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Plymouth County
Below: 1st Photo submitted by Viv Reeves and the 2nd Photo submitted by John Haviland |
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EARLY SENEY CEMETERY PLAT RECORDS
SENEY, ELGIN TWP, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, IOWA
~These are early OWNERS and are not necessarily the ones that are buried in this cemetery.
In some cases the ownership changed before burials were interred.
Keep scrolling down for the actual list of known burials in this cemetery.
Block 1 |
Block 2 |
Block 3 |
Block 4 |
#4 H. Nagilhout |
#1 Margaret Rees |
#1 Winslow |
#5 Edward Mathern |
#5 Hughes |
Jake Berkenpas |
#2 Young |
#6 J. B. Owings |
#6 Floyd Becker |
#2 Hollis Wills |
#3 E. Gould |
#18 Mrs. Lyman Penning |
#7 J. S. Eilts |
Oscar & Opal Gatzke |
#4 Laura Kennedy |
#10 Lulu Penning |
#8 Bert Reeves |
Conner |
#5 C. Boyes |
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Arthur Reeves |
#6 Mrs. J.H. Walkup |
#6 Caroline Reeves |
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#9 Duane Hawkins |
#7 Jon Alderson |
#7 O. L. Britton |
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#15 Harriet Hawkins |
#8 Henry Husted |
#8 Britton |
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#16 W.C. Hawkins |
#13 William Gittoes |
#9 D. Benedict |
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Lida Hawkins |
#14 McArthur |
Alex McArthur |
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Elizabeth Hawkins |
#15 A.S. Knowlton |
#10 William Lancaster |
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F. Gober |
#16 John Wallinga |
#11 Simon Anstine |
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#17 Richard Hawkins |
T.N. Wadsworth |
Elmer Anstine |
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#18 H. M. Lobdell |
#17 Elam Chapman |
#12 Rubel |
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#19 N. Porter |
#18 J. F. Morrissey |
#13 H. M. Coolbaugh |
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#20 Geo. R. Moir |
#20 George Reeves |
#14 William Jackson |
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#21 Albert T. Hawkins |
#21 A. C. Elder |
#15 George Darville |
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G. D. Burt |
#16 Winkel |
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Grant Chapman |
F. P. Keister |
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#22 W.S. Freeman |
#17 William Sardeson |
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#23 Wales (sold it) |
#18 Alex Moir |
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#19 Robert Potter |
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#20 A. Miller |
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#21 J. L. Sudduth |
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#22 M. Ewin |
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#23 Penning |
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#24 Beldon |
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BURIALS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
| Deceased Name | Dates/Info | Notes |
| ANSTINE, Elmer | b. 19 Aug 1861; d. 10 Jul 1946 | No Tombstone |
| ANSTINE, Simon | d. 06 Nov 1884 | 66y, 11mo, 28da |
| ANSTINE, William H. | d. 01 Apr 1883 | 28y, 8mo, 22da |
| ANSTINE, Willard Elmer (Per SSDI: b. 03 May 1921; d. Aug 1980) | 1921-1980 | Sgt USArmy, WWII |
| BECKER, Floyd | 1905-1976 | Husb of Genevieve |
| BECKER, Genevieve | 1910-2001 | nee' Nixon |
| BECKER, Frank | 1872-1956 | Husb of Jeanette |
| BECKER, Jeanette F. | 1881-1953 | |
| BECKER, Leona | 1936-2021 | wife of Robert |
| BECKER, Robert Floyd | 1931-2018 | husb of Leona |
| BELDER, Fay | d. 8 May 1897 Elgin Twp; 1 mo. 1 da | Female; bur Elgin Twp cem; born Springfield, Illinois; No Tombstone |
| BENEDICT, Our darling beloved daughter of Rev. D.D. & Mrs. G. Benedict | b. 28 Jul 1886; d. 03 Jul 1887 | Her name was Edna Pearl. |
BOYES, Mary, wife of Gana Boyes "Though in the path of death I tread with gloomy terrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, for thou, O Lord, art with me still." |
d. 16 Mar 1872 | Aged 34 yrs |
| BRITTON, Debora | "Old Grandma Britton died in Minnesota June 9, 1893; she was brought to Seney on the 10th; buried on 11th" | mother of J. Lyman Britton, wife of Eli Britton; No Tombstone |
| BRITTON, Claude | d. 12 Oct 1892; 7 mos | Cause: cholera infantum; Father: Oris Britton; Bur Seney, IA; No Tombstone |
| BRITTON, Eli | d. 21 Sep 1889, Seney, Ia.; age 80 yrs; born 2 Mar 1809, New York | father of J. Lyman Britton, husband of Deborah; No Tombstone |
| BRITTON, Ernest | d. 23 May 1886 | Age 8mo, 17das |
| BRITTON, Gracie (Inscription on the children's side of stone) "Gone But Not Forgotten. Children of O.L. & N. Britton" | d. 10 Jul 1887 | Age 3mo, 25 das |
| BRITTON, Jonathan Lyman | d. 24 Apr 1911 | from the newspaper: "interment was made in the Seney cemetery by the side of his parents." No Tombstone |
| BRITTON, Nellie (Ernest & Gracie share a stone with their mother, Nellie) Inscription: "Husband and daddy, I must leave you, Leave, yes leave you all alone. But my blessed Savior calls me, calls me to a Heavenly Home." | d. 17 May 1888 | 23 yrs, 20 das |
| BUCKLAND, J. S. | d. 07 May 1889 | Aged 45yrs |
| BURNETT, Kathy J. | b. 05 Jul 1945; d. 13 Oct 2004 | Per her obit buried Seney |
| CHAPMAN, Grant | 1865-25 Mar 1944 | 79y, 1mo, 19da |
| CHAPMAN, Grant | d. 15 Oct 1899 | Age 3 mos; Bur Seney, IA; No Tombstone |
| CHAPMAN, Margaret | 1872-1938 | Wf of Grant; nee' March |
| CLARK, Iona M. | 1892-1964 | Dau of Mat & Ella Ewin |
| CLUTE, May | d. 20 ___ 1900, Fredonia Twp; 14 das old | Female; Bur Seney; No Tombstone |
| CONNER, Nathan L. | 1899-1954 | Husb of Eva |
| CONNER, Eva R. | 1911-1988 | |
| COOK, Charles W. "Father" | 1864-1929 | |
| COOK, Martha J. "Mother" | 1873-1965 | |
| COOK, Gordon Louis | b. 10 Jul 1905; d. 01 Nov 1982 | |
| COOK, Margaretta | b. 14 Jun 1919; d. 30 Mar 2011 | nee' Tolman |
| COOLBAUGH, Infant | d. Sunday, Mar 22, 1891 | Bur Seney on Wed. March 25; No Tombstone |
| DARVILLE, Laura | d. 27 Oct 1889 | Female; 6 yrs; Father, David Darville; Bur Seney; No Tombstone |
| DEN OUDEN, Cornelius "Casey" | b. 29 Sep 1925; d. 05 Apr 2008 | |
| ERICKSON, Brandon James (Inscription: "He was our angel--Now he's the Lord's") | b. 02 Nov 1991 |
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| ERICKSON, Walter G. | b. 31 Jul 1922; d. 09 Dec 1990 | |
| EWIN, Robert Leroy (No dates on the stone) | b. 23 Mar 1894 |
Inf son of Mathew & Ella Ewin |
| EWIN, Anna (No dates on the stone) | b/d 25 Mar 1900 | Inf dau of Mathew & Ella Ewin |
| EWIN, Ella H. "Mother" on separate stone | b.15 Jul 1856; d. 14 Feb 1915 | Wf of Mathew Ewin |
| EWIN, Mathew "Father" on separate stone | b. 20 Jun 1852; d. 28 Mar 1923 | Husb of Ella Lothrop Ewin |
| FREEMAN, Samuel A. | d. 24 Feb 1884 | 63yr, 11mo, 10das |
| FREEMAN, Josie B. (Per a family member in June 1983 the old stone for this grave was gone and a new grave marker put in place. The new stone reads: Josephine Knowlton Freeman 1855-1882) | b. 17 Sep 1855; d. 24 May 1882 | Wf of W.S. Freeman |
| FRENCH, Emma F. | d. 13 Jul 1883 | 31yr, 11mo, 8 das |
| GIBSON, Freddie, son of W. H. and M. Gibson | d. 01 Jan 1881 | Age 1yr, 11da |
| GITTOES, Martha Ann, Wife of William Gittoes | d. 18 Aug 1884 | 22yr, 8mo,21das |
| GOBER, Frank | 1886-1958 | |
| GRUNDY, "Grandma" | d. 04 Dec 1901 | Per obituary died at home of her son, Wm. Foulds; remains laid to rest in cemetery here. No Tombstone |
| HAVILAND, Charles P. (LeMars Sentinel, 26 Jun 1908; Mr. Bogen of LeMars was in town one day recently and erected a monument for the grave of the baby of Jas. Haviland.) | b. 30 Oct 1875; d. 03 Jun 1876 | |
| HAVILAND, M.C. | d. 02 Apr 1902 | 85 yrs; Bur Seney, IA; No Tombstone |
| HAWKINS, William G. | 1880-1963 | |
| HAWKINS, Eliza W. | 1880-1970 | |
| HAWKINS, Harriet E. | 1925-1974 | Wf of Norris |
| HAWKINS, Norris N. | b. 28 Mar 1927 |
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| HAWKINS, Richard "Father" | 1851-1926 | |
| HAWKINS, Jane "Mother" | 1857-1944 | |
| HAWKINS, Richard A. "Allie" | 1886-1935 | Husb of Lizzie |
| HAWKINS, Elizabeth A. | 1883-1965 | |
| HAWKINS, Albert T. | 1897-1961 | |
| HAWKINS, Annie E. | 1898-1978 | |
| HAWKINS, Albert W. | b. 24 Sep 1920; d. 13 Oct 1920 | Son of A.T. & Annie E. |
| HAWKINS, George C. | 04 Oct 1921 | Son of R.A. & Elizabeth |
| HAWKINS, Joel B. | 1963-1971 | Son of Norris & Harriet |
| HAWKINS, Timothy D. "Ours For Awhile" | 1956-1959 | Son of Duane & Leola |
| HAWKINS, William Henry, Son of H.J. & M. (Inscription: "Since life and spirit now hath rest, thy sufferings all are over") | d. 21 Aug 1886 | Age 1yr, 4 das |
| HAWKINS, Leola Hart | b. 15 Nov 1923 |
Wf of Duane |
| HAWKINS, Duane Douglas | b. 25 Feb 1923; d. 06 Jan 2001 | Cpl USMarine Corps, WWII |
| HAWKINS, David W. | b. 10 Mar 1938; d. 26 Aug 2011 | Husb of Judy |
| HEIDE, Henry | b. 26 Nov 1830 |
Co. D, 53rd IL Vol. |
| HEIDE, Katherine | Wf of Henry Heide | |
| HEIDE, Julia | d. 03 Jan 1945 | Dau of Henry & Katherine - [No dates on stone] |
| HUGHES, Elizabeth | 1868-1941 | Wf of George; buried at Seney alone |
| HUGHES, George T. | 1866-19__ | Died 29 Aug 1962; Buried at Haxtun, Colo. |
| HUSTED, Isabel | 1850-1933 | |
| HUSTED, Henry | 1842-1932 | |
| JACKSON, Harvey | 1890-03 Feb 1891 | Son of Mr/Mrs Wm. Jackson. Buried Seney cemetery. No Tombstone |
| KENNEDY, Female Infant | b/d 13 May 1931 | Dau of Emerson & Mabel Penning Kennedy; buried in Seney cemetery. No Tombstone |
| KNOWLTON, Nancy W. "Mother" | 1830-1883 | |
| KNOWLTON, Alvah S. "Husband" | 1852-1944 | |
| KNOWLTON, Helen A. "Wife" | 1854-1926 | |
| KNOP, Mary "Mother" | 1864-1927 | |
| KRAMER, Leland Dean | 1954-2022 | |
| KUNATH, Charles F. | 1894-1957 | |
| LANCASTER, Chris (Transcribed in 1976--this stone is no longer found in Oct. 2003) | 1876-1938 | |
| LANCASTER, John "Father" | 1848-1936 | |
| LANCASTER, Amelia "Mother" | 1857-1946 | |
| LANCASTER, Edwin M. "Father" | 1852-1930 | |
| LANCASTER, Ira | d. 27 Apr 1888; 3yr 2mo; born Plym County; Male | Bur Seney, IA; son of John & Amelia Lancaster; No Tombstone |
| LANCASTER, Mary Alice "Mother" | 1853-1929 | nee' Alderson |
| LANCASTER, Marion | b. 07 Sep 1905 |
Son of Mr/Mrs. C. Lancaster |
| LANCASTER, L. Rosabelle | b. 19 Jan 1899; d. 07 Jul 1986 | Wife of M. J. |
| LANCASTER, M. J. "Mit" | b. 03 Aug 1887 |
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| LANCASTER, Vincent M. | 1895-1948 | Husb of Ina |
| LANCASTER, Mary I. | 1904-1999 | Wf of Vincent |
| LANCASTER, Elizabeth | d. 14 Dec 1890 | Aged 81 yrs; Wife of William |
| LANCASTER, William | d. 25 Jun 1895 | Aged 87 yrs |
| LANCASTER, Margaret "Mother" | 1848-1920 | |
| LANCASTER, William "Father" | 1844-1928 | |
| LANCASTER, Jane "To Bloom In Heaven" | d. 21 May 1881 | 7yr, 5mo, 11das |
| LANCASTER, Maggie "Jane & Maggie, Children of W.C. & M. Lancaster" (Inscription on the stone that Jane & Maggie share: "Do not weep dearest father and mother she said; The angels are around me, they're guarding my bed. I cannot stay longer, for me they've come down. I am going to my Jesus to wear a gold crown.") | d. 27 May 1881 | 8mos, 9 das |
| LEHRMAN, Lila Jean "In God's Loving Care" | b. 17 Aug 1962; d. 01 Sep 1984 | |
| LEHRMAN, Lyndel Joy | b. 22 Feb 1961; d. 05 Apr 2023 | |
| LORD, Sarah A. | d. 08 Jul 1874 | 53yrs, 2mos |
| McARTHUR, Alex | 1868-1956 | |
| McARTHUR, Annie | 1871-1956 | Wf of Alex |
| McARTHUR, Hazel | 1893 | |
| MILLER, Louise | d. 01 Feb 1884; age 8 mos | Born 4 miles north of Remsen, IA; Bur Seney, IA; No Tombstone |
| MOIR, George R. "Father" | 1855-1936 | |
| MOIR, Mary F. "Mother" | 1862-1939 | |
| MOIR, Dorothy A. | 17 Jun 1924 | |
| MOIR, Infant son of G.R. & M.F. Moir | d. 24 Feb 1892 | Age 1day |
| MOORE, Clarence E. | 1866-1945 | |
| MOORE, Ada L. | 1879-1937 | Wf of Clarence |
| MOORE, Lela Gertrude | d. 20 Mar 1906; 5 weeks of age | Bur Seney Cemetery; No Tombstone |
| MORRIS, Calvin A. | 1875-1954 | |
| NICOLAUS, Wilhelm Frederich | no dates | Bur Seney Cemetery; No Tombstone |
| OWINGS, Mary W. "With a cheery smile and wave of the hand, she has wandered into an unknown land." |
d. 17 Aug 1901 | 82yr, 1mo, 10das |
| PENNING, Albert N. | 1882-1957 | |
| PENNING, Lulu | 1886-1964 | |
| PENNING, John F. | 1880-1921 | |
| PENNING, Eilert D. | 1837-1902 | |
| PENNING, Wubka A. "His Wife" | 1845-1933 | Eilert & Wubka share a stone |
| PENNING, Janette V. | 1874-1897 | Shares stone with Eilert & Wubka |
| PENNING, Lyman E. "Father" | 1876-1925 | |
| PENNING, Mamie A. "Mother" | 1884-1950 | |
| PORTER, Sadie J. (Note: This stone is completely illegible in 2003, with SADIE being the only word that can be made out. The information is from the previous reading in 1976.) | 19 Jun ???? | Dau of Nels & Mary Porter |
| POTTER, Nellie I., dau of R. and S. Potter | d. 20 Sep 1871 | 2yr, 3mo, 17da |
| POTTER, Sarah "At Rest and Gone, But Not Forgotten" | b.28 May 1829; d. 12 Aug 1900 | Wf of Robert Potter; "Mother" |
| POTTER, Robert | b. 08 Sep 1829; d. 12 Dec 1918 | |
| REES, Lena Penning | 1885-1967 | |
| REES, Margaret | 1884-1966 | nee' Lancaster |
| REES, Kenneth (Son of Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Rees) premature birth | 23 Oct 1935-23 Oct 1935 | No Tombstone |
| REES, Thomas Kenneth "Tommy" & Anthony Keith "Tony" (Twin sons of Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Rees) | 4 Jan 1937-21 Mar 1937 | No tombstone/s |
| REEVES, Arthur "Father" | 1847-1932 | |
| REEVES, Caroline | 26 Feb 1823-30 Jun 1906 | 83yr, 4mo, 4da; Wf of John; |
| REEVES, Elizabeth "Mother" | 1844-1933 | |
| REEVES, Cynthia "Mother" | 1886-1930 | nee' Heemstra |
| REEVES, Bert H. "Father" | 1878-1960 | Husb of Cynthia |
| REEVES, Clarence H.W., son of Geo. & Emily M. | d. 19 Nov 1872 | 3yr, 8mo, 21das |
| REEVES, Francis "To Die No More" | d. 20 May 1874 | 22yr, 2mo |
| REEVES, John (Inscription: "Rest husband in the the silent tomb; Rest, for the shadow and the gloom of death is passed; Rest from the griefs thy path beset; Rest, dear one, we have met in Heaven at last.") | d. 19 Jul 1881 | Correct age is: 59yr, 6mo, 14das |
| REEVES, Mrs. Robert (Lucy) | 16 Nov 1856-27 May 1917 | Married; Maiden name Lucy Potter; No Tombstone |
| REEVES, Robert | 26 Jun 1848-30 Jan 1927 | From the obituary: "interment made in the cemetery at Seney." No Tombstone |
| RUBEL, Jesse | 06 Mar 1810-19 Jun 1889 | 79 yrs; Bur Seney, IA; No Tombstone |
| RUBEL, Lydia A., wife of Jesse Ruble | d. 14 Dec 1880 | 69yr, 7mo, 6da |
| RUBEL, Ruzella May | d. 01 Jan 1881 | Infant dau |
| RUBEL, Myrtle B. (Children of Thomas & Lucy Rubel) | d. 26 Jun 1883 | 2yr, 4mo,20das; Ruzella & Myrtle share a stone |
| SARDESON, John David | 16 Dec 1883-03 Mar 1890, Alton, IA | Eldest child of Wm. Sardeson; Bur Seney, IA; No Tombstone |
| SARDESON, Mabel | 19 Aug 1891-30 Sep 1891; Sioux County | Inf dau of Wm & Eliza Sardeson; Bur Seney, IA; No Tombstone |
| SMALL, J. D. | d. 04 Feb 1885; 7 das old | Born Seney; Male; Bur Seney, IA; No Tombstone |
| SUDDUTH, John | 1861-1929 | (Rev.) |
| SUDDUTH, Lillian M., His Wife | 1847-1926 | Obit says b..1848 |
| WALINGA, Baby | b. 14 Oct 1911; d. 18 Mar 1912 | |
| WALKUP, John H. | 1864-1924 | b. 03 Oct 1863 |
| WALKUP, Mozzemma | 1867-1943 | Wf of John H. |
| WALKUP, Hazel | 1899-1923 | Mrs. Guy Anstine |
| WALSH, Loretta Joyce | 1943-2023 | |
| WILLS, K. Dean | 1934-1960 | son of Hollis & Dora |
| WILLS, Hollis B. | 1905-1992 | Husb of Dora |
| WILLS, Dora C. | 1913-1984 | |
| WILLS, Joyce L. | 1938-1987 | dau of Hollis & Dora |
| WINKEL, A. | d. 30 May 1894; stillbirth | Born Fredonia Twp; Bur Seney, IA; No Tombstone |
| WINKEL, John F. | 1817-1900 | Same stone as Penning, Eilert, Wubka, Janette |
| WINKEL, Ranko | 1855-1896 | |
| WINSLOW, Charles N. | d. 11 Mar 1880 | 68yr, 1mo |
| WONSER, Marie J. | b. 30 Aug 1881; d. 01 Mar 1954 | nee' Lancaster |
| YOUNG, Amanda | d. 02 Jul 1881; 7 yrs; born Iowa | Bur 03 Jul 1881, Seney, IA; No Tombstone |
Orginally buried at Seney Cemetery--later exhumed and reburied in the LeMars City Cemetery
ALDERSON, Ruth Leone, d. 24 Oct 1897, dau of Jonathan & Agnes Alderson
CHAPMAN, Lois May, b. 10 Jul 1899; d. 15 Oct 1899, dau of Elam & Lizzie Alderson Chapman
CHAPMAN, Infant Son, b. 20 Jan 1903; d. 22 Jan 1903, son of Elam & Lizzie Alderson Chapman
LeMars Sentinel, April 29, 1910
SENEY: (Special Correspondence)
John Beely, of LeMars, was in town Friday and took up the corpses of the children of Elam Chapman
and Jonathan Alderson and removed them to the LeMars cemetery.
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REEVES, Claude Robert, d. 1887; Family Note: Claude died as an infant. He was originally buried in the Seney Cemetery in
August 1887; then was disinterred and moved to LeMars City Cemetery in 1910. See additional information about the burial
in LeMars. Source: the Journal of LeMars Cemetery Association, page 35.
Purchaser: J. H. Reeves
Name of deceased: Child of J. H. Reeves
Date of burial: Dec. 9, 1910
Price: $4.50
Amt. pd.: $4.50
Date pd: Dec. 23, 1910
Note: Brought from Seney Cemetery to the LeMars City Cemetery after being buried twenty plus years at Seney.
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