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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32205846P0'>Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette &amp; Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm).<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm).<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B.<lb/>

Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., <hi rend='italic'>Kentucky’s Governors</hi> (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97<lb/>

Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in <hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13.</bibl>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32198036P0'>Wrote a petition to Thomas E. Bramlette requesting remittance of a fine for dealing faro in Marion County, Kentucky, on December 8, 1863.
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Social: <rs ref='#S32204225'>John Severance (Marion Co, Ky, barkeep)</rs><lb/>
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Social: <rs ref='#S32214567'>Charles S. Stoy (Lebanon, Ky, watchmaker)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32199916'>Thomas E. England (Marion County, Kentucky, master blacksmith)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32201080'>Anderson Corley (Marion County, Kentucky, saddler)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32209625'>James T. Edmunds (Marion Co, Ky, clerk)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32209210'>Joseph G. Campbell (Marion County, Kentucky, merchant)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32197875'>Orson Ames (Marion County, Kentucky, grocer and editor)</rs>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, District 1, p. 553. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. <lb/>

 <hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1  (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1867), 360.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Harvard University Quintennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates 1636-1930</hi> (Cambridge: Harvard University, 1930), 1375.<lb/>

Lucius M. Boltwood, <hi rend='italic'>History and Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Noble, of Westfield, Massachusetts</hi> (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood &amp; Brainard, 1878), 153. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964)</hi>, KDLA, Roll #7007129, Jefferson County Deaths, p 162.</bibl>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 398B-399A.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 547.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Find A Grave</hi>, "Orson Ames (1816-1889)," Memorial #1112934674, <a href='http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112934674'>http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112934674</a> (accessed April 20, 2020).<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Kentucky Marriage Records</hi>, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482706, p. 149.<lb/>

 <hi rend='italic'>Kentucky Marriage Records</hi>, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482708, p. 87. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971</hi>, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, 1858-1875, Marion County.</bibl>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32209210P0'>Marion County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret B. Cambell. Father of Florence Campbell, Mary Lucy Campbell, Henrietta Campbell, and Joseph W. Campbell. Merchant in Adair County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Lebanon, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Lebanon in 1860.
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 70B.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 552. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 488A. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 60A. <lb/>

"Joseph G. Campbell (1818-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial #112251386, accessed April 20, 2020,  <a href='http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112251386.'>http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112251386.</a></bibl>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon District 1, p. 39. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Find A Grave</hi>, "Charles S. Stoy (unknown-1902)", Memorial #140921620 <a href='http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140921620'>http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140921620</a> (accessed June 14, 2016).</bibl>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32197331P0'>Marion County, Kentucky, druggist. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Cardwell. Father of Bettie L. Cardwell, Richard Cardwell, Ellen Cardwell. Druggist in Lebanon, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Lebanon in 1860.
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 548. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 10.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 74A. <lb/>

"Dr. J. M. Cardwell (1821-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial #114265649, accessed April 22, 2020, <a href='http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114265649.'>http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114265649.</a><lb/>

"Notes of Current Events," <hi rend='italic'>Interior Journal</hi> (Stanford, KY), March 6, 1885, p. 2.</bibl>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860)</hi>, Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon District 1, p. 37.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Find A Grave</hi>, "James T. Edmunds, Memorial #28436069, <a href='http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28436069'>http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28436069</a> (accessed 14 June 2016).</bibl>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32199916P0'>Marion County, Kentucky, master blacksmith. Kentucky native. Married to Maria C. England. Master blacksmith in Lebanon, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed William Jackson as a blacksmith in Lebanon in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Marion County in 1860.
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon District 1, p. 547. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon District 1. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records</hi>, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Marion County KY, p. 148.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964)</hi>, KDLA, Roll #7016189, Marion County Deaths, File #33048.</bibl>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32205935P0'>Marion County, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Samual Sanders and Margaret Sanders. Married to Margaret Hatchkiss Sanders in Taylor County, Kentucky, on November 30, 1854. Laborer in Taylor County in 1850. Clerk in Lebanon in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Lebanon in 1860.
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Division 2, p. 149B.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 739. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 20.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records</hi>, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, n.d., p. 446.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Kentucky Marriage Records</hi>, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Taylor County Marriages, Film #000983727, p. 169.</bibl>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records</hi>, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Marion County, KY.</bibl>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32205624P0'>Marion County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of David Phillips and Elizabeth Phillips. Married to Laura Doone Phillips in Nelson County, Kentucky on June 5, 1847. Father of William D. Phillips. Resident in Marion County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Marion County in 1850. Merchant in Lebanon in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Marion County in 1860.
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 343A. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, p. 619. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 552. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon District 1, p. 488A. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Kentucky Marriage Records</hi>, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film #001929414, p. 201. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989</hi>, Kentucky Marion County Probate Courts, Wills Vol 1-4, 1863-1949, p. 275.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Courier-Journal</hi> (Louisville, KY), July 9, 1863, p. 3.</bibl>
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<hi rend='italic'>Lebanon Standard and Times</hi>, April 27, 1887.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Find A Grave</hi>, "John Severance (1831-1887)", Memorial #105183455 <a href='http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105183712'>http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105183712</a> (accessed June 14, 2016).</bibl>
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<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon District 1, p. 546.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon District 1, p. 10.</bibl>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 345A. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 211.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 551.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon District 1, p. 488A. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910)</hi>, KDLA, Film #7007128, Louisville Deaths, Books 7-8, p. 77.</bibl>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, p. 340A.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon/District 1, p. 741.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Kentucky Marriage Records</hi>, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191862.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Find A Grave</hi>, "J. H. Edelen (1833-1902)," Memorial #112259404, <a href='http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112259404'>http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112259404</a> (accessed February 5, 2019).</bibl>
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<hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992).</bibl>
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                  <bibl>Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in <hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380.<lb/>

Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in <hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366.<lb/>

Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in <hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233.</bibl>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. <lb/>

 <hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50.</bibl>
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          <p corresp='TTP35072778P0' xml:id='OTP35072778P0'>To his Excellency <rs ref='#S32205846'>Thomas E Bramlette</rs>
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<p corresp='TTP35072778P1' xml:id='OTP35072778P1'>Governor of the State of <rs ref='#S32214715'>Kentucky</rs>
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<p corresp='TTP35072778P2' xml:id='OTP35072778P2'>Your Petitioner <rs ref='#S32198036'>John St Clair</rs> would most respectfully state to Your Excellency that at the <date when='1862-05'>May 1862</date> term of the<rs ref='#S32196709'>Marion Circuit Court</rs> <rs ref='#S32206277'>Ky</rs> the Commonwealth of Ky recovered a judgement against your Petitioner for the sum of $500 -- under the alledged charge of setting up and dealing faro. and Your Petitioner has paid to the <rs ref='#S32198006'>Commonwealth's attorney</rs> his part of the fine and Your Petitioner had hoped that before this he would have been able to pay the balance of the fine but he finds himself totally unable to do so His health has been bad and has not been able to get such employment as he could work at to make more than a bare support and he has no friends or relations who are able to pay the fine and if it is attempted ^to collect it^ which is now being done he will be compelled to go to jail and there remain and result in his death in his present state of health Your Petitioner states that on one occasion he did at the instance of a few acquaintenances deal a few hans of faro for their amusement Not being a common gambler nor dealing faro before nor since but only on this single occasion and Your Petitioner having already paid all he has for his unfortunate fault pray Your Excellency's executive clemency and a remission
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<p corresp='TTP35072779P3' xml:id='OTP35072779P3'>Sworn to before me by John St Clair <date when='1863-12-08'>December 8 1863</date>
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<rs ref='#S32209210'>J G Campbell</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32214567'>C, S, Stoy</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32197331'>J M Cardwell</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32209625'>J Edmonds</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32199916'>T. E. England</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32205935'>J H Sanders</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32199931'>A, S, Wade</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32205624'>D W Phillips</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32204225'>John Severance</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32201080'>A. Corley</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32213134'>C, Beeler</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32211022'>Len Edelen</rs>
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