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thoughtful attention and study. Himself one of the foremost members of the medical fraternity, his articles concerning professional work and the treatment of disease frequently appear in medical journals and are valuable additions to the professional literature.
The residence of Dr. Grant is at No. 930 Pennsylvania avenue. He was married in Franklin, Tenn., to Miss Mary A. Moseley, who was born in that state and died in Davenport, Iowa, leaving two children, William W., Jr., and James. In Denver he was a second time married, his wife being Miss Nanny Green, daughter of the late judge James Green, of Culpeper C. H., Va.
ON. JOB ADAMS COOPER, governor of Colorado, 1889-91, was born near Greenville, Bond County, Ill., and is a son of Charles and Maria (Hadley) Cooper, members of old English families. His father, who was born at Maidstone, County Kent, England, forty miles south of London, was a son of Thomas Cooper, a paper manufacturer of Kent County, who came to the United States late in life and died at Yolo, Cal., when eighty-nine years of age. Charles was one of a large family of children who eventually came to America. He was educated at Maidstone and at the age of fifteen crossed the ocean on a sailing vessel, settling in Newark, N. J., where he learned the carriage manufacturer's trade. At the age of twenty-two he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he engaged in the lumber business. It was there that he married Miss Hadley. Removing to Illinois in 1840, he became a pioneer of Bond County, where he improved a valuable farm and continued to reside until his death, in 1865, at the age of fifty-nine years. Fraternally a Mason, he was active in the work of his order. He was a firm supporter of Democratic tenets. During the war he was loyal to the Union and assisted in raising troops for the Federal service. His wife died at fifty-nine years of age, and of their seven children, five of whom reached maturity, only two are living, Thomas Cooper, of Morgan County, Colo., and Job Adams Cooper.
The last-named was educated at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., from which institution he was graduated in 1865, with the degree of A. B. Three years later the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by his alma mater. While a student in Knox College, in May, 1864, he enlisted, with many other students, in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, Capt. B. M. Veatch, and served until mustered out in the latter part of the same year. He was stationed near Memphis when the Confederate general, Forest, made his memorable raid.
In Galesburg, Ill., September 17, 1867, Mr. Cooper married Miss Jane O. Barnes, daughter of Rev. Romulus E. Barnes, one of the early Congregational home missionaries of Illinois. She, too, is identified with that denomination and has done much work of a benevolent nature. She was educated in Rockford Seminary in Illinois, and is a lady whose culture makes her a valuable acquisition in the most select social circles. The four children that comprise the family are named as follows: Olivia D., wife of Edwin S. Kassler; Mary Louise, Mrs. Lucius S. Storrs, of St. Paul, Minn.; Charles J., a graduate of Knox College, class of 1897, and now engaged in the real-estate business in Denver; and Genevieve P., a graduate of Ogontz School, near Philadelphia.
On completing his literary studies at Galesburg, Mr. Cooper began to read law with Judge S. P. Moore, at Greenville, and in 1867 he was admitted to the bar, after which he opened an office for practice in Greenville. In 1868 he was elected circuit clerk and recorder of Bond County, which position he continued to fill until he resigned, on coming to Denver in 1872. He arrived in this city May 14, and was admitted to practice at the bar here September 1, 1872. Forming a partnership with A. C. Phelps, as Phelps & Cooper, he gave his attention closely to his law practice. Afterward, for about two years, he was interested in a fire insurance agency, but retired from the insurance business in order to accept a position with the German Batik (later the German National Bank of Denver).
During the early years of his residence in the west, he was interested in the stock business, buying cattle in Texas and feeding them on Colorado ranches. Sometimes he shipped as many as two trains full of cattle a day from Brush, on the Burlington Railroad. The advent of settlers, however, caused him to retire from the business.
During the years that followed he became known as a keen, discriminating financier and
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On his retirement from the office of governor, he accepted the position of president of the National Bank of Commerce, and this he filled successfully and ably until 1897, when he resigned; since then he has devoted his attention to the management of his large and valuable property interests in this state and to mining at Cripple Creek as a member of the Tornado Gold Mining Company. In 1868 he erected, on the corner of Grant and Colfax, the elegant residence where he has since (and especially during his term as governor) entertained with a lavish and genial hospitality. In 1891 he began the erection of the substantial block known as the Cooper building, which is situated on the corner of Seventeenth and Curtis streets, and which, in its interior finish, is surpassed by no block in the state.
During Governor Cooper's term the superstructure of the magnificent state capitol approached completion. He has been a member of the state board of capitol managers for six years, and yet holds that position. During his term the state also made a notable advance in mining, stockraising and commerce. The commonwealth reached the climax of its development and attained a prosperity never before enjoyed, and indeed, dreamed of by few. The World's Fair preparations were being made while he was at the head of the government, and he took an active part in arranging for a representation of Colorado at the Fair that would do justice to the industries of the state.
As an executive official he was conservative in judgment, never hasty in his decisions, but firm in carrying out any given course of action when once decided upon. He possessed a sagacity sound, well defined and trustworthy and was a man of profound foresight. Having made a study of constitutional law, he was well versed in the principles of wise statesmanship and public policy, and was admirably fitted to stand at the head of the greatest state in the mountain regions of the west.
In view of the close connection of Governor Routt with the business and political history of the state, considerable mention should be made of his life and public career. Whatever success he has achieved is the result of his unaided efforts, for he started out in the world with but a limited education. wholly destitute of money and also lacking influential friends. Money, friends and prominence have come to him, as the result of the honorable and efficient manner in which he has conducted business and his genial qualities as a man and friend.
The Routt family came from Wales to America. Daniel, a son of the founder of the family in this country, was born in Virginia and became a pioneer of Kentucky, settling in the woods three miles from Boonesville, where he died at the age of eighty-five years. John, son of Daniel and father of our subject, was born in Clark County, Ky., and engaged in farming in CaIdwell County, where he died at the age of thirty-four. During the war of 1812 he was a member of Captain Long's company.
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Martha Haggard, who was born in Clark County, of Welsh descent. Her father, David Haggard, was born in Virginia and at the age of seventeen enlisted in the American army, where he served until the close of the Revolution. Later he removed to Kentucky and became a very early settler of Clark County, where he located very soon after the arrival of Daniel Boone. In after years he cultivated a farm in Trigg County, Ky., from which place be removed to Illinois and spent his last days with relatives in Bloomington, dying there at the age of eighty years. About 1835 our subject's mother, who had in the meantime married Henry Newton of Kentucky, took her family to Illinois and for two years resided in Hancock County, next removed to McDonongh County, and later settled in McLean County, where she died at seventy-seven years. Mr. Newton died at the age of eighty-five years. Her family consisted of two sons and two daughters, of whom two survive: John L., and Mrs. Elizabeth Newton, of McLean County.
The life which this narrative sketches began in Caldwell County, Ky., April 25, 1826. Early orphaned by his father's death, the boy was taken to Illinois by his mother and attended the public schools there. Although his educational advantages were meagre, he supplemented them by reading night and morning and at all spare moments. At the age of fourteen he began to earn his own livelihood. He learned the trades of machinist, architect and builder in Bloomington, where he secured steady employment, and also held the position of alderman of Bloomington and sheriff of McLean County. The latter position he resigned in order to enter the army soon after the opening of the war. In 1862 he raised Company E, of the Ninety-fourth Illinois Infantry, which was mustered in at Bloomington with himself as captain. The regiment served in Missouri and Arkansas in 1862-63, under command of General Herron, and took part in several closely contested engagements. In the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., he narrowly escaped death, for three times bullets passed through his clothing. In the spring of 1863 he became quartermaster of an expedition organized near Rolla, Mo., to march upon Little Rock. Soon afterward the regiment joined General Grant at Vicksburg, where they remained until the fall of that city. While at Vicksburg General Grant gave an order to the commanding general to have a large amount of ammunition removed the following day from Chickasaw Bayou, eighteen miles away, by noon. This was considered impossible, but was accomplished by Quartermaster Routt, which so pleased General Grant that he wrote John L. Routt's name in his note book. Years afterwards General Grant met Mr. Routt in Chicago and, remembering the name, a friendship began that lasted through life. In the fall of 1880 General Grant spent four weeks in the company of Governor Routt in the mountains of Colorado, and these are the most memorable four weeks in the governor's recollection. The next movement was to Port Hudson, Miss., thence to Brownsville, Tex., where Captain Routt was appointed to duty as chief quartermaster of the army of the frontier on the Rio Grande, with the rank of colonel. He was ordered to New Orleans after the defeat of General Banks in 1864 and was then stationed at Baton Rouge in charge of the outfitting depot until he was mustered out of service September 20, 1865. He was a personal friend of President Lincoln, whom he warmly admired for his depth of character and breadth of mind.
Returning to Bloomington, Colonel Routt unexpectedly found himself the Republican candidate for county treasurer. He was elected and served for two terms, but declined further renomination. During his administration an elegant courthouse was built and other improvements were made, in all of which his careful handling and wise disbursement of money was apparent. At the close of his second term, in November, 1869, he went to Washington as chief clerk to the second assistant postmaster-general under President Grant. During his services in that capacity a controversy arose in regard to the United States marshal for the southern district of Illinois, and he, without his knowledge, was appointed by President Grant to that position. In 1870 he took the census of his district, comprising seventy-two counties.
In the fall of 1871 Colonel Routt received a telegram from President Grant, offering him the appointment of second assistant postmaster-general. He accepted the position, resigning as marshal, and the following day started for Washington. In this office he had charge of the
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The inauguration of plans connected with the adoption of a state government necessarily involved many difficulties. The national government withdrew its protection and the state had to adopt plans for meeting its bills and maintaining its credit. The state warrants started off at seventy-five per cent and increased during his term until they commanded a premium of one per cent. As president of the state land board, the governor did much to secure for the state some of the best lands under grant of congress, and also organized the work of the board.
On his retirement from the position of chief executive, Governor Routt engaged in the cattle business and in mining at Leadville, meantime making his home in Denver. The succeeding years passed by, unmarked by special events, until his nomination, in 1890, for the office he had so efficiently filled in former years. He took the chair in January, 1891, and served until 1893. At the time of his inauguration the lower house was in a state of confusion, owing to the two speakers being elected by the two factions between whom there seemed little hope of producing amity. About the same time a United States senator was to be elected, a subject that always brought contention. In spite of these adverse circumstances, the governor succeeded in bringing order out of chaos and his administration proved as successful as those during the early days of Colorado's history.
When the bill providing for the erection of a new capitol was passed, Governor Routt was made a member of the board of managers and served until the spring of 1897, when he resigned. The building, in the erection of which he was so deeply interested, is an architectural triumph and may well be a source of pride and satisfaction to the five trustees forming the board of managers. It is constructed of granite, quarried in Gunnison County, this state. The framework is of steel, which makes the structure most substantial. The location is also unexceptionable, Capitol Hill commanding a fine view of the surrounding country.
In 1894 Governor Routt was elected mayor of Denver and served for one term. He was a delegate to the Republican national convention at Cincinnati, when Rutherford B. Hayes was nominated for president; also the convention of 1880 in Chicago, when he was one of three hundred and six men comprising the Grant delegation; the convention of 1884, when Blaine was nominated; and that of 1888, when General Harrison was made the Republican nominee. In 1884 he was chairman of the state central committee and at one tune served as a member of the national committee. He came within four votes of being chosen United States senator from Colorado. Fraternally he is connected with the Loyal Legion and the Knight Templar Masons, and he is a member of Lincoln Post, G. A. R. He owns a commodious and beautiful home in Denver and a fine ranch of two thousand acres near Fort Collins, Colo.
While in Bloomington Mr. Routt was married to Miss Esther A. Woodson, who was born in Springfield and died in Washington. The children born of this union are: Minnie, Mrs. Charles Hartzell, who died in Denver; Mrs. Birdie M. Bryan, of Denver; Frank, who is engaged in mining at Cripple Creek; John H., of Denver; and Mrs. Emma Butler, also of this city. The second marriage of Governor Routt united him with Miss Eliza Pickrell, of Springfield, Ill., and they are the parents of a daughter, Lila Elkin Routt.
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is his devotion to the interests of the state. Even those who were his political opponents never denied his patriotic interest in the commonwealth. Every trust reposed in him was faithfully discharged, and it was always his endeavor to conserve the welfare of the state. He has striven to preserve the public lands transmitted to the state by congress in the enabling act, so that schools and public improvements may be benefited thereby. Himself a miner and stockraiser, he is in thorough sympathy with the men who follow these occupations.
Personally he is a man of sound common sense and force of will, in physique strongly built and showing powers of endurance. He is a man of sympathetic heart, benevolent nature, large intellect, executive force, and with the tact so essential to the success of a public man.
The influence of ex-Governor Grant has been felt both in commerce and in public affairs. As the chief executive of this state, he labored to enhance every interest, to increase the importance of every industry. As a business man he has worked not alone to secure personal success, but to aid in public-spirited and progressive enterprises whereby other business men may also be benefited. Especially in Denver is his influence felt. In 1882, five years after he came to Colorado, he settled in Denver, the company of which he is vice-president, the Omaha and Grant Smelting and Refining Company, having removed its headquarters here. In addition to his connection with this company, he is interested in a number of mining companies and is vice-president of the Denver National Bank, in the organization of which he took an active part.
The Grant family is of Scotch origin. The great-grandfather of Governor Grant, James Grant, emigrated from Scotland to North Carolina, where he was a planter. Prior to coining to this country he and two brothers, Captain Patrick and William Grant, had taken part in the battle of Colodin. Descendants of James and William are in America to-day, so that the family name is being perpetuated here. Hon. James Grant, a son of the original settler, was a planter in North Carolina and one of the most influential public men of that state, at the time of his death holding the office of comptroller of the state.
Thomas McDonongh Grant, M. D., son of Hon. James Grant, was born in North Carolina, and graduated in medicine from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia and the Medical College of Charleston, S. C., after which he began to practice in Alabama on the Chattahootchie River and also operated a plantation there. He died on his homestead at the age of sixty-six years. His wife was Mary Jane Benton, daughter of James Benton, who was a planter in North Carolina and died in early manhood. After her father's death she was taken into the home of an uncle, Col. Jack Crowell, a prominent man and the first member of congress from Alabama, also for a time Indian agent for the Seminoles. The Crowell family removed to Alabama from North Carolina, whither they had come from England. The family name was originally Cromwell, but there was so much prejudice among the people against this name that they dropped the "m" after coming to America and afterward were known by the present name. The Benton family was also of English extraction, closely related to both the Grants and Crowells. Dr. Grant had four sisters and three brothers. One of the brothers is Judge James Grant, of Davenport, Iowa. Another, William A., died in Montgomery, Ala.; and the third, Lieut. Gough Grant, was an officer in the United States navy for eighteen years, but is now retired.
After the death of Dr. Grant his wife removed to Davenport, where she died at the age of sixty-two years. She was the mother seven children, of whom six are living, namely: Mrs. Elizabeth Ragland, of Denver; Sarah, wife of Charles Whitaker, of Davenport, Iowa; Dr. W. W.;
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In December, 1870, Mr. Grant went to Iowa, where he had an uncle in Davenport. Soon afterward he entered the Iowa Agricultural College, where he remained for two years. He then spent a year in Cornell, where he took a course in civil engineering. In 1874 he went to Freiburg, Saxony, Germany, where he studied mining and metallurgy for two years, then returning to the United States via Australia, New Zealand and the Sandwich Islands. Reaching this country in 1877 he at once located in Colorado and engaged in mining and assaying, but soon, in partnership with his uncle, started the Grant smelter at Leadville. In 1882 the concern was removed to Denver, where he has since made his home.
During 1882 Mr. Grant was nominated for governor on the Democratic ticket and enjoyed the distinction of being the first Democratic governor the state ever had. He entered upon the duties of office in January, 1883, and served until January, 1885. Besides holding this important office he has been prominent in his party in other ways. In 1884 he was a delegate to the national convention at Chicago, where Grover Cleveland was first nominated for president, and at that convention was chairman of the Colorado delegation and chairman of the committee on permanent organization. Another important position he has held is that of chairman of the state board of arbitration.
No biography of Governor Grant would be complete that failed to mention his interest in educational work. He is a champion of the public school system and one of its most earnest supporters. Of his time and influence he gives freely for the cause of free instruction to the youth of our land. In 1891 he was elected a member of the board of education in Denver, and he has served as its president for six years (since 1892), filling that responsible position with the same accuracy and efficiency he has endeavored to fill every position to which he has been called. In the moral training work, too, he is deeply interested, giving it the weight of his influence.
With a just pride in the record of his ancestors, he holds membership in the Sons of the Revolution, and was honored by the state association by being elected its president. His marriage occurred in Leadville and united him with Miss Mary Matteson Goodell, the granddaughter of Joel A. Matteson, at one time governor of Illinois. Two sons, Lester E. and James B., Jr., have been born of this union. Mrs. Grant is a daughter of R. E. Goodell, who formerly engaged in farming in Illinois, but removed from there to Leadville, and now resides in Denver.
A public office is a public trust. Realizing this fact, Governor Grant, while occupying the gubernatorial chair, endeavored to discharge his duties honestly, faithfully and efficiently. History attests that during his administration the industries for which the state is famous flourished and prospered. Settlers were attracted to the state in large numbers, new lines of business were opened and new industries inaugurated. Ranches were opened up for stockraising, towns were founded, while mining continued, as before, to draw thousands of men to the mountains. The whole career of Governor Grant has been one of progress and will furnish numerous lessons to other generations. He rose above and conquered many obstacles in his life and his successes have been more the result of his indomitable will and courage than a chain of lucky circumstances. In his social life he was ably seconded by his wife, who by her rare tact and intelligence made many of the social functions of Denver a success.
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Next in line of descent was Thomas McIntire, who was born near Dover, Del., but in early manhood removed to Bellefonte, Center County, Pa., and engaged in farming. Prosperity attended his efforts and through industry and good business judgment he became one of the wealthy men of his locality. Unfortunately, in 1837 he endorsed the bonds of state officers and was obliged to pay the security, which caused his failure. He then removed to Cincinnati, where soon afterward he died of yellow fever. During the war of 1812 he served as a commissioned officer of the American army. He married a Miss Phillips, a native of Connecticut and member of the Society of Friends.
One of the children of Thomas was J. P. McIntire, who was born in Bellefonte, Center County, Pa., and accompanied his father to Cincinnati. he was about seventeen when the latter died, and upon him then devolved the responsibility of caring for his mother, five sisters and a brother. His first venture was a very successful one. From Pittsburg he went up the Monongahela to secure lumber for the manufacture of barrels. The weather was unpleasant and rains were frequent. He was obliged to wade and swim through creeks, carrying his pack on his back. Finally, however, he secured the lumber, cut it out and loaded a couple of boats he had hired for the purpose. When he reached the lock the dam was broken, but with the assistance of an Indian he succeeded in shooting the boats through the break, though he was almost drowned in the attempt. When he arrived in Pittsburg he found that the price of staves and hoop-poles had risen enormously and he sold off half his cargo for enough to pay for the whole and start him in business. He then engaged in the cooper's trade for a few years in Pittsburg, after which he became interested in the coal running and shipping business near the city. During the war one of his boats was chartered by the government and he ran the rebel works at Vicksburg in order to take coal to the Union fleet below. In 1867 he retired from business, and in 1894 he died in Pittsburg. In religion he was identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Governor Mclntire's mother was Isabella A. Wills, a native of Pittsburg, Pa., and daughter of James and Mary (Thompson) Wills, natives of Belfast, Ireland. Her father, who came to America in 1790 and settled in Washington County, Pa., was a prominent attorney of Pittsburg and about 1820 was elected state's attorney. During his term of office, while on his way home from Harrisburg, he died from the effects of a sunstroke. In religious belief he was a Presbyterian. His wife was a babe when her father came to this country in 1790 and located in Washington County. Mrs. Isabella Mclntire is now in her eightieth year and makes her home in St. Louis with a daughter.
The older of the two children of his father's second marriage, Governor Mclntire was born in Pittsburg, January 15, 1853. He was educated in private schools, the Newall Institute and Yale College, graduating from the latter in 1873, with the degree of A. B. He then entered Yale Law School, from which he graduated in 1875, receiving the degree of LL. B., and admission to the bar of Connecticut. He then returned to Pittsburg, and passing the examination there was admitted to the bar. In 1876 he went to Colorado, living alternately in Denver and the mountain regions until 1880, then turned his attention to the cattle business, in the San Luis Valley, being the owner of four thousand acres there that he still devotes to stock-raising and farming. In 1883 he was nominated for county judge by both the Republicans and Democrats and was of course elected, holding the position for three years, when he refused renomination. In the fall of 1886 he was candidate for representative from Conejos County, but was defeated by William H. Adams, a brother of Governor Adams. In the year 1889 he adjudicated the water rights for the Rio Grande River in Colorado. Two years later he was appointed judge of the twelfth judicial district by Governor Routt.
Having for years been prominent in the Republican party, in 1894 he was made its candidate for
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In New Haven, Conn., in 1873, occurred the marriage of Mr. Mclntire to Miss Florence Johnson, who was born in New York City, the daughter of William L. Johnson, a manufacturer there. Three children were born of their marriage: Joseph Phillips, who is manager of the ranch in the San Luis Valley; Elizabeth Lord, deceased; and Dorothy. Fraternally Governor McIntire is a Knight Templar and member of the Shrine. He is connected with the Alpha Delta Phi, the Colorado Yale Association and the Denver Athletic Club. In politics he is a silver Republican. He is a man of broad information, especially in the direction of scientific subjects. He is also a linguist, speaking German, Spanish and French and reading Latin and Greek. His state papers show careful thought and preparation; and his message was declared, even by opposition papers, to be the peer of any of its kind ever issued in the state.
ALPH TALBOT, senior member of the law firm of Talbot, Denison & Wadley, of Denver, and president of the fire and police board, was born in Fayette, Howard County, Mo., August 17, 1850, and is the son of Dr. John A. and Alice (Daly) Talbot, natives of Maryland and Lexington, Ky., respectively. His paternal grandfather, John Talbot, resided on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Talbot County, which was named in honor of his ancestors. The maternal grandfather, Laurence Daly, was born in Ireland and at an early age settled in Kentucky, where he married. Some years later he moved to Missouri and engaged in teaching school, having among his pupils such men as Gen. John B. Clark, Colonel Switzler, and others who became distinguished in national history. Dr. Talbot graduated from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia and afterward practiced his profession in Fayette, Mo., where he died in 1858, at the age of fifty-four. His wife died at the family residence in Missouri in 1871. Of their family of six sons and three daughters, all survive with the exception of one daughter.
The fourth son in order of birth, the subject of this sketch was prepared for college in Kemper's Institute in Missouri. In 1868 he entered Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, from which he graduated in 1872 with the degree of A. B. For two years after completing his education he taught Latin and modern history in St. Paul's school at Concord, N. H., which is the largest Episcopal school in America. He resigned to study abroad and went to Germany in 1874, entering Leipsic University, where he spent three years in the study of jurisprudence. He was admitted to the bar of Missouri in 1878 and opened an office in St. Louis, where he remained two years or more. In 1881 he came to Denver, where he has since engaged in professional practice. Though always a stanch Democrat, he never sought office, and the first position that he held was in 1897, when the governor appointed him president of the fire and police board of Denver, and as such also became exofficio fire commissioner.
In Mexico, Mo., Mr. Talbot married Miss Fannie (Jewell) Hardin, a descendant of the well-known family of Kentucky, who ire prominently identified with the history of that state. She was born in Missouri, the daughter of Dr. Thomas J. Hardin, and when she was about seven years of age, on account of her father's death, she was taken into the home of her uncle, ex-Governor Charles H. Hardin, of Missouri. For some years she was a student in the William Jewell Baptist College, Mr. Jewell having been a relative of the Hardin family. The five children of Mr. and Mrs. Talbot are: Alice, Ralph, Jr., Charles
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