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Robert Atcheson Alberts (b. 1872) —
also known as Robert A. Alberts —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., October
19, 1872.
Son of Lewis Charles Alberts and Sarah Jane (Atcheson) Alberts.
Republican. President, C. B. Hewitt & Bros. paper and
glue; vice-president, Albowe Realty
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Carlyle Barbour (b. 1895) —
also known as John C. Barbour —
of Clifton, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Haledon, Passaic
County, N.J., April 18,
1895.
Son of William J. Barbour and Anna Barbour.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1929-32; member of New Jersey
state senate from Passaic County, 1933-36.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners; Junior
Order; Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin H. Berry (b. 1904) —
of Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Manahawkin, Ocean
County, N.J., May 15,
1904.
Son of J. Willits Berry and Jessie (Haywood) Berry.
Lawyer;
bank
director; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Ocean County,
1947.
Member, Kiwanis;
Sons
of the American Revolution; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis B. Blissard (1913-1998) —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Port Norris, Cumberland
County, N.J., July 15,
1913.
Son of David Corson Blissard and Bertha Mae (Haines) Blissard.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; real estate
developer; U.S.
Attorney for Hawaii, 1954-61.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Jesters;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died May 12,
1998 (age 84 years, 301
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Son of Roscoe
Pulaski Copeland and Frances Jane (Holmes) Copeland (born 1843).
Physician;
university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1936;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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Francis B. Davis (b. 1878) —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., March 12,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1917-22; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924,
1928;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Gloucester County, 1924-31.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly (1841-1905) —
also known as Richard A. Donnelly —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 4,
1841.
Son of Peter Donnelly and Elizabeth (Grant) Donnelly.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clothing
merchant; mayor of
Trenton, N.J., 1884-86; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1895-1901.
Irish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Elks.
Died February
27, 1905 (age 63 years, 360
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Donnelly and Elizabeth (Grant) Donnelly; married to Sue A.
Davidson (died 1872) and Susie Isabel Gold. |
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Henry Meade Doremus (1851-1921) —
also known as Henry M. Doremus —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Morris
County, N.J., May 23,
1851.
Son of Peter G. Doremus and Susanah Doremus.
Republican. Building
contractor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1886; Essex
County Sheriff, 1897-99; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1903-06; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1904,
1916,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died January
16, 1921 (age 69 years, 238
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Joseph Allen Frear, Jr. (1903-1993) —
also known as J. Allen Frear, Jr. —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Rising Sun, Kent
County, Del., March 7,
1903.
Democrat. Banker;
president, Kent General Hospital,
1947-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1949-61; member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1961-63; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Delaware, 1972.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Shriners; Rotary.
Died January
15, 1993 (age 89 years, 314
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.
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Oramel B. Fuller (1858-1935) —
of Ford River, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
22, 1858.
Republican. Lumber
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Delta District, 1893-98;
member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1901-04, 1907-08; injured in a fall
at the entrance to his home, about 1905, and paralyzed;
used a wheelchair
for the rest of his life; Michigan
state auditor general, 1909-32; defeated, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
4, 1935 (age 77 years, 286
days).
Interment somewhere
in Muskegon, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1887
to Jennie L. Van Zalingen (died 1922). |
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1911 |
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Harry T. Hagaman (1869-1952) —
of Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J., June 2,
1869.
Son of John Hagaman (1845-1917) and Alica M. (Applegate) Hagaman
(1851-1921).
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1917-19; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Ocean County, 1920-22.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Redmen; Foresters;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in 1952
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Toms River, N.J.
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Archibald Chapman Hart (1873-1935) —
also known as Archibald C. Hart —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.; Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Lenoxville, Quebec,
February
27, 1873.
Son of R. M. Hart and Caroline (Antrobus) Hart.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
candidate for New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1907; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1912-13, 1913-17.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Foresters;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J., July 24,
1935 (age 62 years, 147
days).
Interment at Hackensack
Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
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Benjamin Franklin Jones (b. 1870) —
of Maplewood, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1870.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1899-1901; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1900-01; district judge
in New Jersey, 1906-11; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Griffith Walker Lewis (b. 1863) —
also known as Griffith W. Lewis —
of Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., July 1,
1863.
Republican. President, G.W. Lewis & Son, shoe
manufacturers; vice-president, Mechanics National Bank;
president, Burlington Electric
Light & Power Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1904;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1907-09; member of New Jersey
state senate from Burlington County, 1910-12; chair of
Burlington County Republican Party, 1910.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Madden (b. 1873) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Tuckahoe, Cape May
County, N.J., July 10,
1873.
Son of Thomas Burch Madden and Eleanor (Steelman) Madden.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1908-11; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Minnie J. Mentzler. |
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Charles Anthony Meyer (b. 1864) —
also known as Charles A. Meyer —
of Andover, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., December
31, 1864.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1909-12;
defeated, 1893.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952) —
also known as A. Harry Moore —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 3,
1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
New Jersey, 1926-29, 1932-35, 1938-41; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1935-38.
Christian
Reformed. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grange; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Moose; Eagles; Royal
Arcanum; Foresters.
Died from a heart
attack while driving
his car along State Highway 29 in Somerset
County, N.J., November
18, 1952 (age 73 years, 138
days).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Edward Thomas Moore (b. 1881) —
also known as Edward T. Moore —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J., July 3,
1881.
Son of Thomas Martin Moore (attorney) and Sarah (Wickham) Moore.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1909-10; law
professor; vice-chair of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1934-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Zeta
Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1931
to Lillian Ring. |
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Kevin Sung-Min Park (b. 1983) —
also known as Kevin Park —
of Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in a hospital,
Columbia, Howard
County, Md., May 5,
1983.
Intern or volunteer staff for U.S. Sen. Frank
Lautenberg, Gov. Ruth
Ann Minner, U.S. Rep. Mike
Ferguson; presidential candidate.
Christian.
Korean
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Rotary; Odd
Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Sung-Koo Chi (South Korean Ambassador to Senegal and
Finland). |
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Henry J. Pierson (b. 1872) —
of Lititz, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Lambertville, Hunterdon
County, N.J., August 1,
1872.
Republican. Paper
manufacturer; banker;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1933-40.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Griggs Prall (1881-1951) —
also known as Horace G. Prall —
of Lambertville, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born near Ringoes, Hunterdon
County, N.J., March 6,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1926-27; member of New Jersey
state senate from Hunterdon County, 1928-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in 1951
(age about
70 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles A. Rathbun (1867-1927) —
of Madison, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Madison, Morris
County, N.J., January
7, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Morris County, 1914-16.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in 1927
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Atlantic
View Cemetery, Manasquan, N.J.
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William Thackara Read (1878-1954) —
also known as William T. Read —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Merchantville, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., November
22, 1878.
Son of William Thackara Read (1846-1891) and Lucretia Swindell
(McCormick) Read (1853-1936).
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Camden County, 1912-16; resigned 1916; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1916-28; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1936,
1940,
1944;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Camden County,
1947.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners; Tall
Cedars of Lebanon.
Died in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., August 7,
1954 (age 75 years, 258
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Firman M. Reeves (b. 1877) —
of Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., September
20, 1877.
Republican. Pharmacist;
real
estate business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1918-19;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Cumberland County, 1920-27.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Moose; Redmen; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Augustus W. Schwartz (b. 1867) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., January
4, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper
advertising manager; fire
fighter; coal
and masons'
supplies dealer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1909-10.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners; Independent
Order of Foresters; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Nicholas Seger (1866-1940) —
also known as George N. Seger —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1866.
Republican. Builder;
mayor
of Passaic, N.J., 1911-19; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1923-40 (7th District 1923-33,
8th District 1933-40); died in office 1940.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Elks.
Died August
26, 1940 (age 74 years, 235
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Clyde W. Struble (b. 1895) —
of Ocean City, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Swartswood, Sussex
County, N.J., March 25,
1895.
Son of William P. Struble (1861-1938) and Malvina Struble
(1865-1898).
Banker;
mayor
of Ocean City, N.J., 1943-47; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Cape May
County, 1947.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Worthington Taylor (1869-1931) —
also known as Herbert W. Taylor —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Belleville, Essex
County, N.J., February
19, 1869.
Son of James C. Taylor and Mary E. (Worthington) Taylor.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1904-05; chair of
Essex County Republican Party, 1913-17; Essex
County Attorney, 1918-21; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1921-23, 1925-27;
defeated, 1926.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners; Modern
Woodmen; Junior
Order; Royal
Arcanum.
Died October
15, 1931 (age 62 years, 238
days).
Interment at East
Ridgelawn Cemetery, Delawanna, N.J.
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Joseph F. Wallworth (b. 1876) —
of Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
24, 1876.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1919-20;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Camden County, 1921-23; chair of
Camden County Republican Party, 1927.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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William J. Wells (1876-1940) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
15, 1876.
Republican. Accountant;
general manager, later president, R.H. Macy & Co. department
store; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from a heart
condition, in Mountainside Hospital,
Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., March 22,
1940 (age 63 years, 98
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Van Buren Wicoff (1878-1952) —
also known as John V. B. Wicoff —
of Cranbury, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Plainsboro, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Plainsboro, Middlesex
County, N.J., June 9,
1878.
Son of John Wicoff (1829-1892) and Catherine Lucretia (Britton)
Wicoff (1844-1928).
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Broad Street National Bank of
Trenton; president, Trenton Bone Fertilizer
Company; candidate for New Jersey
state senate, 1936; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Rotary.
Died February
25, 1952 (age 73 years, 261
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wicoff (1829-1892) and Catherine Lucretia (Britton) Wicoff
(1844-1928); married, June 8,
1904, to Lavinia Ely Applegate; first cousin of C.
Raymond Wicoff. |
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Charles Anderson Wolverton (1880-1969) —
also known as Charles A. Wolverton —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Merchantville, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., October
24, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1915-18; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1918; Camden
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1918-23; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1927-59.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners; Elks; Rotary; Union
League.
Died in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., May 16,
1969 (age 88 years, 204
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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