Ida Abernathy was the daughter of Dr. James Jones and Susan E. (Sumner) Abernathy. She was a twin to her sister, Ellen Abernathy, who lived less than three months. Ida married Jesse Harrison Bell - 25 Dec 1889 - Franklin Co., Tennessee before relocating to Colorado. There, they had three children: Clara Elizabeth, Jennie Love, and John Laurence.
Her Obituary:
La Juntan's Mother Dies at Montrose --
Mrs. James Bell, mother of Mrs. J. H. Humphries, died at her home in Montrose this morning. Mrs. Humphries had been with her for some time during her illness.
Mrs. Bell is survived by her husband, Jesse Bell; two daughters, Mrs. Humphries and Miss Jean Bell of Houston, Texas, and one son, John L. Bell of Beaumont, Texas.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Source:
La Junta Tribune Democrat
La Junta, Colorado
March, 22, 1945
Mrs. Jesse Bell Dies After Three Weeks of Illness --
About 10 o'clock Thursday morning, Mrs. Jesse Bell, pioneer citizen of Montrose, succumbed at her home at South Fifth and Selig after a three weeks illness.
Shortly before the end, her only son, John L. Bell, arrived on the morning bus from Beaumont, Texas, so he was able to see his mother alive.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at the Union Congregational Church, Dr. A. D. Thibodeau of Denver officiating. Interment will be in the cemetery at La Junta. Ormsbee Mortuary is in charge of all arrangements.
Source:
The Montrose Daily Press
Montrose, Colorado
March 22, 1945
Funeral Services for Mrs. Jesse Bell Held on Saturday --
Graveside services for Mrs. Ida A. Bell, wife of Jesse H. Bell of Montrose, were held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at the La Junta Cemetery, La Junta, Colorado, with Dr. C. W. Halsey officiating. Burial was in the family plot of her son-in-law, James Howard Humphries, of La Junta.
The body was forwarded to La Junta Sunday, Curtis R. Green, mortician and family friend coming for the remains in the mortuary ambulance. He returned to La Junta Sunday. Earlier Sunday, James H. Bell, his two daughters, Mrs. James Howard Humphries and Miss Jean Love Bell, and his son, John Laurence Bell, drove to La Junta. Also in the party were Mr. Humphries, who was here for the funeral, and Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Reeves, Montrose friends and former close neighbors.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bell were held Saturday afternoon at the Union Congregational Church, Montrose, Dr. A. D. Thibodeau of Denver officiating.
As a solo number Mrs. R. B. Vote sang "Crossing the Bar." As a duet, Mr. and Mrs. Vote sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Mrs. Hazel Comstock was the accompanist.
Active pallbearers were Judge Paul A. Littler, James A. Dutcher, E. J. Kerbel, Grover Howell, John Tobin, and T. J. Reeves.
Honorary pallbearers were H. O. Okey, William S. Sampson, C. B. Akard, Donald Galloway, Sam Harris, Hayward Munro, and Wayne Williams of Olathe.
The casket rested in a bower of beautiful flowers. Many friends attended the rites which were in charge of Ormsbee Mortuary.
All of Mrs. Bell's children were here for the service - Mrs. Howard Humphries of La Junta, Miss Jean Love Bell of Houston, Texas, and John Laurence Bell of Beaumont, Texas. At La Junta, two grandchildren were present for the committal rites, Jesse Howard Humphries, medical student at the University of Colorado, and Mary Jean Humphries, a high School student.
Mrs. Bell's maiden name was Ida Abernathy. She was a twin daughter of Dr. Jesse Jones Abernathy and Susan Sumner Abernathy and was born January 26, 1871, on her father's plantation near Alto, Franklin County, Tennessee. Dr. Abernathy was a prominent southern physician and surgeon and at one time was a professor in the medical school at Old Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Her mother was a member of the distinguished Sumner family of the south.
At the age of 12, Mrs. Bell came to Colorado and went to Lake City where she joined her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bell, both now deceased. When the Ute Indians had been driven from the Uucompahgre Valley and the white settlers moved in, Mrs. Bell moved with Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bell to Montrose. She attended old Central school, demolished a few years ago to make room for Morgan school, and also went to school in Lake City and in Tennessee.
A few years after coming to Colorado, Mrs. Bell returned to her native state where she remained until December 25, 1889, when at the little church in Alto she was married to Jesse H. Bell, younger brother of John C. Bell. For years, the Bell and Abernathy families were friends, living on adjacent plantations. After a honeymoon trip to Texas, the couple came to Montrose where she resided the next 55 years, living first on a ranch in the Maple Grove sector until 1911 when Mr. Bell moved his family to town, taking up residence at South Fifth and Selig where he rebuilt the property.
Three children were born of the union. They are Mrs. James Howard (Clara) Humphries of La Junta, Miss Jean Love Bell, Houston, Texas, and an only son, John Laurence Bell, an attorney at Beaumont, Texas. Five grandchildren survive. They are Jesse Howard and Mary Jean Humphries of La Junta, and Mildred, John Laurence, Jr. and David Bruce Bell of Beaumont.
Mrs. Bell was the last of several brothers and sisters. However, one half-brother and two half-sisters are Alfred Abernathy of Miami, Florida; Mrs. Monte Glovier of Valle Cruces, North Carolina, and Mrs. Byrd Crawford of Sebring, Florida. Mrs. Bell's twin sister died in infancy.
Mrs. Bell was a faithful of the Union Congregational Church and of the Women's Bible class of the Sunday school. At one time, she was a member of the inspection board for the city and county jails and with other members of the board visited the jails at intervals, then turned in a report to the authorities.
For the past ten years Mrs. Bell had been in poor health. Early in December she was critically ill and much concern was felt regarding her condition, but she rallied, was up and about again until stricken three weeks ago with a slight brain hemorrhage. Her health was too seriously impaired from her to recover and from the first she sank steadily until her death at her home last Thursday morning.
Source:
The Montrose Daily Press
Montrose, Colorado
March 26, 1945
Her Obituary:
La Juntan's Mother Dies at Montrose --
Mrs. James Bell, mother of Mrs. J. H. Humphries, died at her home in Montrose this morning. Mrs. Humphries had been with her for some time during her illness.
Mrs. Bell is survived by her husband, Jesse Bell; two daughters, Mrs. Humphries and Miss Jean Bell of Houston, Texas, and one son, John L. Bell of Beaumont, Texas.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Source:
La Junta Tribune Democrat
La Junta, Colorado
March, 22, 1945
Mrs. Jesse Bell Dies After Three Weeks of Illness --
About 10 o'clock Thursday morning, Mrs. Jesse Bell, pioneer citizen of Montrose, succumbed at her home at South Fifth and Selig after a three weeks illness.
Shortly before the end, her only son, John L. Bell, arrived on the morning bus from Beaumont, Texas, so he was able to see his mother alive.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at the Union Congregational Church, Dr. A. D. Thibodeau of Denver officiating. Interment will be in the cemetery at La Junta. Ormsbee Mortuary is in charge of all arrangements.
Source:
The Montrose Daily Press
Montrose, Colorado
March 22, 1945
Funeral Services for Mrs. Jesse Bell Held on Saturday --
Graveside services for Mrs. Ida A. Bell, wife of Jesse H. Bell of Montrose, were held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at the La Junta Cemetery, La Junta, Colorado, with Dr. C. W. Halsey officiating. Burial was in the family plot of her son-in-law, James Howard Humphries, of La Junta.
The body was forwarded to La Junta Sunday, Curtis R. Green, mortician and family friend coming for the remains in the mortuary ambulance. He returned to La Junta Sunday. Earlier Sunday, James H. Bell, his two daughters, Mrs. James Howard Humphries and Miss Jean Love Bell, and his son, John Laurence Bell, drove to La Junta. Also in the party were Mr. Humphries, who was here for the funeral, and Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Reeves, Montrose friends and former close neighbors.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bell were held Saturday afternoon at the Union Congregational Church, Montrose, Dr. A. D. Thibodeau of Denver officiating.
As a solo number Mrs. R. B. Vote sang "Crossing the Bar." As a duet, Mr. and Mrs. Vote sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Mrs. Hazel Comstock was the accompanist.
Active pallbearers were Judge Paul A. Littler, James A. Dutcher, E. J. Kerbel, Grover Howell, John Tobin, and T. J. Reeves.
Honorary pallbearers were H. O. Okey, William S. Sampson, C. B. Akard, Donald Galloway, Sam Harris, Hayward Munro, and Wayne Williams of Olathe.
The casket rested in a bower of beautiful flowers. Many friends attended the rites which were in charge of Ormsbee Mortuary.
All of Mrs. Bell's children were here for the service - Mrs. Howard Humphries of La Junta, Miss Jean Love Bell of Houston, Texas, and John Laurence Bell of Beaumont, Texas. At La Junta, two grandchildren were present for the committal rites, Jesse Howard Humphries, medical student at the University of Colorado, and Mary Jean Humphries, a high School student.
Mrs. Bell's maiden name was Ida Abernathy. She was a twin daughter of Dr. Jesse Jones Abernathy and Susan Sumner Abernathy and was born January 26, 1871, on her father's plantation near Alto, Franklin County, Tennessee. Dr. Abernathy was a prominent southern physician and surgeon and at one time was a professor in the medical school at Old Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Her mother was a member of the distinguished Sumner family of the south.
At the age of 12, Mrs. Bell came to Colorado and went to Lake City where she joined her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bell, both now deceased. When the Ute Indians had been driven from the Uucompahgre Valley and the white settlers moved in, Mrs. Bell moved with Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bell to Montrose. She attended old Central school, demolished a few years ago to make room for Morgan school, and also went to school in Lake City and in Tennessee.
A few years after coming to Colorado, Mrs. Bell returned to her native state where she remained until December 25, 1889, when at the little church in Alto she was married to Jesse H. Bell, younger brother of John C. Bell. For years, the Bell and Abernathy families were friends, living on adjacent plantations. After a honeymoon trip to Texas, the couple came to Montrose where she resided the next 55 years, living first on a ranch in the Maple Grove sector until 1911 when Mr. Bell moved his family to town, taking up residence at South Fifth and Selig where he rebuilt the property.
Three children were born of the union. They are Mrs. James Howard (Clara) Humphries of La Junta, Miss Jean Love Bell, Houston, Texas, and an only son, John Laurence Bell, an attorney at Beaumont, Texas. Five grandchildren survive. They are Jesse Howard and Mary Jean Humphries of La Junta, and Mildred, John Laurence, Jr. and David Bruce Bell of Beaumont.
Mrs. Bell was the last of several brothers and sisters. However, one half-brother and two half-sisters are Alfred Abernathy of Miami, Florida; Mrs. Monte Glovier of Valle Cruces, North Carolina, and Mrs. Byrd Crawford of Sebring, Florida. Mrs. Bell's twin sister died in infancy.
Mrs. Bell was a faithful of the Union Congregational Church and of the Women's Bible class of the Sunday school. At one time, she was a member of the inspection board for the city and county jails and with other members of the board visited the jails at intervals, then turned in a report to the authorities.
For the past ten years Mrs. Bell had been in poor health. Early in December she was critically ill and much concern was felt regarding her condition, but she rallied, was up and about again until stricken three weeks ago with a slight brain hemorrhage. Her health was too seriously impaired from her to recover and from the first she sank steadily until her death at her home last Thursday morning.
Source:
The Montrose Daily Press
Montrose, Colorado
March 26, 1945
Ida Abernathy was the daughter of Dr. James Jones and Susan E. (Sumner) Abernathy. She was a twin to her sister, Ellen Abernathy, who lived less than three months. Ida married Jesse Harrison Bell - 25 Dec 1889 - Franklin Co., Tennessee before relocating to Colorado. There, they had three children: Clara Elizabeth, Jennie Love, and John Laurence.
Her Obituary:
La Juntan's Mother Dies at Montrose --
Mrs. James Bell, mother of Mrs. J. H. Humphries, died at her home in Montrose this morning. Mrs. Humphries had been with her for some time during her illness.
Mrs. Bell is survived by her husband, Jesse Bell; two daughters, Mrs. Humphries and Miss Jean Bell of Houston, Texas, and one son, John L. Bell of Beaumont, Texas.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Source:
La Junta Tribune Democrat
La Junta, Colorado
March, 22, 1945
Mrs. Jesse Bell Dies After Three Weeks of Illness --
About 10 o'clock Thursday morning, Mrs. Jesse Bell, pioneer citizen of Montrose, succumbed at her home at South Fifth and Selig after a three weeks illness.
Shortly before the end, her only son, John L. Bell, arrived on the morning bus from Beaumont, Texas, so he was able to see his mother alive.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at the Union Congregational Church, Dr. A. D. Thibodeau of Denver officiating. Interment will be in the cemetery at La Junta. Ormsbee Mortuary is in charge of all arrangements.
Source:
The Montrose Daily Press
Montrose, Colorado
March 22, 1945
Funeral Services for Mrs. Jesse Bell Held on Saturday --
Graveside services for Mrs. Ida A. Bell, wife of Jesse H. Bell of Montrose, were held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at the La Junta Cemetery, La Junta, Colorado, with Dr. C. W. Halsey officiating. Burial was in the family plot of her son-in-law, James Howard Humphries, of La Junta.
The body was forwarded to La Junta Sunday, Curtis R. Green, mortician and family friend coming for the remains in the mortuary ambulance. He returned to La Junta Sunday. Earlier Sunday, James H. Bell, his two daughters, Mrs. James Howard Humphries and Miss Jean Love Bell, and his son, John Laurence Bell, drove to La Junta. Also in the party were Mr. Humphries, who was here for the funeral, and Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Reeves, Montrose friends and former close neighbors.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bell were held Saturday afternoon at the Union Congregational Church, Montrose, Dr. A. D. Thibodeau of Denver officiating.
As a solo number Mrs. R. B. Vote sang "Crossing the Bar." As a duet, Mr. and Mrs. Vote sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Mrs. Hazel Comstock was the accompanist.
Active pallbearers were Judge Paul A. Littler, James A. Dutcher, E. J. Kerbel, Grover Howell, John Tobin, and T. J. Reeves.
Honorary pallbearers were H. O. Okey, William S. Sampson, C. B. Akard, Donald Galloway, Sam Harris, Hayward Munro, and Wayne Williams of Olathe.
The casket rested in a bower of beautiful flowers. Many friends attended the rites which were in charge of Ormsbee Mortuary.
All of Mrs. Bell's children were here for the service - Mrs. Howard Humphries of La Junta, Miss Jean Love Bell of Houston, Texas, and John Laurence Bell of Beaumont, Texas. At La Junta, two grandchildren were present for the committal rites, Jesse Howard Humphries, medical student at the University of Colorado, and Mary Jean Humphries, a high School student.
Mrs. Bell's maiden name was Ida Abernathy. She was a twin daughter of Dr. Jesse Jones Abernathy and Susan Sumner Abernathy and was born January 26, 1871, on her father's plantation near Alto, Franklin County, Tennessee. Dr. Abernathy was a prominent southern physician and surgeon and at one time was a professor in the medical school at Old Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Her mother was a member of the distinguished Sumner family of the south.
At the age of 12, Mrs. Bell came to Colorado and went to Lake City where she joined her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bell, both now deceased. When the Ute Indians had been driven from the Uucompahgre Valley and the white settlers moved in, Mrs. Bell moved with Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bell to Montrose. She attended old Central school, demolished a few years ago to make room for Morgan school, and also went to school in Lake City and in Tennessee.
A few years after coming to Colorado, Mrs. Bell returned to her native state where she remained until December 25, 1889, when at the little church in Alto she was married to Jesse H. Bell, younger brother of John C. Bell. For years, the Bell and Abernathy families were friends, living on adjacent plantations. After a honeymoon trip to Texas, the couple came to Montrose where she resided the next 55 years, living first on a ranch in the Maple Grove sector until 1911 when Mr. Bell moved his family to town, taking up residence at South Fifth and Selig where he rebuilt the property.
Three children were born of the union. They are Mrs. James Howard (Clara) Humphries of La Junta, Miss Jean Love Bell, Houston, Texas, and an only son, John Laurence Bell, an attorney at Beaumont, Texas. Five grandchildren survive. They are Jesse Howard and Mary Jean Humphries of La Junta, and Mildred, John Laurence, Jr. and David Bruce Bell of Beaumont.
Mrs. Bell was the last of several brothers and sisters. However, one half-brother and two half-sisters are Alfred Abernathy of Miami, Florida; Mrs. Monte Glovier of Valle Cruces, North Carolina, and Mrs. Byrd Crawford of Sebring, Florida. Mrs. Bell's twin sister died in infancy.
Mrs. Bell was a faithful of the Union Congregational Church and of the Women's Bible class of the Sunday school. At one time, she was a member of the inspection board for the city and county jails and with other members of the board visited the jails at intervals, then turned in a report to the authorities.
For the past ten years Mrs. Bell had been in poor health. Early in December she was critically ill and much concern was felt regarding her condition, but she rallied, was up and about again until stricken three weeks ago with a slight brain hemorrhage. Her health was too seriously impaired from her to recover and from the first she sank steadily until her death at her home last Thursday morning.
Source:
The Montrose Daily Press
Montrose, Colorado
March 26, 1945
Her Obituary:
La Juntan's Mother Dies at Montrose --
Mrs. James Bell, mother of Mrs. J. H. Humphries, died at her home in Montrose this morning. Mrs. Humphries had been with her for some time during her illness.
Mrs. Bell is survived by her husband, Jesse Bell; two daughters, Mrs. Humphries and Miss Jean Bell of Houston, Texas, and one son, John L. Bell of Beaumont, Texas.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Source:
La Junta Tribune Democrat
La Junta, Colorado
March, 22, 1945
Mrs. Jesse Bell Dies After Three Weeks of Illness --
About 10 o'clock Thursday morning, Mrs. Jesse Bell, pioneer citizen of Montrose, succumbed at her home at South Fifth and Selig after a three weeks illness.
Shortly before the end, her only son, John L. Bell, arrived on the morning bus from Beaumont, Texas, so he was able to see his mother alive.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at the Union Congregational Church, Dr. A. D. Thibodeau of Denver officiating. Interment will be in the cemetery at La Junta. Ormsbee Mortuary is in charge of all arrangements.
Source:
The Montrose Daily Press
Montrose, Colorado
March 22, 1945
Funeral Services for Mrs. Jesse Bell Held on Saturday --
Graveside services for Mrs. Ida A. Bell, wife of Jesse H. Bell of Montrose, were held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at the La Junta Cemetery, La Junta, Colorado, with Dr. C. W. Halsey officiating. Burial was in the family plot of her son-in-law, James Howard Humphries, of La Junta.
The body was forwarded to La Junta Sunday, Curtis R. Green, mortician and family friend coming for the remains in the mortuary ambulance. He returned to La Junta Sunday. Earlier Sunday, James H. Bell, his two daughters, Mrs. James Howard Humphries and Miss Jean Love Bell, and his son, John Laurence Bell, drove to La Junta. Also in the party were Mr. Humphries, who was here for the funeral, and Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Reeves, Montrose friends and former close neighbors.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bell were held Saturday afternoon at the Union Congregational Church, Montrose, Dr. A. D. Thibodeau of Denver officiating.
As a solo number Mrs. R. B. Vote sang "Crossing the Bar." As a duet, Mr. and Mrs. Vote sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Mrs. Hazel Comstock was the accompanist.
Active pallbearers were Judge Paul A. Littler, James A. Dutcher, E. J. Kerbel, Grover Howell, John Tobin, and T. J. Reeves.
Honorary pallbearers were H. O. Okey, William S. Sampson, C. B. Akard, Donald Galloway, Sam Harris, Hayward Munro, and Wayne Williams of Olathe.
The casket rested in a bower of beautiful flowers. Many friends attended the rites which were in charge of Ormsbee Mortuary.
All of Mrs. Bell's children were here for the service - Mrs. Howard Humphries of La Junta, Miss Jean Love Bell of Houston, Texas, and John Laurence Bell of Beaumont, Texas. At La Junta, two grandchildren were present for the committal rites, Jesse Howard Humphries, medical student at the University of Colorado, and Mary Jean Humphries, a high School student.
Mrs. Bell's maiden name was Ida Abernathy. She was a twin daughter of Dr. Jesse Jones Abernathy and Susan Sumner Abernathy and was born January 26, 1871, on her father's plantation near Alto, Franklin County, Tennessee. Dr. Abernathy was a prominent southern physician and surgeon and at one time was a professor in the medical school at Old Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Her mother was a member of the distinguished Sumner family of the south.
At the age of 12, Mrs. Bell came to Colorado and went to Lake City where she joined her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bell, both now deceased. When the Ute Indians had been driven from the Uucompahgre Valley and the white settlers moved in, Mrs. Bell moved with Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bell to Montrose. She attended old Central school, demolished a few years ago to make room for Morgan school, and also went to school in Lake City and in Tennessee.
A few years after coming to Colorado, Mrs. Bell returned to her native state where she remained until December 25, 1889, when at the little church in Alto she was married to Jesse H. Bell, younger brother of John C. Bell. For years, the Bell and Abernathy families were friends, living on adjacent plantations. After a honeymoon trip to Texas, the couple came to Montrose where she resided the next 55 years, living first on a ranch in the Maple Grove sector until 1911 when Mr. Bell moved his family to town, taking up residence at South Fifth and Selig where he rebuilt the property.
Three children were born of the union. They are Mrs. James Howard (Clara) Humphries of La Junta, Miss Jean Love Bell, Houston, Texas, and an only son, John Laurence Bell, an attorney at Beaumont, Texas. Five grandchildren survive. They are Jesse Howard and Mary Jean Humphries of La Junta, and Mildred, John Laurence, Jr. and David Bruce Bell of Beaumont.
Mrs. Bell was the last of several brothers and sisters. However, one half-brother and two half-sisters are Alfred Abernathy of Miami, Florida; Mrs. Monte Glovier of Valle Cruces, North Carolina, and Mrs. Byrd Crawford of Sebring, Florida. Mrs. Bell's twin sister died in infancy.
Mrs. Bell was a faithful of the Union Congregational Church and of the Women's Bible class of the Sunday school. At one time, she was a member of the inspection board for the city and county jails and with other members of the board visited the jails at intervals, then turned in a report to the authorities.
For the past ten years Mrs. Bell had been in poor health. Early in December she was critically ill and much concern was felt regarding her condition, but she rallied, was up and about again until stricken three weeks ago with a slight brain hemorrhage. Her health was too seriously impaired from her to recover and from the first she sank steadily until her death at her home last Thursday morning.
Source:
The Montrose Daily Press
Montrose, Colorado
March 26, 1945
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Dr Henry Jones Abernathy
1856–1923
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Susan Elizabeth "Bettie" Abernathy Bell
1858–1941
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Samuel Sumner Abernathy
1860–1937
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Mary "Mamie" Abernathy
1863–1883
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Martha Philips "Milly" Abernathy
1866–1874
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1868–1871
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Ellen Abernathy
1871–1871
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1874–1876
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