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Flora Carr

Female 1904 - 1986  (81 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Flora Carr was born 26 May 1904, Tennessee (daughter of Elbert H. Carr and Mattie Elizabeth Lawson); died 26 Apr 1986; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, District 9, Blount County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 70.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Flora — William Bryant Gibson. William (son of Isaac Gibson and Kathryn Breeden) was born 20 May 1900, Tennessee; died 5 Sep 1963; was buried Prospect Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Alvin Clay Gibson was born 14 Oct 1923, Tennessee; died 16 Jan 1992.
    2. Elbert Ray Gibson was born 5 Jan 1926, Tennessee; died 14 Nov 2013.
    3. Isaac Eugene Gibson was born 14 Jan 1928, Tennessee; died 25 Mar 1973; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    4. Robert Gibson was born Abt 1934, Tennessee.
    5. Wilma Gibson was born Abt 1936, Tennessee.
    6. Velma Gibson was born Abt 1937, Tennessee.
    7. George Leon Gibson was born 22 Feb 1937, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; died 8 Jun 2008; was buried 12 Jun 2008, Atchley's Seymour Memory Gardens Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Elbert H. Carr was born 2 Apr 1882, Tennessee (son of Joel Kear and Mary "Polly" McCarter); died 20 Nov 1953; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, Eusebia, Blount County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 64.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18, 70, 164.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Elbert — Mattie Elizabeth Lawson. Mattie (daughter of Richard West Lawson and Mary Manerva King) was born 16 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Dec 1975; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mattie Elizabeth Lawson was born 16 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Richard West Lawson and Mary Manerva King); died 11 Dec 1975; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, Eusebia, Blount County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18, 70, 164.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 247.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. Ola Ellen Carr was born 12 Mar 1904, Tennessee; died 4 Nov 1973; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 1. Flora Carr was born 26 May 1904, Tennessee; died 26 Apr 1986; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. West Ray Carr was born 31 May 1906, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Apr 1991; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    4. Mary Edna Carr was born 22 Nov 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Mar 1963; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    5. Ethel R. Carr was born 19 Aug 1915, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Feb 2018; was buried 3 Mar 2018, Highland South Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    6. Hazel Carr was born 20 Mar 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Mar 2014; was buried 8 Mar 2014, Knob Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Pauline Carr was born Abt 1921, Tennessee; died 3 Mar 2008, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Mar 2008, Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    8. Florence Carr was born 25 Oct 1926, Seymour, Tennessee; died 3 May 2012, Tallahassee Memorial Hospital; was buried 7 May 2012, Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    9. Emma Carr died INFANT.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joel Kear was born 5 Feb 1850, Tennessee (son of Joel Kear and Sarah Huff); died 10 Feb 1926; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Buried in the Forks of the River Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63, 64.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

    Joel married Mary "Polly" McCarter 18 Aug 1870. Mary (daughter of James McCarter and Sarah Huskey) was born 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1937; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary "Polly" McCarter was born 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee (daughter of James McCarter and Sarah Huskey); died 26 Jun 1937; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63, 64.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

    Children:
    1. James S. Kear was born 1871, Tennessee; died 1957; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
    2. Minerva Kear was born 30 Jun 1873, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1965; was buried Providence Baptist Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Arbinzia Kear was born 14 Mar 1876; died 8 Apr 1898; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Sarah L. "Sally" Kear was born 27 Feb 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Apr 1966, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    5. Mary E. Carr was born 27 Feb 1878, Tennessee; died 1937; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. 2. Elbert H. Carr was born 2 Apr 1882, Tennessee; died 20 Nov 1953; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. Matilda "Tilda" Kear was born 29 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Jan 1974; was buried Fairview Cemetery, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
    8. Rev. Joel L. Carr was born 15 Jun 1889, Tennessee; died 18 May 1981; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Richard Evans Carr was born 18 Dec 1896, Tennessee; died 1 Sep 1981; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Richard West Lawson was born 15 Apr 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James Houston "Red Jim" Lawson and Hettie Elizabeth Mattox); died 12 Jun 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 94, 245, 247.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 160.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 293.

    Richard married Mary Manerva King 5 Mar 1878, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William Henry King and Martha Jane Headrick) was born 11 Jan 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Apr 1954, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary Manerva King was born 11 Jan 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of William Henry King and Martha Jane Headrick); died 20 Apr 1954, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 94, 245, 247.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 293.

    Children:
    1. John Andrew Lawson was born 23 Feb 1879, South Carolina; died 22 Feb 1956, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. George Henry Lawson was born 28 Nov 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Dec 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 3. Mattie Elizabeth Lawson was born 16 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Dec 1975; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    4. Nancy Ellen Lawson was born 4 Mar 1888, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Aug 1957; was buried Knob Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. James Daniel Lawson was born 26 Jan 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Oct 1933, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Melvin Early Lawson was born 15 Jun 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1980, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Aura Rebecca Lawson was born 11 Dec 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Jun 1977; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Joel Kear was born 5 Feb 1796, North Carolina (son of James Kear and Molly Shelton); died 28 Jul 1871; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    From Scotland.

    Some researchers list him buried in Forks of the River Cemetery.
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    References:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 74.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 29.

    Joel married Sarah Huff 6 Jun 1838. Sarah (daughter of Leonard Huff and Sarah Baker) was born 11 Jul 1809, Tennessee; died 15 Sep 1886; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Sarah HuffSarah Huff was born 11 Jul 1809, Tennessee (daughter of Leonard Huff and Sarah Baker); died 15 Sep 1886; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Ezalee Kear Spencer lists given name as Baker with sisters Lydia and Charity and a brother.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 74.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Kear was born 10 Nov 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 May 1871, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Lydia "Aunt Liddy" Kear was born 24 May 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1926, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Joseph Kear was born 16 Jun 1841, Tennessee; died 7 Dec 1923; was buried Prospect Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    4. Mary Ann Kear was born 20 Mar 1843, Tennessee.
    5. John Kear was born 20 Oct 1844, Tennessee; died 6 Feb 1929; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Charity Manerva Kear was born 21 Jun 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Nov 1909; was buried Myers Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. Sarah Kear was born 8 May 1848, Tennessee; died 18 Jun 1923; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. 4. Joel Kear was born 5 Feb 1850, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1926; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Rev. Henry Baker Kear was born 12 Jan 1852, Tennessee; died Bef 1941; was buried New Mexico.
    10. James Kear was born 14 Sep 1854, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Jul 1926; was buried Concord Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia.

  3. 10.  James McCarter was born 7 May 1825, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of John McCarter and Nancy Anderson); died 28 May 1898; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 102.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 18, 63, 102, 106, 142.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 342.

    James married Sarah Huskey Abt 1848, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Stephen "Old Steve" Huskey and Mary Ann "Polly" Ogle) was born 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Jun 1863; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sarah Huskey was born 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Stephen "Old Steve" Huskey and Mary Ann "Polly" Ogle); died 4 Jun 1863; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 102.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63.

    Children:
    1. Elbert McCarter was born 13 Oct 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Dec 1936, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Dec 1936, Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Stephen McCarter was born 26 Oct 1851; died 5 Oct 1866; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 5. Mary "Polly" McCarter was born 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1937; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Sarah McCarter was born 12 Jan 1856, Tennessee.
    5. James "Bud" McCarter, Jr. was born 1 Mar 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Mar 1944; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Edman McCarter was born 29 Apr 1861, Tennessee; died 23 May 1935; was buried Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 12.  James Houston "Red Jim" Lawson was born 15 Jul 1825, Tennessee (son of Thomas D. Lawson and Mary Barrett); died 17 Jan 1894; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 144, 160.

    James — Hettie Elizabeth Mattox. Hettie (daughter of William Mattox and Martha Williams) was born 4 Mar 1821, Tennessee; died 30 Dec 1886; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Hettie Elizabeth Mattox was born 4 Mar 1821, Tennessee (daughter of William Mattox and Martha Williams); died 30 Dec 1886; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 144, 160.

    Children:
    1. Mary C. Lawson was born 13 Jul 1847, Tennessee; died 9 Aug 1930; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Martha Rebecca "Mattie" Lawson was born 12 Jul 1848, Blount County, Tennessee; died 31 Oct 1931, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. William Jasper Lawson was born 12 Aug 1851, Tennessee; died 2 May 1926; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Thomas H. "Huse" Lawson was born 25 Apr 1854, Tennessee; died 15 Jun 1930; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Andrew Jackson Lawson was born 5 Aug 1856, Tennessee; died 18 Apr 1934; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. 6. Richard West Lawson was born 15 Apr 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Jun 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Nancy C. Lawson was born 15 Apr 1859, Tennessee; died 18 Dec 1923; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Sarah E. "Lizzie" Lawson was born 21 Oct 1862, Tennessee; died 24 Oct 1937; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  7. 14.  William Henry King was born 18 Jan 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of George Washington King and Rebecca Slaughter); died 9 Oct 1912, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    William Henry served three years in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was a Corpl., in Company E. (some sources say B.) 2nd Tennessee Calvary. He served from 1862 to 1865. Two of William Henry's brothers, Bennett and Geroge were also in the Union Army. His brother Wiley was in the Confederate Army.

    William and his family were members of the Missionary Baptist Church. The family lived all their lives on the same home place in Wears Valley, seventeen miles from the county seat of Sevierville. William served as Justice of the Peace for ten years.
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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 27.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 245.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 51.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    William married Martha Jane Headrick Abt 16 Jan 1851, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of James Headrick and Minerva T. Stephenson) was born 13 Sep 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Jun 1935, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Martha Jane Headrick was born 13 Sep 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James Headrick and Minerva T. Stephenson); died 10 Jun 1935, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Death Certificate for Jennie King age ninty two born Blount County, Tennessee, died 1925 Sevier County, Tennessee, parents James Headrick and Manerva Stephenson, number #168.

    Dee Lansford lists birth as 13 October 1832.
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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 27.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 245.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 51.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Jane King was born 3 Dec 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Aug 1905, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. James Thomas King was born 12 Jun 1852, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Jul 1930, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Rebecca Ann King was born 1 Mar 1855, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Feb 1946, , Texas.
    4. George Washington King was born 3 Feb 1857, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Mar 1918, , Johnson, Texas; was buried , Johnson, Texas.
    5. 7. Mary Manerva King was born 11 Jan 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Apr 1954, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Martha Louisa King was born 3 Jan 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Jun 1955, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Crowson-Broyles Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Nancy Caroline King was born 25 Apr 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Aug 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Daniel Jackson King was born 26 Dec 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Jan 1939, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Sarah Ellen King was born 7 Nov 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Jul 1963, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. King was born Abt 1871; died See Notes.
    11. John Wiley King was born 1 Feb 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Jul 1941, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Jul 1941, Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Hettie Texas King was born 10 Jul 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Dec 1956, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    13. Hulda Ida King was born 31 Jul 1878, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Apr 1963, Chowchilla, California.


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