Orson Pratt Brown

CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN 1801-1863 - WIVES AND CHILDREN

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Father of Orson Pratt Brown

Born: September 29/30, 1801 of Rowan County, North Carolina
Died: September 30, 1863 at Brownsville (Ogden), Weber, Utah

Compiled by his great granddaughter, Lucy Brown Archer

CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN'S THIRTEEN WIVES

(1) Martha Stephens 1806-1840 Born: 12 Oct. 1806 Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina Md: Captain James Brown on 2 Mar 1823, Rowan, North Carolina Died: 28 Sep 1840 Kingston, Adams County Illinois	(2) Susan Foutz 1823-1842 Born: 14 Feb 1823 Franklin County, PA Md: (1) Captain James Brown 26 Jan 1841, Adams Co., Ill. Died: 18 Aug 1842	(3) Esther Jones 1814-1898 Born: 7 Jan1814 Lyman, Sportanburg County, North Carolina Md. Widow of (1) Robert Roper or Raper Feb.1836 , (2) Captain James Brown on 20 Nov 1842, Nauvoo, Ill. (3) Sealed to Joseph Smith Jr. October 11, 1875. Died: 6 October 1898, Ogden, Weber, Utah
(4) Sarah Sally Steadwell 1814-1893 CJB's First Polygamous Wife Born: 31 March 1814 Chester,Cayuga,NY Md. (1) Daniel Wood 1832 (div. c. 1842 (2) Captain James Brown on 10 Jan 1845, Nauvoo, Ill. (div. c.1848). (3) Ithamer Thomas Sprague 1848/1849 (div. c. 1862. (4) Alonzo Harrington LeBaron c. 1864 (div.) ; (5) Henry Lewis (div.) (6) Henry Reed (div); (7) Mr. Kelly. Died: 18 Mar 1893 Trenton, Cache, Utah	(5) Abigail Smith Abbott 1806-1889 Born: 11 Sep 1806 Williamson, Wayne, NewYork Md. Widow of (1) Stephen Joseph Abbott. Dec 11, 1825. Sealed 8 Feb 1846 James Brown as proxy. (2) Captain James Brown 8 Feb 1846, Nauvoo, Illinois. Divorced CJB 1850. Died: 23 July 1889 Willard, Box Elder, UT Buried : Willard Cemetery, Willard, Utah	(6) Mary McRee 1819-1906 Born: 17 Oct 1819 Copiah, Mississippi Md. Widow of (1) George David Black Sr. 19 Dec 1837 (2) Captain James Brown on 16 Jul 1846 Council Bluffs, Iowa; Sealed posthumously to George D. Black Sr. on March 27, 1877 in the Salt Lake City Endowment House. Died: 2 Nov 1906/1907 Ogden,Weber,UT Buried: Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Utah
(7) Phebe Abigail Abbott 1831-1915 Born: 18 May 1831 Hornelsville, Steuben, New York Md: (1) Captain James Brown on 17 Oct 1850 at Ogden, Weber, Utah. (2) William Nicol Fife in 1866 Died: 9 Jan 1915 Thatcher, Graham, AZ	(8) Cecelia Henrietta Cornu 1825-1882 Born: 17 May 1825 Corcellas Nechatel, Switzerland Md: Widow of (1)Charles Robellez; Sealed 27 Mar 1857 James Brown as proxy. (2) Captain James Brown on 26 Dec 1854 by Brigham Young Died: 14 Sep 1882 Neuchatel, Switzerland	(9) Mary Wollerton 1814-1877 Born: 30 Mar 1814 Stockport,Cheshire,England Md: Captain James Brown on 7 Feb 1855 by Heber C. Kimball in SLC Died: 16 Jan 1877, Ogden, Utah
(10) Dorthula Catherine Shupe 1834-1911 Born: 27 Dec 1834 Wythe County, Virginia Md: (1) Captain James Brown on 17 Feb 1856 at Salt Lake City, Utah (2) James Otha Stephens after 1863 Died: 3 Mar 1911	(11) Lavinia Sarah Mitchell 1837-1905 Born: 22 July 1837 Sheffield, York, England Md: (1) Captain James Brown on 7 Sep 1856 by Heber C. Kimball in SLC. (2) John Horrocks, Jr. 1865. Died: 16 Mar 1905 at Ogden, Weber, Utah.	(12) Harriet Wood 1834-1873 Born: 21 Dec 1834 Kirtland, Lake, Ohio Md: (1) Hiram John Yancey. (D) (2) Captain James Brown 17 Sep 1859 by Daniel H. Wells, with Brigham Young as witness Died: 22 Dec 1873 [1875] Bountiful, Davis, Utah
	(13) Maria Mitchell 1843-1923 Born: 14 Apr 1843 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Date Married: (1) Captain James Brown on 18/22 Sep 1861 by Daniel H. Wells, Brigham Young as witness, SLC. (2) Edward Gregory Horrocks 1864. Died: 19 Feb 1923 at Salt Lake City, Utah.

Eight wives bore his children, no children from five wives. Six wives were widows or divorcees.

CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN'S TWENTY-EIGHT CHILDREN:

James also adopted and/or provided for an additional fifteen children from his wives' prior marriages. = 43 Children

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND MARTHA STEPHENS

1- Stephens

JOHN MARTIN BROWN

b. 29 Jun 1824, Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, No. Carolina;

md.: (1) Nancy Ann Foutz, (2) Lovina Wilson, (3) Louisa Wilson, (4) Almeda Wilson Daley Brown Standley;

d. 13 Oct. 1888..

2- Stephens
Alexander Brown 1826-1910

ALEXANDER BROWN

b 3 Mar 1826 at Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, No. Carolina; Alex accompanied his father on the Mormon Battalion trek;

md. Amanda McMurty on May 31, 1850;

d. 22 April 1910.

3- Stephens
Jesse Sowell Brown 1828-1905

JESSE SOWELL BROWN

b 26 Mar 1828 at Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, North Carolina; Jesse accompanied his father on his trek with the Mormon Battalion;

md.Caroline Stewart 16 July 1857

d. 29 January 1905.

4- Stephens

NANCY BROWN DAVIS SANFORD

B. 27 Dec 1830 at Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, North Carolina;

md. and divorced, Eleazer Davis; md. (2) Price Sanford;

D. 12 February 1895 in Iowa; buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Utah.

5- Stephens
Daniel Brown 1832-1854

DANIEL BROWN

b. 7 Dec 1832 at Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, North Carolina;

d. 1864; unmarried.

6- Stephens
James Morehead Brown 1834-1924

JAMES MOREHEAD BROWN

b 17 Nov 1834 at Versailles, Brown County, Illinois;

md. Adelaide Exervid 24 July 1855 at Fort Supply, Wyo;

d. 26 December 1924 at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

7- Stephens
William Brown 1836-1904

WILLIAM BROWN

b 21 Aug 1836 at Beverly, Adams County, Illinois;

md. Mary Elizabeth Bybee;

d. 19 October 1904.

8- Stephens

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BROWN

b. 9 May 1838 at Beverly, Adams County, Illinois;

md. Susan A. Wright;

d. 24 December 1863.

9- Stephens
Moroni Brown 1840-1916

MORONI BROWN

b. 25 Sep 1840 at Beverly, Adams County, Illinois;

Md. (1)Evaline Cindrella Connover and (2) Frances Mariah Porter;

d. 14 August 1916 at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND SUSAN FOUTZ

10- Foutz

ALMA BROWN

b. July1842 at Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

Lived 3 weeks.

d. 18 Aug 1842 at Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND ESTHER JONES

11- Jones

Adopted: ANN ELIZABETH ROPER BROWN

b. 4 April 1847 at Wythe County, Virginia.

md: John Wesley Browning on 26 October 1854 at Ogden, Weber, UT

d. 24 Sep 1873 at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

12- Jones

AUGUST BROWN (twin)

b. 18 Aug 1843 at Southa Augusta, Lee County, Iowa. Lived one day.

d. 19 Aug 1843 at South Augusta, Lee County, Iowa.

13- Jones

AUGUSTA BROWN (twin)

b. 18 Aug 1843 at Southa Augusta, Lee County, Iowa. Lived one day.

d. 19 Aug 1843 at South Augusta, Lee County, Iowa.

14- Jones

AMASA LYMAN BROWN

b.15 Jun 1845 at South Augusta, Lee County, Iowa;

d. 26 Aug 1845 at Westville, Prebble County, Iowa.

15- Jones

MARY ALICE BROWN

b.15 June 1847 South Augusta, Lee County, Iowa,

d. 16, 17, or 19 October 1862 or 1865 in Ogden at age of 16 or 19.

16- Jones

ESTHER ELLEN BROWN DEE

b. 18 Mar 1849 at Salt Lake City, Utah;

md. 2 October 1866 to James Leech Dee, Endowment House, SLC, a son of Thomas Hill Dee and Elizabeth Reese;

d. 26 Oct 1893 at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND SARAH SALLY STEADWELL

17- Steadwell
Warren Wood 1833-1882

Adopted: WARREN WOOD

b. 1833 at Berlin, Huron,Ohio.

md. Mrs. Warren Wood, <Tampa, Florida> 1854

d. 1882.

18- Steadwell
Charles Wood 1837-1905

Adopted: CHARLES WOOD

b. 9 Jun 1837 at Berlin, Huron, Ohio.

md. Alice Horrocks on 31 Mar 1858 at Ogden,Utah (14 children).

d. 13 Aug 1905 at Provo, Utah, Utah.

19- Steadwell

Adopted: JOSEPH WOOD

b. 19 Apr 1841 at La Harpe, Hannock, Illinois.

md. Elizabeth Ellen Slater on Feb 14, 1864 (10 children)

d. 28 Jan 1925 at Lewiston, Cache, Utah; Buried at Cornish, Cache, Utah

20- Steadwell
James Harvey Brown 1846-1912

JAMES HARVEY BROWN I

b. 8 Oct 1846 at Winter Quarters, Pottawattamie County, Iowa;

md. 14 Feb. 1870, Elizabeth Leah Williams (12 children).

d. 7 Oct 1912.at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND ABIGAIL SMITH ABBOTT

21- Smith

Adopted- EMILY ABBOTT

b. 19 Sep 1827 Dansville, Livingston, New York ;

md. Edward Bunker Sr. on 9 Apr 1846 in Nauvoo, Ill.; (11 children)

d. 8 Feb 1913 in Panguitch, Utah.

22- Smith

Adopted- CHARILLA ABBOTT

b. 4 Jul 1829 Hornell, Steuben, New Jersey;

md. David Elias Browning on 27 Jan 1853 in Ogden, Utah; (8 children)

d. 10 Apr 1914 at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

23- Smith

Phoebe Abigail Abbott Brown Fife 1831-1915

Adopted- PHEBE ABBOTT

b. 18 May 1831 Hornelsville, Steuben County, New York;

md, (1) Captain James Brown 17 Oct 1850 ; (2) Colonel William Nicol Fife, 9 Oct 1866;

d. 9 Jan 1915 at Thatcher, Graham, Arizona.

24- Smith

Adopted- LYDIA LUCINA ABBOTT

b. 25 Feb 1833 at Hornell, Steuben, New York;

md. Edwin Saxton Squire on 9 Sep 1861;

d. 26 Sep 1919.

25- Smith

Adopted- ABIEL ABBOTT

b. 11 Jul 1835 at Hornell, Steuben, NY

md. Ellen Williams on 8 Oct 1863 (2) Diane Burne (3) Jane Brown Williams ;

d. 3 Dec 1913.

26- Smith

Adopted- MYRON ABBOTT

b. 1 Dec 1837 at Perry, Pike, Ill.;

md. (1) Laura Josephine Allen on 25 Apr 1860, (2) Louisa Leavitt on 11 Jan 1878, (3) Emily Pauline Malam, (4) Emma Knight;

d. 3 Sep 1907.

27- Smith

Adopted- CYNTHIA ABBOTT

b. 28 Dec 1839 at Perry, Pike, Ill.;

md. Colonel William Nicol Fife on 2 Nov 1867 (Div.);

d. 14 Nov 1910 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.

28- Smith

Adopted - ABIGAIL ABBOTT

b. 23 Feb 1842 in Perry, Pike, Ill.;

md. Abraham Zundel on 13 Feb 1857 at Ogden, Weber, Utah;

d. 25 Oct 1934 at Willard, Box Elder, Ut.

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND MARY MCREE BLACK

29- McRee

Adopted: GEORGE DAVID BLACK

b. 18 Feb 1841 at Copiah County, Mississippi;

md. Mary Hunt on Feb 16, 1861 at Ogden, Utah.

d.7 Apr 1913 at Wilford, Fremont, Idaho

30- McRee

MARY ELIZA BROWN

b. 8 Nov 1847 at Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the third white child born in the Salt Lake Valley.

md. 9 December 1862 to William Fuller Critchlow;

d. 20 March 1903; at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

31- McRee

MARGARET BROWN

b. 17 Dec 1849 at Ogden, Weber County, Utah;

d. 6 Feb 1855, 6 years old.

32- McRee

MARY POLLY ANN BROWN EDWARDS LEONARD

b. 5 May 1852 at Ogden, Weber, Utah;

md. (1) Edward Edwards; (2) Thomas Leonard;

d. 1930 at Anaconda, Montana

33- McRee

JOSEPH SMITH BROWN

b. 4 Jan 1855 at Ogden, Weber, Utah;

md. 8 March 1876, Sarah Wealthy Patten;

d. 22 March 1903 in Idaho Falls, Idaho when he was robbed and shot while waiting for a train to attend his sister Mary Eliza Brown Critchlow's funeral.

34- McRee

JOSEPHINE VILATE BROWN NEWMAN

b. 8 Jan 1858 at Ogden, Weber, Utah;

md. 25 Oct 1875, Henry James Newman in Endowment House, SLC;

d. 4 Apr 1917 at Tremonton, .Box Elder, Utah.

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND PHEBE ABIGAIL ABBOTT

35- Abbott

STEPHEN ABBOTT BROWN

b. 22 Aug 1851 or 25 Jan 1852 at Brownsville (later Ogden), Weber, Utah;

d. 22 Dec 1853 or 24 Nov 1853 at Brownsville, Weber, Utah, a child.

36- Abbott
Phoebe Adelaide Brown 1855-1930

PHOEBE ADELAIDE BROWN

b. 24 Oct 1855 at Brownsville, Weber, Utah

md. Henry Theodore Snyder in 1876 or 1877 in Ogden, Weber, Utah; (10 children)

d. 11 Jun 1930 in Venice, California.
buried: at Mountain View Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah.

37- Abbott
Orson Pratt Brown 1886 photo

b. 22 May 1863 at Brownsville (Ogden), Utah

md. (1) 10 Oct. 1887, Martha Diana Romney; (2) 28 Mar 1896, Jane Bodily Galbraith; (3) 15 January 1901, Elizabeth Graham MacDonald; (4) 2 September 1902, Eliza Skousen; (5) 18 March 1919, Angela Gabaldón.

d 10 March 1946, in Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND CECELIA HENRIETTA CORNU

38- Cornue
George Constant Robellaz 1851-1865

Adopted: GEORGE CONSTANT ROBELLAZ

b. 3 May 1851 at Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland;

d. 1865 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.

39- Cornue
Charles David Brown 1856-1926

CHARLES DAVID BROWN

b. 23 Jan 1856 at Brownsville, later Ogden, Weber, Utah; raised by Mary Wollerton.

md. 26 Jun 1879 to Sarah Ellen Dixon; Traveled to Arizona c.1886 with his half-brother Orson Pratt Brown and Orson's stepfather William Nicol Fife;

d. 23 Aug 1926 at Ogden, Weber, Utah

40- Cornue

JAMES FREDRICK "Wollerton" BROWN

b. 2 Jul 1859 at Brownsville, Weber, Utah; raised by Mary Wollerton.

md. 27 Mar 1884, Esther Amelia Marriott; (7 children)

d. 9 Apr 1923 at Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming.

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND LAVINIA MITCHELL

41- Mitchell

SARAH LAVINIA BROWN

b.21 Oct 1858 at Brownsville, Ogden, Weber, Utah;

md. Joseph Drysdale.on 27 May 1882 at Ogden, Weber, Utah

d. 16 March 1905 at Ogden, Weber, Utah

42- Mitchell

AUGUSTUS HEZIKIAH BROWN

b. 1 Mar 1861 Ogden, Utah;

md. Eliza Harriet Plant; (two daughters) in 1907 Nellie Brown married Lorin Farr's grandson, Walter T. Farr.

d. 29 Mar 1916 at Ogden, Weber, Utah

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND HARRIET WOOD

43- Wood

Adopted: ADAM YANCEY

b. April 6, 1859 at Bountiful, Davis, Utah;

md. to Alice Judson Tolman on October 2, 1879 in SLC; (15 children)

d. September 15, 1920 in Groveland, Blackfoot, Bingham, Id.

ORSON'S 28 SIBLINGS from CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN by Date of Birth

- (Martha Stephens) John Martin Brown 1824-1888

- (Martha Stephens) Alexander Brown 1826-1910

- (Martha Stephens) Jesse Sowell Brown 1828-1905

- (Martha Stephens) Nancy Brown Davis Sanford1830-1895

- (Martha Stephens) Daniel Brown 1832-1864

- (Martha Stephens) James Morehead Brown 1834-1924

- (Martha Stephens) William Brown 1836-1904

- (Martha Stephens) Benjamin Franklin Brown 1838-1863

- (Martha Stephens) Moroni Brown 1840-1916

- (Susan Foutz) Alma Foutz Brown 1842-1842

- (Esther Jones Roper) August Brown 1843-1843

- (Esther Jones Roper) Augusta Brown 1843-1843

- (Esther Jones Roper) Amasa Lyman Brown 1845-1845

- (Sarah Steadwell) James Harvey Brown- 1846-1912

- (Esther Jones Roper) Mary Alice Brown 1847-1865

- (Mary McRee Black) Mary Eliza Brown Critchlow 1847-1903

- (Esther Jones Roper) Esther Ellen Brown Dee 1849-1893

- (Mary McRee Black) Margaret Brown 1849-1855

- (Phoebe Abbott) Stephen Abbott Brown 1851-1853

- (Mary McRee Black) Mary or Polly Ann Brown Edwards Leonard 1852-1930

- (Phoebe Abbott) Phoebe Adelaide Brown Snyder 1855-1930

- (Mary McRee Black) Joseph Smith Brown 1856-1903

- (Cecelia Henrietta Cornu) Charles David Brown 1856-1926

- (Lavinia Mitchell) Sarah Brown Drysdale c1858-

- (Mary McRee Black) Josephine Vilate Brown Newman 1858-1917

- (Cecelia Henrietta Cornu) James Fredrick Brown - Jul 2, 1859-1923

- (Lavinia Mitchell) Augustus Hezikiah Brown 1861-1916

- (Phoebe Abbott) ORSON PRATT BROWN 1863-1946

Sources:

PAF - Archer Files = Captain James Brown > Decendants in 2002 nearly 18,000

daguerrotype of Captain James Brown belongs to Ray Brown III.

James Brown: born Sept 29, 1801. Rowan Co. N. Carolina.

Martha Stephens (Deceased)2
Susan Foutz (Deceased)3 were sealed Husbands & wives for time & all Eternity.
Ester Jones4 acting proxy for & in behalf of Martha Steavens (Deceased) & also in behalf of Susan Foutz (Deceased) by B. Young in presence of H. C. Kimball, O. Hyde &. E. M. Green.. John D. Lee C1erk.5

1. James Brown. Parents: James Brown and Mary/Polly Williams. 6 29 Sep 1801 Rowan Co, NC d 30 Sep 1863 Ogden, Weber, UT

Civil marriage to Martha Stephens 2 Mar 1823 Rowan Co, NC.
Civil marriage Susan Foutz 25 Jan 1841 Adams Co, IL.
Civil marriage to Esther Jones Roper 20 Nov 1842 Nauvoo, Hancock, IL.
Sealed for time and eternity to Martha Stephens deceased (Esther Jones Roper proxy) 10 Jan 1846 Nauvoo Temple.

Sealed for time and eternity to Susan Foutz deceased (Esther Jones Roper proxy) 10 Jan 1846 Nauvoo Temple.
Sealed for time and eternity to Esther Jones Roper 10 Jan 1846 Nauvoo Temple.
Sealed for time and eternity to Sarah (Sally) Steadwell Wood 10 Jan 1846 Nauvoo Temple (divorced by 1848).
Sealed for time to Abigail Smith Abbott (widow of Stephen Joseph Abbott) 8 Feb 1846 Nauvoo Temple.
Sealed for time Cecilia Henrietta Cornu Robellaz (widow of Charles Robellaz) 26 Dec 1854 Salt Lake City, UT
Sealed for time and eternity to Darthula Catharine Shupe 17 Feb 1856 Salt Lake City, UT
Sealed for time and eternity to Lavinia Mitchell (b 22 Jul 1837 England) 7 Sep 1856 President Brigham Young's Office, Salt Lake City, UT
Sealed for time to Mary McCree/McRae Black (widow of George Black) 18 Jul 1846 Pigeon Creek, Missouri River.
Sealed for time and eternity to Phebe Abigail Abbott (daughter of Abigail Smith Abbott) 17 Oct 1850 Ogden, Weber, UT
Sealed for time and eternity to Mary Woollerton 7 Feb 1855 (place unknown).
Sealed for time and eternity to Lavinia Mitchell 7 Sep 1856 Salt Lake City, UT
Repeat sealing for time and eternity to Phebe Abigail Abbott 27 Mar 1857 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT.

Repeat sealing for time and eternity to Mary Woollerton 27 Mar 1857 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT
Repeat sealing for time and eternity to Darthula Catharine Shupe 27 Mar 1857 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT
Repeat sealing for time and eternity to Lavinia Mitchell 27 Mar 1857 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT
Repeat sealing for time to Mary McCree/McRae Black 27 Mar 1857 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT
Repeat sealing for time to Cecilia Henrietta Cornu Robellaz 27 Mar 1857 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT

Sealed for time and eternity to Harriet Wood 17 Sep 1859 Salt Lake City, UT
Sealed for time and eternity to Maria Mitchell 7 Oct 1859 Salt Lake City, UT

Repeat sealing for time and eternity to Harriet Wood 19 Sep 1861 Endowment House.
Repeat sealing for time and eternity to Maria Mitchell 19 Sep 1861 Endowment House.

4. ESTHER JONES ROPER. Parents: John Jones and Esther Fisher. 6 7 Jan 1814 Surry Co, NC d after 1880 UT. Civil marriage to Robert Roper about 1836 (place unknown). Civil marriage to James Brown 20 Nov 1842 Nauvoo, Hancock, IL. Sealed for time and eternity to James Brown 10 Jan 1846 Nauvoo Temple (church divorce). Sealed for time and eternity to Joseph Smith Jr (Samuel Harrison Bailey Smith proxy) 11 Oct 1875 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT Apparently residing in Ogden in 1880 as "Esther Roper." (See Cook, Nauvoo Deaths and Marriages 102 for record of civil marriage.)

5. See "A Book of Proxey," No. 3. The text of the original record is retained in this entry.

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