1877 Biographical Directory
Taken from The Past and Present of
La Salle County, Illinois
Chicago: H. F. Kett & Co., Cor. 5th Ave. and Washington St. 1877
Brookfield Township
| Name | Occupation & Notes | Township |
| ANDERSON, Benjamin | Farmer. Sec. 35. Twp 32; P.O. Ransom | Brookfield Township |
| ARCHIE, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 35, Twp 32. P.O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
| ARMSTRONG, G. W. | Farmer. Sec. 1, Twp 32. P.O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
| ARMSTRONG, J. L. | Farmer. Sec. 1, Twp 32. P.O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
| BAKER, Nathaniel | Farmer. Sec. 32, Twp 33. P.O. Marseilles | Brookfield Township |
| BARBOUR, B. S. | Renter. P.O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
| BARTELS, Henrich | Farmer. Sec. 25. P.O. Seneca. Born Hanover, Germany 1831. To U.S. 1857; to this county 1858. Married Diana, dau of Christian GEBEKE, of Equerd, Hanover, in Ottawa 1866. Children: Henry, 10 yrs; Frank, 7 yrs; Caroline, 3 yrs; Boy, born 1877. | Brookfield Township |
| BENKENDORFF, Carl | Farmer. Sec. 34. Born Hanover, Germany 1823. Married Doretta, dau of John DAMMANN, of that place 1849. To Montgomery Co., Ill, 1853. To this county 1858. | Brookfield Township |
| BERRIER, George | Farmer. Sec. 16. Born Perry Co., Pa 1849. (Son of William & Catharine BERRIER, who came to this county when he was 18). Married 1876, at Streator, to Eunice dau. of the late Salter BLANCHARD. (son) William B., 1877. (Mother-in-law-Phoebe BLANCHARD) | Brookfield Township |
| BISHOP, Joseph | Farmer. Sec. 6, Twp 32 | Brookfield Township |
| BLACKMAN, Wm. | Farmer. Sec 30 | |
| BLANCHARD, Phoebe, Mrs. | Sec. 16. Born Genesee Co., N. Y. 1816. Her parents were James & Elizabeth THORP, to Genesse Co., Mich. There married Salter BLANCHARD in 1837. To this county 1845. Husband died 1868. Children: Adelaide, 1839; Emily, 1843; Alva, 1848; Achsah, 1850; Eben, 1852; Eunice, 1855; David, 1857. | Brookfield Township |
| BORUGHY, J. | Farm. Sec. 31, Twp. 33 | Brookfield Township |
| BRADLEY, Roswell | Farmer. Sec. 5, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| BRADLEY, Samuel | Farmer. Sec. 5 | Brookfield Township |
| BRAGG, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 29, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| BRINER, Henry | Farmer. Sec. 9, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| BRODERICK, Martin Sr. | Farmer. Sec. 22, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| BRODERICK, Martin Jr. | Farmer. Sec. 13, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| BURGESON, Burge | Farmer. Sec. 36 | Brookfield Township |
| BURGESON, Wm. | Farmer. P. O. Ransom | Brookfield Township |
| BUTTERFIELD, E. | Farmer. Sec. 31 | Brookfield Township |
| BYRNE, M. | Farmer. Sec. 35, Twp. 33 | Brookfield Township |
| BYRNE, P. | Farm. Sec. 35, Twp. 33 | Brookfield Township |
| CARMEDY, Patrick | Laborer. P. O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
| CARPENTER, Charles M. | Farmer. Sec. 24. Born Chenaugo Co., N.Y. 1840. To Illinois 1857; to this county 1858. Married 1869, Miss Catherine, dau of L. P. OSGOOD. Children: Edwin, 1871; Willard, 1873; Martha Miller, 1875; and daugh not named, 1877. | Brookfield Township |
| CARPENTER, Joel | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| CARPENTER, S. | Farm. Sec. 24, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| CARPENTER, W. H. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| CARR, James | Farmer. Sec. 11, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| CARR, N. S. | Farmer. Sec. 20 | Brookfield Township |
| CARY, Jas. | Laborer | Brookfield Township |
| CARY, John H. | Farmer. Sec. 6, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| CLARK, G. | Farm. Sec. 27, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| CLARK, L. | Farm. Sec. 27 | Brookfield Township |
| CLARK, Lyman | Farmer. Sec. 27 | Brookfield Township |
| CLARK, P. | Farm. Sec. 34, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| COLE, C. | Farm. Sec. 22, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| COLE, W. | Farm. Sec. 22, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| COOMBS, H. | Farmer. Sec. 17, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| CORDIAL, James | Farmer. Sec. 20. Born Queens Co., Ireland 1832. To U.S. 1857. In Newark New Jersey, 4 years; to this county 1861. Married at Ottawa 1864 - Miss Ann DUNN, of Kings Co., Ireland. Children: Sylvester, 1865; John, 1867; Mary A., 1870; Martin, 1872; William, 1875. | Brookfield Township |
| COUGHLIN, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 12, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| COURTS, F. | Farmer. Sec. 3, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| COVELL, Jonathan | Farmer. Sec. 5, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| COVELL, Milton J. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| CROWLEY, Timothy | Farmer. Sec. 11. Native of Ireland. | Brookfield Township |
| CUNNINGHAM, Hugh | Works for Geo. HANNA on Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
| DAVIS, Samuel | Farmer. Sec. 6, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| DEVANEY, F. | Farmer. Sec. 13, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| DEVENEY, John | Farmer. Sec. 13 | Brookfield Township |
| DEVEREAUX, Ezra | Farmer. Sec. 35. Born Oneida Co., N.Y. 1828. Married 1852, Miss Olive, dau of Marcus TUTTLE, of Camden, N.Y. To this county 1855. Children living: Ida, 1856 (wife of A. CLEAL), of Allen Twp; Abbie, 1859; William, 1862; John, 1866; Olive, 1875. | Brookfield Township |
| DONOHUE, Dennis | Farmer. Sec. 12, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| DONAHUE, Patrick | Farmer. Sec. 33. Born Co. Cork, Ireland 1817. To U.S. 1844; to this county 1851. Married Eliza McDONNELL, of Ottawa 1857. 9 children, older 5 are dead. The 4 living are: Patrick, 1868; Ellen, 1871; Mary E., 1874; Julia, 1876. | Brookfield Township |
| DOOLEY, M. | Farmer. Sec. 18, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| DOUGLASS, D. | Farmer. Sec. 23, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| DOUGLAS, Jas. W. | Rents farm. Sec. 19 | Brookfield Township |
| DUNN, Pat | Farmer. Sec. 2, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| DURELL, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 2, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| EARLEY, John | Farmer. Sec. 21, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| ELBERT, Bailey | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| ELBERT, Noah | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| EWERS, Squire | Farmer. Sec. 10, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| FASTENOW, John | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| FENTON, John | Farmer. Sec. 32, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| FORD, Jno | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| FRAYER, Benham | Farmer. Sec. 5. Born Green Co., N.Y. 1840. To this county 1852. (John FRAYER, father of Benham, born 1801, died 1877. Married Clara BEERS born 1808, in 1823) | Brookfield Township |
| FRAYZEE, George H. | Farmer. Sec. 23, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| FRAYZEE, John | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| FOY, Patrick | Works for Edw. MORROW. Sec. 27 | Brookfield Township |
| FRINK, Sewell M. | Farmer. Sec. 23. Born Preston, Conn. 1827. Married 1850, at Syracuse, N.Y. to Miss Maria (dau of John L. TILLEY; native of England. Came to this county 1856). Children: Frederick, 1851; Franklin, 1852; Frances, 1853 (is wife of Wm. BISHOP of Adams Co., Neb.); Flora, 1855; Fenton, 1870. Flora is wife of Thos. LANE of Allen. Twp. | Brookfield Township |
| GAGE, Aaron | Farmer. Sec. 18, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| GAGE, Isaac | Farmer. Sec. 7, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| GAGE, Richard | Farmer. Sec. 18, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| GAGE, R. J. | Farmer. Sec. 5, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| GATCHELL, Jas. M. | Farmer. Sec. 17. Born Lisbon, Maine 1839. To Ottawa 1857. Married 1867, Catharine, dau of G. W. ROSE, of this town. 2 children: Cora, 1869 and Charles, 1876. | Brookfield Township |
| GILBERT, G. B. | Farmer. Sec. 20, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| GILCHRIST, Thos. | Farmer. Sec. 20. Born Co. Roscommon, Ireland 1832. To N.Y. 1851; to this county 1855. Married in Ottawa 1856, Mary, dau of Jas. HANAHAN, of Grand Rapids. Children: Ellen, 1860; Margaret, 1861; Mary, 1863; Agnes, 1866; Alice, 1868; John, 1870; Robert, 1874. | Brookfield Township |
| GLINDEN, Martin | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| GOLDER, Andrew | Farmer. Sec. 5, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| GOLDER, James | Farmer. Sec. 9, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| GOODRICH, Samuel | Farmer. Sec. 11, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| GORDON, Jas. | Farmer. Sec. 30. Born Northumberland, Scotland in 1822. To this county 1850. Married Johanna DALY, 1860. Children: John, 15 yrs; James, 12 yrs; Johanna, 10 yrs; Frank, 8 yrs; Jane 4 yrs. | Brookfield Township |
| GREEN, Chas. M. | Laborer | Brookfield Township |
| GRIFFIN, J. | Sec. 21, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| GRIFFITH, Jas. | Sec. 13 | Brookfield Township |
| GRIFFITH, Thos. | Farmer. Sec. 21 | Brookfield Township |
| GROBE, Chas. | Farmer. Sec. 36, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| HACKSHALL, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 19 | Brookfield Township |
| HABERLY, Goodley | Lives with father. Sec. 31 | Brookfield Township |
| HAEBERLE, John G. | Farmer. Sec. 32. Born Wurtemburg, Germany 1821. To this county 1853. Married Katharina WINKLER in 1846. She died 1865. Children: Katharina; Gottlieb; Mary; Elizabeth; Fredricka; Frederick. Went to Europe and married 1866, Regina SCHNEPPLE. 1 son, Oscar, 1873 | Brookfield Township |
| HAIKES, Dexter | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| HALL, Pat | Farmer. Sec. 1, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| HALLEY, R. | Farmer. Sec. 21 | Brookfield Township |
| HANNAH, Geo. | Farmer. Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
| HANNAH, Robt. | Lives with Geo., his father. | Brookfield Township |
| HATON, Dennis, Sr. | Farmer. Sec. 35, Twp. 33 | Brookfield Township |
| HATON, Dennis, Jr. | Farmer. With Dennis Sr. | Brookfield Township |
| HERBERT, John | Farmer. Sec. 19, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| HERBERT, Thos. | Farmer. Sec. 34, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| HODLEY, B. E. | Farmer. Sec. 17 | Brookfield Township |
| HOBERT, W. S. | Brookfield Township | |
| HOLT, Chas. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| HOLT, John | Farmer. Sec. 16 | Brookfield Township |
| HOLT, Thos. | Farmer. Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
| INKS, John | Farmer. Sec. 31 | Brookfield Township |
| JACKSON, Wallace | Farmer. Sec. 36 | Brookfield Township |
| JENNINGS, Matthew | Farmer. Sec. 8 | Brookfield Township |
| JOHNSON, Jno. K. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| JOHNSON, Ole A. | Farmer. Sec. 36. P.O. Kinsman. Born near Stavanger, Norway 1839. To N.Y. 1856; to this county 1859. Married in Mission Twp. 1864, Julia, dau of John JOHNSON, native of Norway. Children: Joseph, 1865; Edward, 1868; Chas., 1872; Olun, 1875. | Brookfield Township |
| JONES, Jas. W. | Farm. Sec. 11 | Brookfield Township |
| KENNEDY, Jno. | Farmer. Sec. 21 | Brookfield Township |
| KELLEY, Jno. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| KERWIN, Jno. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| KOHRT, Frederick Sr. | Farmer. Sec. 27 | Brookfield Township |
| KOHRT, Frederick Jr. | Farmer. Sec. 3 | Brookfield Township |
| LANE, S. D. | Farmer. Sec. 35 | Brookfield Township |
| LATIMORE, Jas. | Farmer. Sec. 16 | Brookfield Township |
| LEE, Jno. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| LEE, Oliver | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| LINDEN, Henry | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| McCABE, Jas. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| McCABE, Thomas | Farmer. Sec. 27. Born County Monahan, Ireland 1834. To this county 1849. Married in Ottawa 1862, Sarah, dau of Patrick DILLON, a native of Queens County, Ireland. Wife died 1874. Children: John, 14 yrs; Kate, 12 yrs; Frank, 10 yrs; James, 7 yrs. | Brookfield Township |
| McCARTY, Cornelius | Laborer | Brookfield Township |
| McCARTY, Daniel | Laborer | Brookfield Township |
| McCORMACK, James | Farmer. Sec. 14 | Brookfield Township |
| McCULLUM, A. J. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| McCULLUM, W. A. | Farmer. Sec. 31 | Brookfield Township |
| McDONALD, Pat | Farmer. Sec. 28 | Brookfield Township |
| McELROY, W. | Farmer. Sec. 22 | Brookfield Township |
| McINTIRE, Michael | Farmer. Sec. 33 | Brookfield Township |
| McVEY, Jas. | Farmer. Sec. 22 | Brookfield Township |
| MACK, Chas. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| MACK, Wm. | Farm. Sec. 34 | Brookfield Township |
| MALADY, J. | Farm. Sec. 1 | Brookfield Township |
| MALOY, James | Farmer. Sec. 1 | Brookfield Township |
| MARSH, Geo., Sr. | Farmer. Sec. 16 | Brookfield Township |
| MARSH, J. J. | Farm. Sec. 9 | Brookfield Township |
| MAXON, D. | Farm. Sec. 2 | Brookfield Township |
| MEAD, E. | Farmer. Sec. 3 | Brookfield Township |
| MERRIMAN, John | Farmer. Sec. 25. Born Wurtemburg, Germany 1834. To N.Y., Hartford, Conn., to Mich., to this county in 1856. Married at Lowell, 1857, Dorethea, dau of Jacob EGLER (of Wurtemburg, Ger.) Children: Caroline, 1859; Jacob, 1861 (kicked by horse & died 1870); Edward, 1873. | Brookfield Township |
| MILLER, Chris. | Farmer. Sec. 30 | Brookfield Township |
| MILLER, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 35 | Brookfield Township |
| MITCHELL, Michael | Farmer. Sec. 19. Born County of Galway, Ireland 1830. To this county 1852. Married in LaSalle 1854, Miss Margaret, dau of Michael HEALEY. Children: Mary Ann, 1856; Peter, 1859; Ellen, 1862; Margaret, 1865; Michael, 1870. | Brookfield Township |
| MITCHELL, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 30 | Brookfield Township |
| MORROW, Edw. | Farmer. Sec. 27 | Brookfield Township |
| MORROW, Jas. | Farmer. Sec. 13 | Brookfield Township |
| MULALEY, Barney | Laborer | Brookfield Township |
| MULVAHILL, J. | Farmer. Sec. 21 | Brookfield Township |
| MULVAHILL, W. | Farmer. Sec. 27 | Brookfield Township |
| NAUGHTON, John | Works on G. T. WINKLER farm, on Sec. 30 | Brookfield Township |
| NAGLE, R. | Sec. 19 | Brookfield Township |
| NICHOLS, H. W. | Farmer. Sec. 9 | Brookfield Township |
| O'DONOHUE, Pat | Farmer. Sec. 33 | Brookfield Township |
| O'CONNOR, James | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| O'CONNOR, Lawrence | Farmer. Sec. 34 | Brookfield Township |
| O'LEARY, Jas. | Farmer. Sec. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| O'LEARY, Jno. Sr. | Farmer. Sec. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| O'LEARY, Jno. Jr. | Farmer. Sec. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| O'LEARY, Joseph | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| O'LEARY, Michael | Farmer. Sec. 28 | Brookfield Township |
| O'LEARY, Wm. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| O'LOUGHLIN, Andrew | Farmer. Sec. 20 | Brookfield Township |
| O'LOUGHLIN, Dennis | Farmer. Sec. 17 | Brookfield Township |
| O'LOUGHLIN, Jno. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| O'LOUGHLIN, Michael | Farmer. Sec. 28 | Brookfield Township |
| OLLENDORF, Emmons | Brookfield Township | |
| OSBORN, Sidney | Brookfield Township | |
| OSGOOD, L. P. | Farm. Sec. 9 | Brookfield Township |
| OSGOOD, S. T. | Farmer. Sec. 12 | Brookfield Township |
| PEASTER, Benj. | Farmer. Sec. 6 | Brookfield Township |
| POWERS, B. | Blacksmith | Brookfield Township |
| PETERSON, Claude | Farmer. Sec. 19 | Brookfield Township |
| POST, Chapin | Farmer. Sec. 8 | Brookfield Township |
| PROBASCO, S. | Farm. Sec. 4, Twp. 33 | Brookfield Township |
| RAPP, Henry | Farmer. Sec. 29 | Brookfield Township |
| REARDON, Dennis | Rents farm. Sec. 23 | Brookfield Township |
| REARDON, Mich. | Rents farm. Sec. 22 | Brookfield Township |
| REDMAN, Julius | Brookfield Township | |
| RIDGON, Daniel | Laborer | Brookfield Township |
| RINKER, Chas. | Farmer. Sec. 29. Born Wurtemburg, Germany 1837. To this county 1853. Married Martha, dau. of Christopher MUILING, at Ottawa 1864. Children: Charles, 1866; Martha, 1870; Jacob, 1872; Lilly, 1876. | Brookfield Township |
| RITCHIE, Wm. W. | Farmer. Sec. 33 | Brookfield Township |
| ROACHE, Mathew | Sec. 21. Native of Ireland | Brookfield Township |
| ROOD, Walter | Farmer. Sec. 16 | Brookfield Township |
| ROSE, Albert | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| ROSE, G. W. | Farmer. Sec. 17, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| ROSE, G. W., Jr. | Farmer. Sec. 9, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| ROSE, W. H. | Farmer. Sec. 17, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
| SACKETT, E. W. | Farmer. Sec. 28 | Brookfield Township |
| SCHNAKE, August | Farmer. Sec. 35 | Brookfield Township |
| SCHROEDER, Chris. | Farmer. Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
| SCHROEDER, Jno. | Farmer. Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
| SCHUTTE, Fred | Sec. 29 | Brookfield Township |
| SEEFUS, Geo. | Lives with John SEEFUS | Brookfield Township |
| SEEFUS, John | Farmer. Sec. 33 | Brookfield Township |
| SHAPLAND, Jno. | Farmer. Sec. 31 | Brookfield Township |
| SHAPLAND, Wm. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| SHAUL, Alex | Farmer. Sec. 2 | Brookfield Township |
| SHAUL, Chas. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| SHAUL, Cornelius | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| SHEEDY, Tim | Farmer. Sec. 14 | Brookfield Township |
| SHULTZ, Frederick | Brookfield Township | |
| SIGLER, Fred G. | Farmer. P.O. Marseilles | Brookfield Township |
| SIGLER, R. P. | Farm. Sec. 16, Twp. 32. P.O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
| SIGLER, Wm. | Farmer. P.O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
| SMITH, W. G. | Farmer. Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
| SNOOKS, Jno. | Farmer. Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
| SPALDING, Frank | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| SPAULDING, Miles C. | Farmer. Sec. 23. Born Onondago Co., N.Y. 1830. To Illinois 1844; lived Kane County 18 yrs. Married at Kanesville 1852, Miss Lucy, dau. Of Calvin & Phoebe COLE. She was born in Canada 1830. Children: William A., 1853; Francis, 1854; Nettie, 1860; Carried, 1865. | Brookfield Township |
| SPALDING, Wm. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
| SULLIVAN, Jno. | Farmer. Sec. 12 | Brookfield Township |
| SULLIVAN, Tim | Farmer. Sec. 12 | Brookfield Township |
| SUTTER, Jacob | Farmer. Sec. 35 | Brookfield Township |
| STILL, Amos | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| WARE, John | Sec. 14 | Brookfield Township |
| WAUCHOUP, Jos. H. | Farmer. Sec. 10 | Brookfield Township |
| WEIDMAN, Jno. | Farmer. Sec. 29 | Brookfield Township |
| WELCH, Thos. | Farmer. Sec. 28 | Brookfield Township |
| WENKLER, G. F. | Farmer. Sec. 20 | Brookfield Township |
| WERTZEL, Henry | Farmer. Sec. 29 | Brookfield Township |
| WHITEFORD, Wm. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
| WIDMANN, John | Farmer. Sec. 29. Born Wurtemburg, Germany 1829. To this county 1854. Married Johanna, dau of Jacob HOLTZ, native of same place, on 1854. Children: Anna, 1855; Carl, 1858; Louise, 1861; Emma, 1863; John, 1864; Emma C. 1866; Christian, 1870. | Brookfield Township |
| WOODWARD, Wm. | Organ mfg. Sec. 14 | Brookfield Township |
| WRIGHT, Josiah B., Capt. | Farmer. Sec. 31. Born Bennington Co., Vt, 1816. Married Sophrona PRATT, a native of Mass; moved to Niagara Co., N.Y. When 25 yrs, wife died leaving 5 children. Married #2, 1850, Eliza, dau of John H. BENNETT, near Buffalo. 2 children by 2nd marriage. | Brookfield Township |
Township List of the Biographical Directory (1877)
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