the most ancient Irish titles in the British Empire. Butler is the family name of the Ormondes and was de- rived from their ancient office, chief butler of Ireland.
The Butler family in America had its origin in the three young brothers, scions of the house of Ormonde, who emigrated to the colonies in the latter part of the seventeenth century. One settled in Maine, one in Pennsylvania, and one in Virginia and Kentucky. Of the life of this third brother and of his son, little is known, though some papers sealed by them with the Butler arms-"Or, a chief indented azure"-are in the possession of the family. After the third American generation, however, the descent of the Virginia Butlers is clearly traced.
(I) William Garland Butler was born in Westmoreland county, Vir- ginia, September 1, 1774, and died near Shepherdstown, West Virginia, April 19, 1847. He married Nancy Moore, who was born at "Level Green," near Charles Town, May 15, 1780, and died in Shepherdstown, April 10, 1864. Children: 1. Elizabeth Nash, born January 20, 1801. 2. Nancy Davis, born December 26, 1802, died August 25, 1803. 3. Polly Moore, born April 19, 1806, died December 24, 1818. 4. Sally Stewart, born August 19, 1808, died May 12, 1835. 5. Mary Newton, born August 20, 1810, died August 21, 1832. 6. John Williams, born September 20, 1812, died April 18. 1813. 7. Alcinda Davis, born June 13, 1814, died March 31. 1832. 8. James Gerard, born June 28, 1816, died November 30, 1834. 9. John Alexander, born December 21. 1820, died September 1. 1823. IO. Jane Beall, born June 24. 1823. died July 8, 1842. 11. Charles Thomas, of whom further.
( II) Charles Thomas Butler, son of William Garland and Nancy ( Moore) Butler, was born near Shepherdstown, West Virginia, October 7, 1829. and died February 2, 1899. He was an extensive land owner in the vicinity of Shepherdstown, and was state senator from 1877 to 1881 ; he was a member of the Democratic party. He married Virginia Thomas Van Swearingen, in December, 1846, near Hagerstown, Maryland; she was daughter of Hon. Thomas Van Swearingen, who was born May 5, 1784, and died August 19. 1822. Her mother was Julia Lane, who was born August 15, 1786, in Kentucky ; and died March 6, 1860, in Shepherds- town. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas Butler had five children, as fol- lows: I. William Butler, born August 10. 1848, near Shepherdstown ; married Kate Lucas, of Jefferson county ; he is connected with the Bal- timore & Ohio Railroad Company in its claims department. 2. Julia Lane, born May 15. 1849, near Shepherdstown ; married Richard Alex-
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ander, of Charles Town and had six children; she died in July, 1907. 3. Charles Thomas Van Swearingen, of whom further. 4. Nancy Moore, born January 13, 1853, near Shepherdstown : married Compton Moore, of Charles Town, November 12, 1879; they reside at present in Charles Town; children : Virginia, Margaret, Nanny and Julia Lane. 5. Hardage Lane, born near Shepherdstown, July 4, 1855; he married, in October, 1876, Mary Mathiot, of Baltimore; children: Nellie Lane and Laura Hardage. Hardage Lane was a physician, and practiced medicine for a number of years in Washington county, Maryland : he died in the year 1880.
(III) Dr. Charles Thomas Van Swearingen Butler, son of Charles Thomas and Virginia (Van Swearingen) Butler, was born March 4. 1850, at "Linwood", near Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He was edu- cated at a private school in Shepherdstown, at the Shenandoah Valley Academy, Winchester, Virginia, and was finally graduated from the Uni- versity of Maryland, at Baltimore, in March, 1874. He practiced medi- cine in Boonesboro, Maryland, for a year ; then removed to Shepherds- town, West Virginia, where he resided and continued the practice of his profession until his death on July 8, 1903. He was a staunch Democrat, and prominent in the affairs of the town, having been a councilman for a number of years. He was a communicant of the Episcopal church, and was a member of Mount Nebo Lodge, No. 91, A. F. and A. M. ; also a char- ter member of Shield of Honor Lodge, and charter member of the Shen- andoah Junction Lodge of Masons, in which he was active until his death. On August 5, 1874, he married, in Lynchburg, Virginia, Elizabeth Little Craighill, daughter of William Nathaniel Craighill and Sarah Elizabeth Brown.
William N. Craighill, who was connected with the Bank of Charles Town, Charles Town, West Virginia, was born January 26, 1808, and died September 6, 1887. Sarah Elizabeth (Brown) .Craighill, the mother of Mrs. Butler, was born August 16, 1811, at Shepherdstown, in the old Butler Hotel : the room in which she was born was later occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas Butler while on their honeymoon, and later still was the room in which Mr. Charles Thomas Butler died. Mrs. Craighill died September 28, 1887. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Craighill : I. William Price, born July 1, 1833, at Charles Town; at the beginning of the civil war, he was a professor in the engineering department at West Point, and after the war he was chief of engineers of the United States army. He married ( first) Miss Mary Morsell, daughter of Judge Mor- sell, of Georgetown, D. C. They had seven children, as follows: a. James Morsell at present a prominent physician in Baltimore, Maryland ; married Miss Anne Berry, of Georgetown, D. C., and has one child, Annie Price Craighill. b. Elizabeth Rutherford, married Rev. Hunter David- sont, an Episcopal minister ; no children. c. William Edward, a colonel of engineers in the United States army, stationed at Portland, Maine ; he married Mary Byram, of New Orleans ; children : Sarah, Mary, Rebecca, Eleanor, Margaret and Caroline. d. Mary Morsell, married William Fontaine Lippitt, a surgeon in the United States army, stationed at San Juan, Porto Rico: after resigning his commission he engaged in fruit growing near San Juan ; children : William Price Craighill. William Fon- taine (twins), and Mary Morsell. e. Sarah Eleanor, married Edward Tayloe Perry, of Cumberland, Maryland, a son of Commodore Perry ; children : Thornton Tayloe, and William Price Craighill. f. John Mau- bury, died at the age of seven years. g. Nathaniel Rutherford, married Blanche Mayo; he is at present engaged in the engineering business in New York, having been at one time professor in the engineering depart- ment of the University of Montana: he had one child who died in
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infancy. The second wife of William Price Craighill was Rebecca Churchill Jones ; there were no children by this union. 2. Ellen Ruther- ford, born July 12, 1836, at Charles Town, West Virginia; she remained unmarried. and is at present living in Charles Town, West Virginia. 3. James Brown, born July 28, 1838, at Charles Town, West Virginia ; mar- ried Margaret Smith, of Maryland; seven children: a. Louise, died in infancy. b. Susan, at present a school teacher in Washington, D. C. c. Francis, graduated from the University of the South, Sewannee, Tennes- see ; he married and has three children. d. Rutherford, married Nellie Lee, of Washington ; children : Rutherford, Lee, Robert and Richard. e. Gilmore, died in infancy. f. Margaret, died in infancy. g. Bowdoin, graduated from the University of the South and George Washington C'niversity, and is at present practicing law in Washington, D. C .; mar- ried Julia Lippitt : no children. 4. Edward Addison, born November 2, 1840, at Charles Town, West Virginia; during the civil war he was a sur- geon in the Confederate army, having a hospital at Gordonsville, Vir- ginia : in 1874 he married Matilda Hobson, at Richmond, Virginia ; no children. 5. Robert Templeman, born April 25, 1843, at Charles Town; died September 27, 1907, and was buried in Lynchburg, Virginia ; in the civil war he was an officer in the Confederate army : he married Edley Hobson, in Lynchburg, October 11, 1865; eight children : a. Carrie, mar- ried Harry Handy, and had three children, Digby, Bryant and Edwin. b. Nathaniel, died in infancy. c. Robert, married Nanny Langhorne, children; Edley and Robert. d. Edward, unmarried. e. Joseph, unmar- ried. f. Norval, unmarried. g. Matilda, married h. Preston, un- married. 6. Mary Lloyd, born June 7, 1845, at Charles Town, where she now resides: unmarried. 7. Francis Hugh, born January 9, 1849, at Charles Town, where he died and was buried, his death occurring Septem- ber 9, 1877 : he was a farmer and remained unmarried. 8. George Pey- ton, born February 9, 1851, near Charles Town ; died February 9, 1895, and was buried in Lynchburg, Virginia ; on October 12, 1874, he married Lilly Langhorne in Lynchburg: seven children : a. Elizabeth, unmar- ried, who resides in Richmond, Virginia. b. George Peyton Jr., an Epis- copal minister, who is now married, and living in Richmond. c. Lilly, died in infancy. d. Langhorne, unmarried. e. Lloyd, now a student at Wash- ington and Lee University. f. Bonnie, died in infancy. g. Wistor, un- married, living at present in Richmond. 9. Elizabeth Little, born Octo- ber 5, 1853, near Charles Town ; married, August 5, 1874, in Lynchburg, Dr. Charles Thomas Van Swearingen Butler, as stated previously.
Dr. and Mrs. Butler had four children, as follows: 1. Sally Craig- hill. born June 25, 1875, at Charles Town ; died March 23, 1876, and was buried in Shepherdstown. 2. Charles Thomas, born December 14. 1876, died July 8, 1911. For some years he edited the Independent, of Shepherdstown ( not the present Independent ) and was also on the editorial staff of the Virginia Free Press, of Charles Town. On August 22, 1900, he married Sally Shepherd, at Shepherdstown ; no children. 3. Elizabeth Price, born October 16, 1884; attended the public schools of Shepherdstown and then was graduated from Shepherd College, to which she afterward returned, taking two post-graduate courses. 4. Eleanor Lloyd, born November 29, 1888, and educated in the public schools of Shepherdstown and at Shepherd College. On September II, 1912, she was married to Charles Schley Mercein, of Milwaukee, Wis- consin. They are now living in Milwaukee.
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This family is of Scotch descent, and had its abode MURDOCH in Pennsylvania before coming into Virginia, yet its ·settlement in the Virginias is now of nearly a cen- tury's standing. Pennsylvania, with its marvelously complex settlement, was even in colonial days a microcosm of the present American Union; there were found from early times the Scotch and Irish, the Welsh, the Germans, and all these strains are to this day evident and influential factors in the composition of the people of Pennsylvania. Hence im- migrants from other lands have easily found congenial homes in Penn- sylvania. The Murdoch family is colonial, yet not of the earliest immi- grations.
(I) Alexander Murdoch, the son of the immigrant from Scotland, was born in Pennsylvania. The name of his wife is not known. Child, John R., of whom further.
(II) John R., son of Alexander Murdoch, died in 1873. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and in that state was engaged in mercantile business. At the time of his first marriage he became a resident of Par- kersburg, Virginia. For many years after his coming hither he served as clerk of the county court. He retired from business some time before his death. He married (first) about 1827, Virginia H., daughter of James and Harriet (Neale) Neal, who died in 1848. He married ( sec-
ond ) ---. Among the seven children by the first marriage the oldest was James Neal, of whom further.
(III) Dr. James Neal Murdoch, son of John R. and Virginia H. (Neal) Murdoch, was born at Parkersburg, June 29, 1828. His edu- cation, begun in the city schools of Parkersburg, was continued at Washington College, Washington, Pennsylvania. Having completed his collegiate course, he entered on the study of medicine with Dr. A. G. Clark, of Parkersburg, and studied with him two years. After this he attended the University of Pennsylvania and was graduated there- from in 1852, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For three years Dr. Murdoch practiced his profession in his native city; the next three years were spent in California, in which state he was superin- tendent of a mining company at Oroville, and also practiced medicine to some extent. In 1858 he returned to Parkersburg, but the next year he moved to Greenville, Tennessee, and there he was engaged in the drug business. In 1865 he returned to Parkersburg and here he has lived since that time, having become one of the representative citizens of this city, and a leading figure in its business life. Throughout this period he has been active in the drug business and he established the first whole- sale drug house in the state of West Virginia, outside of Wheeling. He is one of the most prominent druggists in the state, and a substantial and respected citizen of his city. As a man of business he is shrewd, industrious and of unswerving integrity. Dr. Murdoch married, in 1859. Mary Caperton, daughter of William Steenbergen. Of their five children there survives a son, Allen Caperton, of whom further, and one daughter.
(IV) Allen Caperton, son of Dr. James Neal and Mary Caperton ( Steenbergen) Murdoch, was born at Parkersburg. West Virginia, Sep- tember 22, 1867. He was employed in the drug business under his father, and in 1901 when the business was incorporated under the name of the J. N. Murdoch Company he was made vice-president, and this position he holds to the present time. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks: in 1899 and in 1902 he was district deputy grand exalted ruler for West Virginia, and he was exalted ruler of Parkersburg Lodge, in 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901 and 1903. Beside his leading position in the commercial activity of Parkersburg, Mr. Murdoch is also
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active and influential in politics as a Democrat. He was elected mayor of Parkersburg, April 7, 1903. In 1904 he was the nominee of his party for the United States house of representatives from the fourth district of West Virginia. When the commission form of government was put into effect at Parkersburg (the first city in West Virginia to adopt this mode of conducting its municipal business), Mr. Murdoch took office as mayor and he holds this position at the present time (1913).
SMITH The surname Smith is of such frequent occurrence in the United States that it is difficult to trace the genealogy of the various families. From the earliest times, however, rep- resentatives of the name have been prominent in American history and in the business world. This particular branch is of English origin and the ancestry is traced to Christopher Smith, who was a large planter and slave owner in Maryland in the colonial days. He married and among his children was a son Jacob, mentioned below.
(II) Jacob, son of Christopher Smith, was born in Maryland, April 26, 1788, died February 14, 1874. He was reared and educated in Mary- land and there resided until he had reached his legal majority, when he came to what is now Raleigh county, West Virginia. He was a planter by occupation, and passed the remainder of his life in Raleigh county. He had a son Canada, mentioned below.
(III) Canada, son of Jacob Smith, was born in Nicholas county, Vir- ginia, January 14, 1820. He grew up in Raleigh county and during the greater part of his active career was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Elethia Williams, likewise a native of Raleigh county, Virginia. and to them were born eight children: I. Francis N., mentioned below. 2. Letitia, born January 30, 1846; wife of William Prince, of Princess Station, West Virginia. 3. Eunice, born November 20, 1847, now de- ceased ; married Allen Ellison. 4. Louisa, born October 23, 1849; wife of James George, of Raleigh county. 5. Enoch, born October 26, 1851 ; a banker in Charleston, West Virginia. 6. Isabella, born September 19, 1853, died May 10, 1868. 7. Adeline, born May 30, 1856; wife of Gar- land Williams, of Raleigh county. 8. Washington, born August 29, 1860; was engaged in various business enterprises in Raleigh and Fay- ette counties until 1910, when he removed to Oklahoma. Elethia (Wil- liams) Smith, mother of the above children, was born in Raleigh county, West Virginia, December 3, 1824, died July 18, 1891. Her father was John Williams, a native of Raleigh county, Virginia, where his birth occurred September 10. 1802. He was a son of David Williams and a grandson of James Williams, who lived and died in Giles county, Vir- ginia.
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