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Notes on the Forebears of Eunice Verna CANOTE nee

MCMAHAN

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Compiled by Her Grandson, Paul Zebe

10 April 2020 Draft

Great Grandparents

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8 Thomas Wesley (“Wesley”) MCMAHAN

Wesley was born on 11 August 1810, probably in Clark County, Kentucky. Sometime before

1835 he married Susan HUFF. He lived in Saline County, Missouri for a number of years as an adult. In the mid-1860s, he moved to Wise County, Texas, where he is presumed to have died. He was accompanied by two daughters, a son, and possibly his mother.

11 Aug. 1810. Born, 1 probably in Clark County, Kentucky, 2 although the 1850 federal census return for Saline County says Tennessee.

3 His parents were apparently living in Clark County,

Kentucky, near the town of Winchester between 1809 and 1811.

4

Around 1819. Moved with his parents to that portion of Howard County, Missouri, that became Cooper County (based on his father being on the tax lists of Howard County in 1819 and dying in Cooper County in 1821).

Before 1835. Married Susan Huff, probably in Saline County, Missouri.

1 Photocopy of pages from a McMahan family Bible. The photocopy was provided as an enclosure with a letter from Kathaleen

Fahey, Marshall, MO, to Ruth Canote, 24 June 1996. The photocopy is a copy of material that was provided to Kathaleen Fahey as an enclosure with a letter from Weldon F. Bailey, Sweeny, TX, 6 Feb. 1986. The family Bible is reported to have originally been the possession of Elizabeth McMahan Huff Flannery, a daughter of Thomas Wesley McMahan and a granddaughter of

John and Susan McMahan.

2 Dwelling 252, Family 252, Federal Census, Precinct 6, Wise County, TX, 1880 [National Archives Microfilm T9/1333, E.D. 130,

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Page 29]. The enumeration was performed on 19 June 1880.

According to information in the 1850 Census (1850 Census, Saline County, District No. 90, Missouri, p. 11, Dwelling 141,

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Family 141).

John McMahan of Clark County purchased 3/4 acre and 2 square poles on Strodes Creek, a branch of the Licking River, in

Clark County, KY, from John Hampton of Clark County on 23 Oct. 1809 for $70. The land bordered the town of Winchester.

The deed was recorded on 23 Oct. 1809. [Hampton to McMahan, Deed, Clark County, KY, Deed Book 6, pp. 533-534 (LDS

Microfilm 0183169, Item 2)]. John McMahan and his wife, Susannah, of Clark County sold 3/4 acre and 2 square poles on

Strodes Creek, a branch of the Licking River, in Clark County, KY, to John Hampton of Clark County on 16 Oct. 1811 for $250.

The land bordered the town of Winchester. The deed was recorded on 15 June 1812. [McMachan & ux to J. Hampton, Deed,

Clark County, KY, Deed Book 9, pp. 28-30 (LDS Microfilm 0183170, Item 2).]

1

21 June 1835. Birth of daughter Sarah Belinda McMahan in Missouri.

5 Sarah married

Stuart Cameron on 16 June 1852 in Saline County, Missouri.

6

1 Nov. 1836. Birth of son Henry Harrison McMahan in Missouri.

7 This son accompanied his father to Wise County, Texas. He was married to Frances Hampton.

8

10 Jan. 1838. Birth of son John Franklin McMahan in Missouri.

9

29 Nov. 1839. Birth of daughter Elizabeth Jane McMahan.

10 She first married George Huff on 26 April 1866.

11 This daughter, as a widow, accompanied her father to Wise County,

Texas. She second married J.J. Flannery on 6 October 1885, probably in Decatur, Texas.

12

She died in Tillman County, Oklahoma, in February 1919. She was living at the time with the family of her sister Lucy Ann.

13

10 Jan. 1840. Wesley McMahan, along with Martin H. McMahan, his brother, obtained a federal land patent for 152.1 acres in Saline County, Missouri (Township 52-N, Range 19-W,

Section 14, SW), on 10 Jan. 1840.

14

10 Jan. 1840. Wesley McMahan obtained a federal land patent for 40 acres in Saline

County, Missouri (Township 52-N, Range 19-W, Section 34, NWNW), on 10 Jan. 1840.

15

5 Birth date--Photocopy of pages from a McMahan family Bible. The photocopy was provided as an enclosure with a letter from Kathaleen Fahey, Marshall, MO, to Ruth Canote, 24 June 1996. The photocopy is a copy of material that was provided to

Kathaleen Fahey as an enclosure with a letter from Weldon F. Bailey, Sweeny, TX, 6 Feb. 1986. The family Bible is reported to have originally been the possession of Elizabeth McMahan Huff Flannery, a daughter of Thomas Wesley McMahan and a granddaughter of John and Susan McMahan. Birthplace--1850 Census, District 90, Saline County, Missouri, p. 11, dwelling 141,

6 family 141.

"The McMahan Family Descendant Chart, Showing early McMahan Families in Cooper and Saline Counties, Missouri," by

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William Reese Walker, Feb. 1995, p. 15.

Based on the following: (1) Photocopy of pages from a McMahan family Bible. The photocopy was provided as an enclosure with a letter from Kathaleen Fahey, Marshall, MO, to Ruth Canote, 24 June 1996. The photocopy is a copy of material that was provided to Kathaleen Fahey as an enclosure with a letter from Weldon F. Bailey, Sweeny, TX, 6 Feb. 1986. The family Bible is reported to have originally been the possession of Elizabeth McMahan Huff Flannery, a daughter of Thomas Wesley McMahan and a granddaughter of John and Susan McMahan. (2) Birth Certificate 12572 (Delayed) for Orin McMahan, Wise County, TX, dated 20 Feb. 1943 [LDS Microfilm 1822560]. According to the delayed birth certificate, the parents of Orin were Henry

Harrison McMahan, 44 (at time of Orin's birth), a (tenant) farmer and carpenter from MO, and Rosanna McMahan (nee

Challenge), 32 years of age (at time of Orin's birth), a housewife from IL Rosanna McMahan is reported on the birth certificate to have had 4 children after the birth of Orin, of whom 3 were living.

8 Mrs. Lee Patten, "Peter Huff & Elizabeth Gwinn Huff Family," The Prairie Gleaner, Vol. 15, No. 1, Dec 1983, pp. 23-24; Vol. 15,

No. 2, March 1984, pp. 54-56; Vol. 15, No. 3, June 1984, pp. 84-86; Vol. 15, No. 4, Sept. 1984, pp. 123-125; Vol. 16, No. 1, Dec.

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1984, pp. 25-26.

Based on the following: (1) Photocopy of pages from a McMahan family Bible. The photocopy was provided as an enclosure with a letter from Kathaleen Fahey, Marshall, MO, to Ruth Canote, 24 June 1996. The photocopy is a copy of material that was provided to Kathaleen Fahey as an enclosure with a letter from Weldon F. Bailey, Sweeny, TX, 6 Feb. 1986. The family Bible is reported to have originally been the possession of Elizabeth McMahan Huff Flannery, a daughter of Thomas Wesley McMahan and a granddaughter of John and Susan McMahan. (2) 1850 Census (1850 Census, Saline County, District No. 90, Missouri, p.

11, Dwelling 141, Family 141) and the 1860 Census

(1860 Census, Saline, Jefferson Township, p. 186, Dwelling 1493, Family 1510).






1984, pp. 25-26.

12 Marriage record of J.J. Flannery and Mrs. Lizzie M. Huff, 6 October 1885, "Marriage Record 1, Oct. 1881 - Jan. 1886, Wise

County [Texas]", p. 433 [LDS Microfilm 1302438, Item 1]. Officiating at the wedding was J.E. Williams, Ordained Minister. The marriage license was obtained on 1 October 1885.

13 Enclosure with letter from Weldon Franklin Bailey, Sweeny, TX, to Ruth Canote, Griffin, GA, 25 Aug. 2001.

14 Land Patent Report, Federal Bureau of Land Management.

15 Land Patent Report, Federal Bureau of Land Management.

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1840. Included on the 1840 Voters List, Presidential Election, Marion Township, Saline

County, Missouri.

16

13 July 1841. Birth of son George Washington McMahan.

17

13 Jan. 1843. Birth of daughter Mary Luesia McMahan.

18

26 Nov. 1844. Birth of daughter Lucy Ann McMahan.

19 This daughter accompanied her father to Wise County, Texas. She married Herbert Bailey in Decatur, Wise County, Texas, on 24 January, 1871. Lucy Ann died on 12 February 1920 in Tillman County, Oklahoma.

Herbert died on 1 November 1920.

Herbert was born in Rochester, New York, on 24 Feb.

1837.

From 1871 to 1901, Herbert was a farmer living east of Decatur and near Sweetwater, a quarry operator, and a ranch hand running cattle drives to Kansas for Waggoner Ranch in

Wise County, Texas. From 1901 to 1915, he farmed a 160 acre homestead near Davidson,

Tillman County, OKklahoma 20 One grandchild says that Lucy Ann and Herbert lived in

Davidson, Tillman County from 1915 to 1920.

21 Another grandchild says that they lived in

Frederick, Tillman County, on the corner of North 12 th Street across the street southwest of the old North Ward from 1912 to 1920.

22 During the Civil War, Herbert served in Capt. Ed.

Blythe’s Wise County Militia Company (Confederate), which saw action at Pleasant Grove

16 S. K. Eddlemon, Missouri Genealogical Gleanings, 1840 and Beyond, Vol. 2, p. 186.



John and Susannah McMahan.







20 Enclosure with letter from Weldon Franklin Bailey, Sweeny, TX, to Ruth Canote, Griffin, GA, 25 Aug. 2001. In summary, the letter contained the following Bailey family information:

 Lucy Ann McMahan; b.; d. 12 Feb 1920; md Herbert Bailey 24 Jan 1871 by Rev. Bradford, Methodist Minister, in

Decatur, Wise County, TX.

 Herbert Bailey was b. 24 Feb 1837, son of Floyd and Eliza (Cole) Bailey of Livonia, Livingston County, NY; he was from 1871 to 1901, farmer living east of Decatur and near Sweetwater, quarry operator, ranch hand running cattle drives to Kansas for Waggoner Ranch in Wise County, TX; 1901 to 1915, farmer on 160 acre homestead near

Davidson, Tillman County, OK; 1915 to 1920, living in Davidson, Tillman County, OK,; died 1 Nov. 1920

 Children:

1.

Elizabeth; b. 26 Nov 1871 Decatur, TX; md. J.L. Watson.

2.

Thomas; b. 19 Dec 1872 Decatur, TX; md Anna Moore.

3.

Charles; b. 5 Jan 1875 Decatur, TX; attended Decatur Baptist College; md. Sallie E. Renfroe on 23 Dec 1903 at

Vernon, TX.

4.

Charles Bayne; b. 12 Mar 1907; md Mildred Wheeler; their son was Weldon Franklin; b. 26 June 1913; md

Winnie M. Welch.

5.

Sarah Emaline; b. 20 May 1877 Decatur, TX; md. Rolf White.

6.

Anna Eliza; b. 30 Mar 1879 Decatur, TX; md Hagis Hayes Fisher.

7.

Ella Antionette; b 25 Mar 1881 Decatur, TX; attended Decatur Baptist College; never married.

8.

Harriet B.; b. 19 Mar 1883 Decatur, TX; md Grover G. Robey.

9.

Byron Cole; b. 29 Mar 1885 Decatur, TX; md Ella E. Burleson.

10.

Lillian; b. 30 July 1887 Decatur, TX; md Theo Wilkison.

11.

Lee; b. 30 July 1887 Decatur, TX; died in infancy.

21

12.

Frank; b. 23 Oct. 1888 Decatur, TX.

Enclosure with letter from Weldon Franklin Bailey, Sweeny, TX, to Ruth Canote, Griffin, GA, 25 Aug. 2001.

22 [Theresa Watson Cole,] "Herbert Bailey," A Diamond Jubilee History of Tillman County, 1901-1976, 2 Vols., Tillman County

Historical Society, 1976, Vol. 1, pp. 33-35.

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and Mansfield, Louisiana. 23

9 Mar. 1849. Wife Susan nee Huff died.

24

1850. Wesley McMahan and his motherless family were living with his brother Martin H.

McMahan and his brother’s motherless family in Saline County, Missouri, at the time of the

1850 federal census.

25

1860s. According to available records and family tradition, Wesley McMahan went to

Texas along with three of his children, Henry Harrison McMahan, Lucy Ann McMahan, and Elizabeth Huff, also likely his son George Washington McMahan and possibly his mother.

26

According to family tradition, they were homesick for Missouri. They also had financial troubles. Story is that one of their mules was lost and later showed up back home in

Missouri. A Huff cousin got the mule and the McMahans in Texas wanted the cousin to sell the mule and send the money, which was desperately needed by the family in Texas. The mule had collar sores, indicating that it had been caught and worked while on its way back to

Missouri from Texas.

27

At the time that the McMahans moved to Wise County, it was subject to numerous Indian raids, which did not end until the 1870s.

28

19 Jan. 1864. Wesley obtained a Texas land patent for 160 acres at the Fannin district land office for 160 acres in Wise County, Texas.

29

20 Jan. 1865. Susannah McMahan nee McMahan, his mother, died, 30 possibly in Wise

County, Texas.

20 Aug. 1867. Wesley McMahon (native of Kentucky) registered to vote in Wise County,

Texas. At the time, he was reported to have lived in Wise County for seven years. His son

Henry H. McMahan (native of Missouri) registered to vote in the county on 29 Jan. 1868. He had lived in the county and in Texas for one year. G.W. McMahan (native of Missouri), likely his son, registered to vote on 30 Jan. 1868. He also had been in the state and county for one year.

31

23 Cliff D. Cates, Pioneer History of Wise County, Decatur, TX, 1907, pp. 122-123, 438.




25 1850 federal census, Saline County, District No. 90, Missouri, p. 11, Dwelling 141, Family 141.

26 Sources:

 Letter from Kathaleen Fahey, Marshall, MO, to Ruth Canote, Kansas City, MO, 24 June 1996.

 “Wise County Texas Voter Registration List 1867-1869,”

27 www.wisecountytexas.info/misc%20genealogy/voter_registration.htm.

Letter from Kathaleen Fahey, Marshall, MO, to Ruth Canote, Kansas City, MO, 24 June 1996.

28 Cliff D. Cates, Pioneer History of Wise County: From Red Men to Railroads, Twenty Years of Intrepid History, C. D. Cates,

Decatur, TX, 1907.

29 Texas Land Title Abstracts--District: Fannin; County: Wise; Grantee: Wesley McMAHAN; Patentee: Wesley McMAHAN; Patent

Date: 19 Jan 1864; Patent #: 235; Patent Volume: 17; Acres: 160; Class: Fan. Scrip.; File: 1788.




31 “Wise County Texas Voter Registration List 1867-1869,” www.wisecountytexas.info/misc%20genealogy/voter_registration.htm.

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19 June 1880. Wesley was residing in the vicinity of Greenwood, Wise County, Texas, with his daughter, Elizabeth Huff (widow of her cousin George Huff, a son of Bartholomew Huff and Mary Gwinn) and his granddaughter, Mary Huff, at the time of the 1880 federal census.

32

After 19 June 1880. Died, probably in Wise County, Texas, which is where he was living at the time of the 1880 federal census.

33

Susan HUFF

8 Oct 1810. Born.

34

9 Mar. 1849. Died, 35 probably in Saline County, Missouri, where her family was living at the time of the 1850 federal census.

Abel G. HAMPTON 10

7 May 1801. Born in Cocke County, Tennessee.

36

1 Aug. 1825. Abel G. Hampton obtained a Federal land patent for 80 acres in Boone

County, Missouri (Township 47-N, Range 13-W, Section 2, W1/2SE), on 1 Aug. 1825. 37

30 Nov. 1826. Abel G. Hampton obtained a Federal land patent for 80 acres in Saline

County, Missouri (Township 52-N, Range 19-W, Section 18, E1/2SE), on 30 Nov. 1826. 38

1830. Abel Hampton was a delegate from Good Hope Baptist Church in Saline County,

Missouri, to the Concord Baptist Association (Missouri).

39

1831. Abel G. Hampton was a delegate from Good Hope Baptist Church in Saline County,

Missouri, to the Concord Baptist Association (Missouri). Agreed to bear corresponding letter to Fishing River Association.

40

32 Dwelling 252, Family 252, Federal Census, Precinct 6, Wise County, TX, 1880 [National Archives Microfilm T9/1333, E.D.

130, Page 29]. Enumeration occurred on 19 June 1880.

33 Dwelling 252, Family 252, Federal Census, Precinct 6, Wise County, TX, 1880 [National Archives Microfilm T9/1333, E.D.

130, Page 29]. Enumeration occurred on 19 June 1880.







36 "Sarah Rennison and Abel G. Hampton," Rennison Ramblings, Vol. 3, Issue 1, March 1995, pp. 2-3.

37 Land Patent Report, Federal Bureau of Land Management, online database.


39 “A Study of William D. Hampton, Abel G. Hampton” by Dr. Paul D. and Marcia V. Branstetter, 1998, from associational minutes of Concord Baptist Association (Missouri), 1823–1840. Saline County, Missouri, Baptist Churches separated from the

Concord Baptist Association and became Saline County Baptist Association in about 1842. [E-mail from Marcia V. Branstetter

<PBrans1@aol.com> to Paul Zebe, 23 April 1999.]

40 “A Study of William D. Hampton, Abel G. Hampton” by Dr. Paul D. and Marcia V. Branstetter, 1998, from associational minutes of Concord Baptist Association (Missouri), 1823–1840. Saline County Missouri Baptist Churches separated from the

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30 Sep. 1832. Birth of son John Adoniram Judson Hampton.

41

10 Oct. 1833. Birth of daughter Jane B. Dodson Hampton in Missouri. The given name

“Dodson” was the surname of an ancestor.

42

29 Sep. 1836. Birth of daughter Amanda Salinah Hampton in Missouri.

43

2 Nov. 1837. Abel G. Hampton obtained a Federal land patent for 40 acres in Saline County,

Missouri (Township 52-N, Range 19-W, Section 19, NWNE), on 2 Nov. 1837. 44

1838. A. G. Hampton was a delegate from Good Hope Baptist Church in Saline County,

Missouri, to the Concord Baptist Association (Missouri).

45

1839. W. D. and A. G. Hampton, brothers, were delegates from Good Hope Baptist Church in Saline County, Missouri, to the Concord Baptist Association (Missouri).

46

15 May 1839. Birth of son Joseph Lucas (“Luke”) Hampton in Missouri.

47 Luke was a

Minister of the Gospel.

48 On 14 August 1877, Luke married Ella Roberts. He died on 25

November 1878 in Brownsville, Saline County, Missouri.

49

20 June 1840. Birth of daughter Mary Catherine Hampton in Saline County, Missouri.

50

8 Aug. 1843. Birth of daughter Frances Aristine Hampton in Missouri.

51 Frances married

Ephraim M. Huff on 20 February 1866.

52 She died on 23 February 1899.

53

25 Aug. 1844. Birth of daughter Sarah (Sallie) R. Fisher Hampton in Missouri.

54 The given name “Fisher” might be the surname of an ancestor. Aunt Dickie (Sallie) lived with the family of her sister Mary C. Hampton McMahan Johnson from 1872 until her death.

She died in Slater, Saline County, Missouri, on 26 Dec. 1919.

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48 The Slater Rustler, Thursday, Mar. 1, 1917, Vol. 33, No. 1 [Microfilm copy at the Missouri State Historical Society, Columbia,

MO].

49 E-mail from F.Smith5 [Fran in St.L] (Frances Doutt Smith) to Genealogy RoundTable, 21 Sep 1993.





1984, pp. 25-26.

53 S. Haynes and D. Campbell, "Good Hope Cemetery," Tombstone Inscriptions (With Added Information) From Cemeteries In

Saline County, Missouri, Vol. II.


55 Obituary of Sallie Fisher Hampton, as reported in the Slater News, 30 Dec. 1919 [as transcribed by Frances Doutt Smith in an e-mail message to Paul Zebe, 12 Feb. 1999].

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29 July 1849. Birth of daughter Martha Ann Elizabeth Hampton in Saline County,

Missouri.

56 She married James B. Huff on 21 Jan. 1866.

57 She died on 2 Apr. 1928.

58

Before 17 May 1851. Abel Hampton was a member of Odd Fellows.

59

17 May 1851. Died near Cambridge in Saline County, Missouri.

60 The report of his death in the Glasgow Weekly Times read

Died – Near Cambridge, Saline county, on the night of the 17 th , Mr. ABEL

HAMPTON.

Mr. H. met with the sad misfortune sometime since, of getting his back broken, from the effects of which he died, after a tedious and painful illness.

He was interred on Monday, by the Odd Fellows of Cambridge, of which he was a member.

61

19 May 1851. Buried.

62

Sarah (“Sally”) RENNISON

26 May 1808. Sarah, daughter of John Rennison, tailor, and his wife Jane (nee Creighton) was christened at St. Cuthbert's Church, Carlisle, Cumberland, England.

63

1880 or later. Died (she was living in the household of Granison and Mary Catherine

Johnson (nee Hampton) at the time of the 1880 federal census).

64

Uriah MILES 12

There were two men in Macon County at the same time who were named Rufus Miles and




1984, pp. 25-26.

58 E-mail from F.Smith5 [Fran in St.L] (Frances Doutt Smith) to Genealogy RoundTable, 21 Sep 1993.

59 Glasgow Weekly Times (Glasgow, Missouri), Vol. 12, No. 12, Thursday, May 22, 1851.


61 Glasgow Weekly Times (Glasgow, Missouri), Vol. 12, No. 12, Thursday, May 22, 1851 [Microfilm copy at the Missouri State

Historical Society, Columbia, MO].

62 Glasgow Weekly Times (Glasgow, Missouri), Vol. 12, No. 12, Thursday, May 22, 1851 [Microfilm copy at the Missouri State

Historical Society, Columbia, MO].

63 Bishop's Transcripts, 1666-1812, St. Cuthbert's Anglican Church, Carlisle, Cumberland County, England [LDS Microfilm

0090578, Item 2].

64 1880 Federal Census, Cambridge Twp, Saline County, MO, ED 43, p. 53?B, dwelling 200 family 205:

Johnson Grantison M 45 farmer born TN father TN mother TN

-- Mary C 39 wife keeping house born MO father TN mother England

-- Mary L 24 dau no occupation born MO father TN mother MO

-- Charles E 19 son at school born MO father TN mother MO

-- Sarah L 15 dau at school born MO father TN mother MO

-- Robert W 14 son at school born MO father TN mother MO

Cambridge Twp, Saline County, MO, p. 54A

-- Willie R 8 dau born MO father TN mother MO

-- Joseph L 6 son born MO father TN mother MO

-- William 4 son born MO father TN mother MO

McMahan Robert 21 stepson ? born MO father MO mother MO

-- George H 15 stepson ? born MO father MO mother MO

Hampton Sallie F. 33 sister-in-law no occupation born MO father TN mother England

-- Sarah 75 mother-in-law no occupation born England father England mother England.

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John Miles of Maryland and his unknown wife were born within a year of each other. These Rufuses both had sons named Ernest who were born within a year of each other. Their fathers, Uriah Miles and John Miles (15 Oct. 1807-12

Nov. 1884), are believed to be brothers. John is also believed to be Uriah’s uncle by marriage, having married as his first wife a maternal aunt of Uriah’s wife. Uriah’s brother-in-law,

James Miles, Jr. (about 1813-1889), also resident in Macon County for part of his life, is also believed to be another brother. All three men originated in Caswell County, North Carolina.

Based on onomastic evidence, it might be expected that James (or its equivalent, Jacob),

Rufus, and Ernest were important family names in previous generations of the family. They have not led to the ancestors of Uriah and his brothers, however.

It is possible that Uriah was a descendant of a Miles family of Maryland, as follows: 65

Thomas Miles (1702-1766) of Maryland and his unknown first wife

Jacob Miles (circa 1732-circa 1804) and Hannah McComas, of Maryland and

Caswell County, North Carolina

Alexander Miles (circa 1749-1783) and Lucy Hensley of Caswell County

John Miles (born circa 1779)

Jacob Miles (born circa 1782)

Thomas Miles (born circa 1783)

Jacob Miles Jr. (5 Feb. 1756-?) and Nancy Rice of North Carolina

Thomas Miles (born before 28 June 1784)

John Miles (born before 28 June 1784)

Uriah is possibly a son of one of the five great-great-grandsons of John Miles of Maryland.

Prior to his death, one of Eunice’s cousins with whom she was close, Nat Sims, returned to

Missouri from Southern California to tell her a “terrible” (author’s word, Nat’s sentiment) family secret: the Miles family were “Indians.” Eunice thought this was nonsense, given that she remembered her maternal grandfather, Rufus Miles, as having a full white beard.

66

About 1815. Born in North Carolina (based on census returns for 1850 and 1860).

15 Sep. 1835. Birth of daughter Susan in Yanceyville, North Carolina.

67 Susan first married

Andrew Merrill in Macon County, Missouri, on 17 Aug. 1857.

68 She second married Jesse

M. Brunner in 1872. She died on 8 Dec. 1908.

She had seven children with Andrew, two of whom were still living in 1908, and two with Jesse, both of whom were still living in 1908.

69

April 1836. Eurias Miles was appointed a patroller for St. David's District, Caswell County,

North Carolina (a patroller was a local charged with identifying and capturing runaway slaves, among other even less savory things).

70

23 June 1837. Birth of daughter Margaret 71 in North Carolina. Margaret married William

Tuggle on 23 Nov. 1854. They had at least one child. Margaret, a widow since about 1893, died on 23 Mar. 1916.

72

65 William N. Hurley Jr., Our Maryland Heritage: The Miles Families, Heritage Books, Westminster, MD, 2009, pp. 15-16.

66 Recollection of a conversation with Eunice Canote by the author, no date.

67 Phyllis E. Mears, Macon County Missouri Obituaries, 1904-1920, Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa, 1989, p. 109.

68 Marriage record for Andrew Merrill and Susan Miles, "Marriage Record D, Sept. 23, 1856-March 11, 1867", Macon County,

MO, p. 139 [LDS Microfilm 0986959, Item 3]. The marriage took place on 17 Aug. 1857, with Newton Switzer, officiating. The marriage return was filed on 10 Nov. 1857.


70 Katharine Kerr Kendall, Caswell County, 1777-1877, Historical Abstracts of Minutes of Caswell County, North Carolina, 1976, pp. 50-51.



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1830-1840. Birth of son Rufus Green in North Carolina.

18 April 1840. Uriah Miles was among those who purchased items at the sale of the property of James Heydon, deceased, in Caswell County, North Carolina.

73

About 1842. Birth of daughter Huldah in North Carolina.

74 She married Robert Tiller before 1864, and they had at least five children.

75

About 1845. Birth of daughter Mary Jane.

76 She married William Cox on 5 Jan. 1865 in

Macon County, Missouri.

77 Mary Jane died on 23 Mar. 1916.

78

1 June 1846. Birth of daughter Sarah Frances in North Carolina. She married William

Tuggle in December 1916. She died on 12 Feb. 1923, probably in Macon County, Missouri.

79

About Feb. 1849. Birth of son Lindsey in North Carolina.

80 On 23 Jan. 1869, Andrew

Merrill [his brother-in-law] was appointed the guardian and curator of Linzie L. Miles, minor heir of Uriah Miles, decd.

81 Lindsey married Evelina J. Hudson on 3 March 1870 in

Macon County, Missouri.

82 The couple had at least three children.

83

1849 or 1850. Removed from North Carolina to Macon County, Missouri (based on birth of son Lindsey in North Carolina and enumeration in 1850 Federal Census in Macon County,

Missouri).

20 Nov. 1850. The household of Uriah and Irena Miles was found in Macon County,

Missouri, in the 1850 Federal Census.

84 That household, enumerated on 20 Nov. 1850, consisted of

Uriah Miles, age 35, Farmer born in NC 

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Irena Miles, age 36, born in NC

Susan Miles, age 16, born in NC

Margaret Miles, age 14, born in NC

73 Katharine Kerr Kendall, Caswell County North Carolina Will Books, 1814-1843, 1983, p. 149.

74 1850 Federal Census, District No. 52 Being Macon County, Missouri, National Archives Microfilm M432/405, page 187(b),

Dwelling 892, Family 902.


Dwelling 892, Family 902; 1880 Federal Census, Middle Fork, Macon, Missouri, Page 314C [LDS Microfilm Film 1254701];

Court of Common Pleas, Macon County, MO, 1847-1870, p. 309 [LDS Microfilm 0986982, Item 1]. The distribution for the third and final settlement on the estate of Uriah Miles, decd., Rufus G. Miles, admin., was approved by the court on 23 April 1869.


Dwelling 892, Family 902; 1860 Federal Census, Narrows Township, Macon County, Missouri, National Archives Microfilm

M653/631, page 163, Dwelling 1112, Family 1112.

77 Marriage record for William Cox and May Jane Miles, "Marriage Record D, Sept. 23, 1856-March 11, 1867", Macon County,

MO, p. 316 [LDS Microfilm 0986959, Item 3]. The marriage took place on 5 January 1865, with James C. Hinton, Minister of the

Gospel, officiating. The marriage return was filed on 10 Mar. 1865.


79 Phyllis E. Mears, Macon County Missouri Obituaries, 1921-1933, Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa, 1992, p. 58; 1850

Federal Census, District No. 52 Being Macon County, Missouri, National Archives Microfilm M432/405, page 187(b), Dwelling

892, Family 902.



81 Court of Common Pleas, Macon County, MO, 1847-1870, p. 309 [LDS Microfilm 0986982, Item 1].

82 Marriage record for Linsey Miles and Evelina J. Hudson, "Marriage Record E, Macon County," p. 104 [LDS Microfilm

0986960, Item 1]. The marriage took place on 3 Mar. 1870, with Jacob Albright, JP, officiating. The marriage return was filed on 4 April 1870.

83 Federal Census for 1880, Middle Fork Township, Macon County, Missouri, dwelling 158, family 160, p. 313 [National

Archives Microfilm Roll No. T9/701].



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Rufus Miles, age 11, born in NC

Huldah Miles, age 8, born in NC

Jane Miles, age 5, born in NC

Frances Miles, age 3, born in NC

Linsea Miles, age 9/12, born in NC

16 Mar. 1853. Birth of daughter Irene in Macon County, Missouri.

85 On 23 Jan. 1869, John

H. Smith was appointed guardian and curator of Irena Miles, minor heir of Uriah Miles, decd.

86 Irene married William M. Tuggle, Sr., on 14 Mar. 1875 in Macon County.

87 She died on 19 Aug. 1911.

88

About 1855. Birth of son Uriah (“Urias,” “Bud”), probably in Macon County, Missouri.

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23 Jan. 1869, Rufus G. Miles was appointed guardian and curator for Uriah Miles, minor heir of Uriah Miles, decd.

90 On 28 Feb. 1870, John H. Smith was appointed guardian and curator for Uriah Miles, minor heir of Uriah Miles, decd., because the former guardian had left the state.

91 Uriah married Ellen (“Ella”) Hunt on 1 Jan. 1880 in Macon County, Missouri.

He died on 29 Feb. 1904 in Macon County.

92

1 April 1856. Urias Miles obtained a Federal land patent for 40 acres in Macon County

(Township 56-N, Range 14-W, Section 11, NWNW).

93

1 Dec. 1857. Urias Miles obtained a Federal land patent for 40 acres in Macon County

(Township 56-N, Range 14-W, Section 11, NENW).

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20 July 1860. The household of Uriah and Irena Miles was found in Macon County, MO, in the 1860 Federal Census.

95 That household, enumerated on 20 July 1860, consisted of

 Uriah Miles, age 45, Farmer born in NC with $1200 in real estate and $400 in personal estate

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Irena Miles, age 47, Domestic worker born in NC

Rufus B. Miles, age 21, "F.L." (farm laborer?)

Mary J. Miles, age 16, born in NC

Frances Miles, age 14, born in NC

Linzey Miles, age 10, born in MO

Irena Miles, age 7, born in MO

 Ureah Miles, age 5, born in MO

Jan. 1864. Uriah was assessed $0.36 Federal excise tax for slaughtering six hogs.

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87 Marriage record for Wm. Tuggle and Irena Miles, "Marriage Record E, Macon County", Macon County, MO, p. 280 [LDS

Microfilm 0986960, Item 1]. The marriage took place on 14 Mar. 1875, with J.S. Albright, JP, officiating. The marriage return was filed on 2 April 1875; Federal Census for 1900, Hudson Township, Macon County, Missouri, dwelling 116, family 119, p.

118 [National Archives Microfilm Roll No. T623/873].


89 Census record, Dwelling No. 20, Family No. 21, Middle Fork Township, Macon County, MO, 1880 Federal Census, p. 304A

[National Archives Microfilm T9/701]. According to Phyllis E. Mears, Macon County Missouri Obituaries, 1904-1920, Anundsen

Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa, 1989, p. 12, Bud was born about 1865.






95 1860 Federal Census, Narrows Township, Macon County, Missouri, National Archives Microfilm M653/631, page 163,


96 Alphabetical List of Persons in Division No. Eight of Collection District No. Three of the State of Missouri, liable to a tax under the Excise laws of the United States…, January 1864, p. 51, Line 10, online at Ancestry.com.

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About Oct. 1865. Uriah died in Macon County, Missouri.

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16 Jan. 1869. The final settlement of the estate of Uriah Miles, decd., Macon County,

Missouri, identified his heirs as

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Susan Miles

R.G. Miles

Hulda Miles

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Mary J. Miles

Francis Miles

Louisa Miles

Irena Miles

Uriah Miles

Margaret Miles

In the final settlement, each of the heirs received $67.60. The Administrator of the estate of

Uriah Miles, decd., was Rufus G. Miles.

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17 Apr. 1813. Born in North Carolina.

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About Jan. 1866. Died in Macon County, Missouri.

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23 April 1869. The final settlement of the estate of Irena Miles, decd., identified her heirs as

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Susan Merrill

Margaret Tuggles

Rufus G. Miles

Hulda Tiller

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Mary J. Cox

Francis Miles

Linsey L. Miles

Irena Miles

Uriah Miles

In the final settlement, each of the heirs received $70.40. The admin. of the estate of Irena

Miles, decd., was Rufus G. Miles.

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97 Administrator's Bond, 27 Oct. 1865, Estate File 732 for Uriah Miles, decd., Macon County, Missouri, Probate Court, Estate

Files [Missouri Archives Microfilm C6996].

98 Court of Common Pleas, Macon County, MO, 1847-1870, p. 270 [LDS Microfilm 0986982, Item 1]. The distribution for the third and final settlement on the estate of Uriah Miles, decd., Rufus G. Miles, admin., was approved by the court on 16 Jan.

1869.

99 Based on the following: (1) E-mail from Hugh Rudd (hughr@roman.net) to Paul Zebe, 18 Nov 1997; (2) 1850 Federal

Census, District No. 52 Being Macon County, Missouri, National Archives Microfilm M432/405, page 187B, Dwelling 892,

Family 902; 1860 Federal Census, Narrows Township, Macon County, Missouri, National Archives Microfilm M653/631, page

163, Dwelling 1112, Family 1112; (3) online digital copy of “Rudd Family Bible 2.“ www.flickr.com/photos/ncccha/6232310581/in/set-72157623688100735/.

100 Administrator's Bond, 26 Jan. 1866, Estate File 733 for Irena Miles, decd., Macon County, Missouri, Probate Court, Estate

Files [Missouri Archives Microfilm C6996].

101 Court of Common Pleas, Macon County, MO, 1847-1870, p. 309 [LDS Microfilm 0986982, Item 1]. The distribution for the third and final settlement on the estate of Uriah Miles, decd., Rufus G. Miles, admin., was approved by the court on 23 April

1869.

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14 Nathaniel SIMS

About 1801. Nathaniel Sims was born.

102

1822. Nathaniel Sims first appears in the Casey County, Kentucky, tax lists with one white male over 21 and two horses.

103

1824. Nathaniel Sims appears in the Casey County, Kentucky, tax lists with one white male over 21 and one horse.

104

1825. Nathaniel Sims appears in the Casey County, Kentucky, tax lists with one white male over 21 and one horse.

105

1826. Nathaniel Sims appears in the Casey County, Kentucky, tax lists with one white male over 21 and two horses.

106

1827. Nathaniel Sims appears in the Casey County, Kentucky, tax lists with one white male over 21, 242 acres in Casey County on the Green River, and two horses.

107

1828. Nathaniel Sims appears in the Casey County, Kentucky, tax lists with one white male over 21, 80 acres in Casey County on the Green River, and three horses.

108

1829. Nathaniel Sims appears in the Casey County, Kentucky, tax lists with one white male over 21, 80 acres in Casey County on the Green River, another 127 acres on the Green River, and two horses.

109

1830. Federal Census, Casey County, Kentucky, p. 290 110

Nathaniel Simms household: 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 2 females under 5, and 1 female 20-30.

10 Feb. 1834. Deed, Casey County, Kentucky 111

Title: "W Lucas to N Sims"

Grantor: Robert Stevens, Willis Lucas & Margaret his wife late Margaret Stevens, all of Casey

County, KY

Grantee: Nathaniel Sims of same

Consideration: $50 to Robert Stevens, $40 to Willis Lucas & Margaret his wife

Property: "... we the parties of the first part do hereby vest in the said N. Sims all our right title interest & claim to the Estate aforesaid [i.e., the Estate of Robert Stevens decd.] as fully and as thoroughly as we ourselves are entitled to by law as legal heirs of the said Estate of the said Robert Stevens Decd.

Signed: Willis Lucas {seal}

Recorded: 10 Feb 1834

102 Based on first appearance in 1822 in the Casey County, KY, Tax Books [LDS 0007923].

103 Casey County, KY, Tax Books, 1807-1840 (1822, p. 14) [LDS 0007923].







110 Digitized copy of original online at Ancestry.com.

111 Casey County Deeds, Vol. 4, p.171 [LDS Microfilm 0591566].

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1836. Nathan (Nathaniel) Sims (Simmes, Simms) was included among the customers mentioned in the General Store account book of Casey County, Kentucky. 112

16 Oct. 1837. Deed, Casey County 113

Title: "N Sims to E Sims"

Grantor: Nathaniel Sims

Grantee: Edmund Sims

Consideration: $75

Property: 17 1/4 acres adjoining John Riffe purchased by Nat Sims from Christopher Riffe

Recorded: 16 Oct 1837

10 Jan. 1840. Nathaniel Sims of Casey County, Kentucky was granted the following land in

Randolph County, Missouri: W1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 1 and SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 3,

Township 55, Range 14. The grant contained 161 and 49/100 acres. 114

1840. Federal Census, Randolph County, Missouri, p. 290 115

Nathaniel Sims household: 2 males under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 30-40, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 30-40.

17 April 1841. Deed, Casey County 116

Title: "F Stevens &c to J Hutcheson"

Grantors: the legal heirs and representatives of the Estate of Robert Stevens decd.--

 Frances Stevens, Casey County, KY

 James Stevens and Nancy his wife, Casey County, KY

Susan Stevens, Casey County, KY 

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Robert Stevens and Mary Ann his wife, Casey County, KY

Tabitha Stevens, Casey County, KY

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George Stevens, Casey County, KY

Archibald Dillingham and Lucy his wife, Johnson County, MO

Nathaniel Sims and Jennetta his wife, Randolph County, MO

Andrew Houge & Elizabeth his wife, Putnam County, IN

George G. Smith and Francis his wife, Lincoln County, KY

 Willis Lucas and Margaret his wife, Lincoln County, KY

Grantee: John Hutchenson (also Hutcheson), Casey County, KY

Consideration: $900

Property: 176 1/2 acres on the south side of the Green River upon which Mrs. Stevens

"now" lives adjoining Andrew Hogue Senr.

Signed:

 Frances Stevens {seal}

James Stevens {seal}

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Nancy Stevens {seal}

Susan Stevens {seal}

Tabitha Stevens {seal}

Robert Stevens {seal}

Mary Ann Stevens {seal}

112 Janie Sue Carpenter McFarland, "General Store Account Book of Casey County, Kentucky," Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 2,

March 1961, p. 42 et seq. The General Store Account Book information published was for 1836. The place where the store was located is unknown, but based on the names it is believed that it was in the Middleburg area of Casey County, KY.

Furthermore, it is believed that the store was owned by George Anderson.

113 Casey County Deeds, Vol. 4, p. 215 [LDS Microfilm 0591566].

114 Certificate No. 12804, 10 Jan. 1840, Recorder of the General Land Office, United States.


116 Casey County Deeds, Vol. 4, pp. 476-478 [LDS Microfilm 0591566].

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George Stevens {seal}

Archibald Dillingham {seal}

Lucy Dillingham {seal}

George Smith {seal}

Frances Smith {seal}

Willis Lucas {seal}

Margaret Lucas {seal}

Nathaniel Sims {seal}

Jenetta Sims {seal}

Andrew Hogue {seal}

Elizabeth Hogue {seal}

Recorded: 17 August 1841

10 Nov. 1841. Nathaniel Sims of Randolph County, Missouri, was granted the following land in Randolph County: E1/2 of NW 1/4 of Sec 3, Township 55, Range 14. The grant contained 162 and 9.5/100 acres. 117

10 Nov. 1841. Nathaniel Sims of Randolph County, Missouri, was granted the following land in Randolph County: E1/2 of SE1/4 of Sec 3, Township 55, Range 14. The grant contained 80 acres. 118

10 March 1846. Deed, Casey County 119

Title: "E Simms Hs. to A. Ellison"

Grantors:

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James Bennett and Susan his wife of Grundy County, MO

Elisha Innman and Jane his wife of Grundy County, MO

William Simms and Susan his wife of Lexington County, MO

Daniel Simms and Elizabeth his wife of Macon County, MO 

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Zephaniah Simms and Sarah Ann his wife of Macon County, MO

Francis Simms and Anne his wife of Macon County, MO

Jesse Lucas and Hannah his wife of Macon County, MO

Francis Simms and Elizabeth his wife of Randolph County, MO

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Nathaniel Simms and Jane [sic] his wife of Randolph County, MO

John Simms of Casey County, KY

Polly Simms of Casey County, KY

 Hezekiah Lucas and Judith his wife of Casey County, KY

Grantee: Amos Ellison of Madison County, KY

Consideration: $1750

Property: Entire estate of Edmond Simms deceased, late a resident of Casey County, KY

Signed:

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Jesse x Lucas {seal}

Hanor x Lucas {seal}

Nathaniel Simms {seal}

Francis x Simms {seal}

Ginetta x Simms {seal}

Polly x Simms {seal}

Hezekiah Lucas {seal}

Judith x Lucas {seal}

James Bennett {seal}

Susan x Bennett {seal}

117 Certificate No. 17054, 10 Nov. 1841, Recorder of the General Land Office, United States.

118 Certificate No. 17055, 10 Nov. 1841, Recorder of the General Land Office, United States.

119 Casey County Deeds, Vol. 5, pp. 393-399 [LDS Microfilm 0591566].

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Elisha Inman {seal}

Jane x Inman {seal}

William Simms {seal}

Susan x Simms {seal}

D.C. Simms {seal}

Elizabeth W Simms {seal}

Zephroniah x Simms {seal}

Francis x Simms {seal}

Anny x Simms {seal}

John Simms {seal}

Witnesses:

J. Humphrey

F.M.Walls

In Randolph County, MO, Francis Simms, Nathaniel Simms & Junetta [sic] his wife of said county appeared and acknowledged the transaction before a justice and member of the county court on 27 July 1846

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In Grundy County, MO, James Bennett and Susan his wife and Elisha Inmann and

Jane his wife of said county appeared and acknowledged the transaction before a justice and member of the county court on 31 March 1846

In Lexington County, MO, William Simms & Susan his wife of said county appeared and acknowledged the transaction before a justice and member of the county court on 1 April 1846

 In Macon County, MO, Daniel Simms and Elizabeth his wife, Zephoniah Simms &

Sarah Ann his wife, Francis Simms and Anne his wife, and Jesse Lucas and Hannah his wife of said county appeared and acknowledged the transaction before a justice and member of the county court on 7 May 1846

 In Casey County, KY, Judith Lucas, wife of Hezekiah Lucas, was examined and relinquished her dower rights, and the couple acknowledged the transaction on 22

Dec. 1848

Deed Recorded: ? ? 1848

Jenetta STEVENS

About 1802. Jenetta was born (birth year based on age at time of 1850 Federal Census).

30 Nov. 1850. Federal Census, Salt River Township, Randolph County, Missouri, p. 282 120

Dwelling: 1152

Family: 1152

Household:

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Jenetta Sims, 48, F, $100 value of real estate, born in VA

Nathanil “ 14, M, born in KY, attended school in 1850

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Frances “ 11, M, born in MO, attended school in 1850

Wm “ 7, M, born in MO

 Sarah “ 5, F, born in MO


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