Salem Cemetery

Surveyed February 2000 by Wayne N. Carpenter. Photos added in 2006 by Angela Cassidy. Last updated by
Angela Cassidy on March 1, 2009.

Note: There are 8 graves without identification.

Directions: From the intersection of Madison & King streets in Quincy, take State Road 12 east toward Havana for
10.3 miles to Salem Rd/Hwy 159. Turn left (north). From Havana, take State Road 12 west toward Quincy, and about
1 mile from the last traffic light, turn right (north) on Salem Road. The cemetery will be on the right as you go up a hill
about 1.1 miles from State Road 12. The chain link gate appears to be locked, but it isn't.

[Some background information by Angela Cassidy] Some of the earliest settlers in the Little River area of Gadsden
County are buried in this cemetery. Many of these people moved from Little River and China Hill east to form the
community of Salem. When the railroad came through about a mile east shortly after 1900, Salem dwindled in size as
people moved closer to the railroad for commerce and formed the town of Havana. Many of the descendants of people
from Salem became the founding families of Havana and are buried in Woodland Cemetery in the Town of Havana or
in the Shelfer Cemetery about one mile east of Havana.

If only one name is in color, there is one tombstone photo, but if both of a person's names are in color, there are two
photos. One may be a military marker or a closer view of the text on the tombstone. At the bottom of the table is a
section on the genealogy of many of the people here. This information was shared with me by a trusted source; however,
as with any genealogical information, you should do your own research to reach the best conclusion that you can. This
information may just guide you to it. / Angela Boynton Cassidy

Some landscape views of the Cemetery: View 1, View 2, View 3, View 4

Surname Given Birth Date Death Date Relationship Epitaphs
AABEY Lillie R 22 Apr 1910 14 Mar 1993    
AABEY Arne 7 Aug 1904 15 Aug 1956    
ATKINSON Robert Peyton "Hoppy" 25 Feb 1906 25 Feb 1989 &d/s w Jo Now and Forever
ATKINSON Jo Faircloth "Granny" 7 Jan 1913   d/s w Robert Now and Forever
ATKINSON Randolph 2 Aug 1933 27 Nov 1933    
ATKINSON Aaron Emanuel 15 Sept 1870 1 Feb 1936    
ATKINSON C. Emory 1884 1917   Gone but not forgotten. Served with honor in the world war and died in the service of his country Co P 124th INF
ATKINSON Elizabeth SYKES 4 July 1864 30 Oct 1930    
ATKINSON William L 7 May 1892 3 July 1949    
ATKINSON Mary B 14 Dec 1898 14 July 1974    
Ausburn Nellie F. Jowers 11 Nov 1915 17 Sept 2005 (wife of 1) Melvin Jowers, 2) I. V. Ausburn)  
AVIRETT Augustus D. 12 Feb 1856 25 Jan 1926   Tho lost to sight, to memory dear
AVIRETT Augustus Delmar, Jr. 11 Feb 1905 2 Jan 1924 s/o A.D. & F. AVIRETT He is not dead, but Sleepeth
BARNETT Albert L. 16 Sept 1889 1 Sept 1918   We can safely leave our darling boy in Thy trust
BATEMAN Myrtle JOWERS 8 Mar 1906 11 July 1964   Born in Elmore Co, Ala
BATEMAN Howard 6 Nov 1896 7 Nov 1965   Born in Phildelphia, PA
BEALL Lucy M 18 Jan 1895 6 July 1967    
BLACKBURN Arthur D 5 Apr 1887 20 Mar 1953   Alabama CPL Co A 309 Engineers WW I
BLACKBURN Edward Luke 2-27-1927 5-1-08 (son of Edward Lafayette and Theo Harden Blackburn, h/o of 1) Mary Love Rich, 2) Eddie R. Whiddon) (U.S. Navy veteran)
BLACKBURN Evelyn 1906 1983    
BLACKBURN Theo H 30 Mar 1900 21 July 1967   Beloved Mother
BLACKBURN Edward Lafayette 29 Sept 1879 30 Nov 1951   At Rest
BLACKBURN Emma L WHATLEY 15 Nov 1859 4 Oct 1927 w/o Thomas B BLACKBURN A tender mother and a faithful friend
BLACKBURN Thomas Drayton 20 Sept 1847 21 Nov 1933    
BOSTICK Thomas Jefferson 1861 1950    
BOSTICK Emma LOTT 1870 1956    
BOWEN Ellie FLETCHER 16 July 1882 22 Dec 1962    
BOWEN Pierce S. 29 Oct 1879 19 Oct 1934    
BOWEN Sarah F. FREEMAN 2 Nov 1860 5 Apr 1919    
BRADY Guy Love 8 Apr 1914 31 Aug 1999   age 85
BRADY W. H. 1877 1937    
BRADY Rachel B. 1876 1938    
BRADY Jessie Leroy 2 Oct 1906 13 Dec 1937    
BRADY Claudia Mae 1909 1957    
BRADY John "Tom" Thomas 15 Dec 1901 1 Dec 1971    
BROCKETT Woodie 1898 1917   I am here for the benefit of my country with love, served with honor in the WW & died in the service of his country. Footstone says Quartermaster Corps
BRYANT Della Lucille 23 Sept 1891 21 June 1911 w/o J W BRYANT In my Father's house are many mansions
CHAUSSE Alice 18 June 1920 23 June 1923    
CONE Thomas Bryan 6 May 1892 28 Dec 1932    
CONE Annie R FLETCHER 2 June 1893 23 June 1932 w/o Thomas B CONE  
CONE Betty FLETCHER 26 Aug 1880 24 June 1972    
CORE Charles Frederick 23 Feb 1885 22 Nov 1938 d/s w Susie  
CORE Susie DANIELL 24 Sept 1885 29 Mar 1961 d/s w Charles  
CRICKENBERGER John H. 30 Nov 1873 10 July 1956 d/s w Mary  
CRICKENBERGER Mary F. 14 Dec 1878 12 Sept 1969 d/s w John H.  
DANIELL Arrenvy 30 Sept 1833 3 Apr 1909   Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
DANIELL Robert 13 Apr 1829 23 Dec 1914   He died as he lived a Christian
DANIELL Maurice Monroe 19 May 1894 29 Nov 1960 d/s w Audrey  
DANIELL Audrey Langford 19 Sept 1901 19 Sept 1989 d/s w Maurice  
DANIELL Frank P. 20 Feb 1888 8 Sept 1978    
DANIELL J. Montague 9 Sept 1883 18 Dec 1921   Sheltered and safe from sorrow
DANIELL Joseph M 22 May 1856 8 Apr 1927 d/s w Martha Christ is our hope
DANIELL Martha W FLETCHER 15 Aug 1865 17 Mar 1921 d/s w Joseph Christ is our hope
DANIELL Leslie J. 27 Nov 1889 1 May 1891    
DAWKINS Minnie ATKINSON 12 Oct 1888 2 Oct 1966    
DAWKINS Lula 15 July 1890 22 Jan 1984 d/o Donnie S & William A DAWKINS  
DAWKINS Donnie S 14 Apr 1870 22 Jan 1955 d/s w William  
DAWKINS William A. 5 Aug 1858 6 Jan 1939 d/s w Lula  
DAWKINS Willis J. 27 Aug 1888 11 Sept 1889    
FARNAN Cora I. 22 July 1861 21 Jan 1949    
FARNAN F .P. 30 May 1851 14 Dec 1918    
FARNAN T.F. 1 Apr 1890 3 Jan 1920    
FLETCHER William 4 Oct 1719 1 Jan 1852 (His stone really does say 1719-1852, but it must be wrong; unlikely that he died at the age of 132) B: Salem Va, D: Salem Fla. Five sons with Marion in American Rev War
FLETCHER Susan MIZELLE 24 May 1763 29 Oct 1834    
FLETCHER John 14 Jan 1765 23 May 1860H   Florida PVT., Capt. Gregg's Comd, Rev War, Revolutionary Soldier
FLETCHER Sarah A. G. 14 May 1845 19 Feb 1864    
FLETCHER Susanah 10 Mar 1841 24 May 1964    
FLETCHER Zabud 20 Mar 1807 8 June 1864 d/s w Sarah  
FLETCHER Sarah A. Sept 1814 7 Mar 1876 d/s w Zabud  
FLETCHER Hugh McKay 26 Sept 1856 14 Dec 1907   Rest from all sorrows, watching & fears. Rest from all possible sighing and fears. Rest through God's endless wonderful years. Home with the blest.
FLETCHER Achsa E. 18 Feb 1866 7 Apr 1890    
FLETCHER Infant     inf/o HM & AE Fletcher  
FLETCHER Malcolm N. 28 Oct 1838 23 July 1872    
FLETCHER Martha E. 28 Oct 1852 11 Mar 1871   age 21 years
FLETCHER John Malcolm 5 Mar 1871 17 June 1939   Tis not the tenant, but the house destroy'd Man's spirit is with naight of death alloy'd
FLETCHER Emma Elizabeth 8 Nov 1854 12 May 1874 d/s w Samual Foster, Delair, Denair;
FLETCHER Samual Zabud 15 Oct 1852 8 Nov 1916 d/s w Emma Uncle Sam, Salem, Havana
FLETCHER William Foster, Sr 26 Oct 1873 21 Dec 1958 d/s w Anna Fla, Sem 03, Emory 05, Jamestown Exposition 07. Monroe, DeLair, Denair
FLETCHER Anna GOODWIN BOGGS 24 Feb 1886 2 Jan 1978 d/s w William Sr Parke Faire
FLETCHER Achsa E. 22 Mar 1896 9 Nov 1902    
FLETCHER Zabie 14 Nov 1890 19 May 1922    
FLETCHER William G. 24 Mar 1849 6 Jan 1929    
FLETCHER M. Katherine 3 Dec 1853 20 Dec 1920 w/o W. G. FLETCHER  
FLETCHER Samuel Haywood 29 Jan 1888 5 June 1920    
FLETCHER Emma S 24 Dec 1875 1 Dec 1958    
FLETCHER Sarah 1845 1870    
FLETCHER William Foster, Jr. 6 Nov 1909 14 Mar 1987    
FLETCHER John, Sr. 1775 1783    
FLOYD M. B. 2 Apr 1829 23 Oct 1908 (Matthew Benjamin Floyd, h/o Martha Ann Dalton, who is buried in Eastern Cemetery, Quincy. Father of Zella FLOYD SHELFER and Jaco FLOYD GREGORY) Resting til the resurrection morn
FREEMAN Sadie G 11 Aug 1885 13 Aug 1891    
FREEMAN Tandy R., Jr.   25 Jan 1887    
GENTNER Myrtle E DAWKINS 6 July 1899 19 Sept 1992 d/o Donnie S & William A DAWKINS  
GURR James L. 15 Feb 1877 27 Nov 1946    
GURR Mary R. 16 Apr 1878 29 Mar 1962    
HINSON Perry Washington 9 Nov 1878 28 Oct 1879 s/o JW & PA HINSON Gone Home
HINSON Hardie 27 Mar 1874 15 Sept 1875 s/o JW & PA HINSON Gone Home
HINSON Malcom N. 30 June 1853 31 May 1904   Tho lost to sight to memory dear
HINSON Julia CHESTER 12 Apr 1864 8 Jan 1923    
HINSON Ola 25 Mar 1890 20 Aug 1984    
HORN Laura 3 Mar 1859 19 Mar 1940    
HOWELL, M.D. Thomas 1 Jan 1846 7 June 1919   Confederate Veteran, a busy and useful life
JOWERS Melvin Lee 16 Mar 1911 18 Oct 1957   Born in Chilton Co. Ala
JOWERS John Alfred 10 Mar 1936H 4 Apr 1936    
JOYNER Bernard C. 1880 1964    
JURAS Stella Orfila PORRO 21 Jan 1904 11 Jan 1998   (born) Ferncliff-Hartsdale, N.Y.
KEMP W.B. 9 Dec 1831 2 Feb 1901 h/o E.J. KEMP stone broken and lying against fence
LAING Perry F. 1880 1881    
LAING Lillian N. 1875 1876    
LAING Josephine 1845 1925 d/s w/ W.E.  
LAING Walthour 15 Mar 1842 9 Nov 1922 (hus/of Josephine Hinson--see bottom of page) 5 BN Florida Cav CSA
LAING W. E. 1842 1922 d/s w/ Josephine [Correction to Survey at bottom of page]
LAING Florence S. 28 Oct 1857 3 Feb 1886 w/o C. B. LAING Gone But Not Forgotten
LOTT Oscar 1869 1926    
LOTT Walton 10 Aug 1825 25 May 1896 d/s w Caroline They steered their course to the same quiet shore not parted long and now to part no more
LOTT Caroline 27 Aug 1829 29 Aug 1898 d/s w Walton They steered their course to the same quiet shore not parted long and now to part no more
LOTT William M. 1862 1940    
LOTT Charles Edward 19 June 1866 3 Nov 1933    
LOTT Millie Masters 30 Sept 1878 2 Jan 1912    
LOTT Leonidas 10 Aug 1831 15 Nov 1885 d/s w Emma  
LOTT Emma 20 July 1842 4 Feb 1904 d/s w Leonidas  
LOTT Mary A. 30 Jan 1867 20 July 1872 d/o L & E LOTT  
McCALL Guy Woodfin 1890 1905    
McCALL Mary LAING 1866 1894    
MORGAN Inf/s/o Geo. & Mamie Lou   27 June 1930    
PARROTT T. W. 6 July 1902 24 Apr 1903   Sleep on sweet Babe & take thy rest God called thee home He thought it best
PARROTT Louise no date no date    
PARROTT David no date no date    
PARROTT Robert no date no date    
PARROTT Norman 24 Aug 1868 13 Dec 1948 d/s w Tommie  
PARROTT Tommie N. 26 Nov 1880 6 Mar 1943 d/s w Norman  
PARROTT Rebecca TOWNSEND 13 Apr 1840 10 June 1896   In fond rembrance of our mother
PERRELLA Carl Anthony 23 July 1933 13 Mar 1998   US Navy Korea & Vietnam. Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal
PHILLIPS Ralph Howell 2 Dec 1910 26 July 1986 d/s w Martha The lives he brightened, the help he gave, & the happiness he brought cannot be measured
PHILLIPS Martha BLACKBURN 21 Sept 1916   d/s w Ralph  
PORRO Catherine L. 15 Nov 1905 27 Nov 1973 Memorial stone only Oakland- Deland Fla
PORRO Carole 22 Sept 1944 1 July 1991    
PORRO Manuel Raymond 12 July 1898 5 Jan 1967    
PORRO Anthony F 2 Feb 1943      
PORRO George H. 18 Jan 1908 15 Apr 1971 Memorial stone only Chapel Hill-Orlando Fla
PORRO Albert E. 16 Sept 1909 24 Feb 1938    
PORRO Louise R. 5 June 1908 20 Oct 1996    
PORRO Eva LAING 27 Aug 1878 22 Mar 1963    
PORRO, M.D. Francis W. 7 Sept 1901 24 Nov 1983    
PORRO, M.D. Robert S. 29 Oct 1934 26 Feb 1975    
PULLIAM Ida F. 2 Dec 1883 6 Aug 1948    
QUILLING Ernest L. 1900 1971    
QUILLING Clifford W 1900 1968    
QUILLING Edward F. 1869 1940    
QUILLING Mary A 1869 1940    
QUILLING Ethel Fry 1918 1978    
RYNNING Mathilda 9 Aug 1875H 27 Mar 1945    
RYNNING Signa M. 16 Jan 1907 21 Jan 1935    
SAPPINGTON W.B. 1893 1924    
SAPPINGTON Fannie E. 1854 1922    
SAPPINGTON M. T. 1850 1937    
SCHWALLS Agnes G BLACKBURN 1 Oct 1892 26 May 1953    
SIMS Catherine PORRO 21 Dec 1924 8 Apr 1987 Memorial stone only (buried) Oakland-Deland Fla
SOWLS Arthur W 26 Mar 1907 23 Oct 1909 Son of Mr & Mrs I. W.SOWLS Gone but not forgotten
SPOONER James no date 17 Feb 1884   age 62, Gone But Not Forgotten
SPOONER Fannie no date 10 Apr 1875   age 42, A devoted Wife and Loving Mother
SPOONER Elbert F. 2 Mar 1889 6 Jan 1982    
SPOONER Eugene S. 1857 1900    
SPOONER James B 1857 1933    
SPOONER Rosa T. 1868 1940    
SPOONER Charles Hentz 16 July 1867 16 Jan 1917   T'was hard to give you up, but thy will of God be done
SPOONER Helen McKENZIE 18 Dec 1868 27 Aug 1929 w/o C. Hentz SPOONER  
SPOONER Clarence 19 Jan 1896 4 Sept 1947    
SPOONER Miles S. 17 July 1866 5 Nov 1937 d/s w Nan  
SPOONER Nan McKENZIE 26 Dec 1863 13 June 1919 d/s w Miles  
STEWART Howard I. 25 Apr 1900 8 Oct 1989 d/s w Lucille  
STEWART Lucille D. 11 Nov 1896 28 Feb 1983 d/s w Howard  
STOKES Sarah F. 14 Oct 1827 21 Jan 1878    
STOKES Joshua 22 May 1821 22 Apr 1907   (7th person to sign the Articles of Incorporation for the Town of Havana)
THIGPEN Lingo 30 Jan 1900 2 Dec 1941    
THIGPEN Clem G. 11 Nov 1899 10 Mar 1956    
THIGPEN Kenneth D 16 Mar 1938 14 Jan 1961   Florida AE13 US Navy
THIGPEN James Ira 21 July 1889 13 July 1968 d/s w Lessie Georgia PFC US Army WW I
THIGPEN Lessie W. 20 Apr 1898 5 Dec 1986 d/s w James  
THIGPEN Calvin Eason 3 July 1859 16 Jan 1929 d/s w Frances  
THIGPEN Francis E. TUCKER 6 Feb 1866 6 Jan 1946 d/s w Calvin  
THORNTON Fannie D. 30 Aug 1886 26 June 1968 d/s w Elijah Born Gadsden Co, Fla. mother: Donnie R SPOONER, father: William A DAWKINS
THORNTON Elijah J. 6 Mar 1876 24 Nov 1963 d/s w Fannie D. Born Pike Co, GA., Mother: Mary WHEELING Father: Jackson THORNTON
TILLIS Margie B 1903 1938    
WATKINS Mary V. 21 Mar 1909 22 Dec 1996    
WENDE Orie LOTT 1864 1921    
WHATLEY Jennie Sarah 6 Jan 1861 1 Nov 1950    
WILCOX Bly 1 Nov 1906 23 May 1977   Pvt US Army WW II
WILCOX Oswald Adolph 10 Dec 1899 10 Nov 1961   Florida PFC QMC ENL Res WW I
WILCOX James Elbert 11 Mar 1906 6 Jan 1918   Suffer little Children to come unto me
WILCOX Wiloughby B. 6 Jan 1864 15 May 1933   We will meet again
WILCOX Norma 20 Feb 1873 1 Apr 1936   We will meet again
WILCOX Wilburn Dean 22 Nov 1908 3 Nov 1959   Florida EM1 USNR WW II
WILCOX Lydia Ann BROWN 10 Oct 1911 18 Nov 1968   She is not dead but sleepeth
WILLIAMS Daniel Glover 23 Jan 1888 1 Sept 1973    
WILLIAMS Mabel WILCOX 23 Sept 1902 26 Nov 1985    
WILLIAMS Leroy J. 26 Sept 1912 11 Nov 1990    
WILSON John Burton 1872 1952    
WILSON Jessie Mae 1872 1928    
Correction to the survey: W. E. Laing is Walthour Eugene Laing, who is also listed as Walthour LAING. His wife was Josephine HINSON, the daughter of Daniel Murphy Hinson and Ann Nicholsen Hinson who show up on the survey of the Hinson Cemetery. There is one headstone for the two of them and a second for Walthour showing his CSA unit.  He and Josephine were originally buried in the Hinson Cemetery, but my uncle had the headstones moved to Salem.  Both stones are for the same man. Submitted by Dixie Smith Bowman
Addition to the Index: Ausburn, Nellie F. Jowers, born Nov. 11, 1915, died Sept. 17, 2005 (Wife of 1) Melvin Lee Jowers, 2) I. V. Ausburn)
BOWEN, Sarah F FREEMAN, 2 Nov 1860, 5 Apr 1919 (daughter of James Spooner and Frances Bonds)
BRADY, W. H., 1877-1937 (Died immediately in an automobile accident.)
BRADY, Jessie Leroy, 2 Oct 1906, 13 Dec 1937 (son of W.H. Brady & probably Rachel B. Brady, but the mother has not been firmly determined. Roy later died as a result of injuries received in the automobile accident. He married E.P. Tillis in Decatur County.)
BRYANT, Della Lucille (STRICKLAND) 23 Sept 1891, 21 June 1911, w/o J W BRYANT (J. W. Bryant is buried at Piedmont Cemetery in Calvary, GA, with his second wife.)
DAWKINS, Donnie S, 14 Apr 1870, 22 Jan 1955, d/s w William (according to descendants of James Spooner and Frances Bonds, Donnie Ascha was their daughter.) SPOONER James 17 Feb 1884 age 62- Gone But Not Forgotten (Son of Zoath Spooner and probably his second wife, Amanda)
SPOONER Fannie 10 Apr 1875 age 42 A devoted Wife and Loving Mother (wife of James Spooner)
SPOONER Elbert F 2 Mar 1889 6 Jan 1982 (possibly son of James B. Spooner and Eugenia Shelfer Spooner)
SPOONER Eugene S 1857 1900 (Eugenia Shelfer first wife of James B. Spooner)
SPOONER James B 1857 1933 (son of James and Frances Bonds Spooner)
SPOONER Rosa T 1868 1940 (Rosa Taylor, second wife of James B. Spooner)
SPOONER Charles Hentz 16 July 1867 16 Jan 1917 (son of James Spooner and Frances Bonds)
SPOONER Helen McKENZIE 18 Dec 1868 27 Aug 1929 w/o C. Hentz SPOONER (Helen and Nan were sisters.)
SPOONER Clarence 19 Jan 1896 4 Sept 1947 (son of Charles "Hentz" Spooner and Helen McKenzie) (Single)
SPOONER, Miles S 17 July 1866 5 Nov 1937 d/s w Nan (son of James Spooner and Frances Bonds)
TILLIS Margie B 1903 1938 (Margie Brady, first wife of Braxton Comer Tillis) (Roy and Margie were siblings.)

These may be descendants of Everitt Wilcox and Elizabeth Lambert (daughter of Noah Lambert and Elizabeth Payne). See Census below:
WILCOX Bly 1 Nov 1906 23 May 1977
WILCOX Oswald Adolph 10 Dec 1899 10 Nov 1961I
WILCOX James Elbert 11 Mar 1906 6 Jan 1918
WILCOX Wiloughby B 6 Jan 1864 15 May 1933
WILCOX Norma 20 Feb 1873 1 Apr 1936
WILCOX Wilburn Dean 22 Nov 1908 3 Nov 1959
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U.S. CENSUS, 1880, PRECINCT 4, GADSDEN COUNTY, FLORIDA
Everett WILCOX Self M Male W 53 GA Farmer NC NC
Elizabeth WILCOX Wife M Female W 51 GA House Keeping GA GA
Laura A. WILCOX Dau S Female W 18 FL GA GA
Everett H. WILCOX Son S Male W 16 FL Laborer GA GA
Willough B. WILCOX Son S Male W 14 FL Laborer GA GA
Deeka V. WILCOX Dau S Female W 10 FL GA GA
Lela A. WILCOX Dau S Female W 8 FL GA GA
Charley D. WILCOX Son S Male W 6 FL GA GA
Source Information: Census Place Precinct 4, Gadsden, Florida (1880 Census)
Family History Library Film 1254128, NA Film Number T9-0128, Page Number 221B
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U.S. CENSUS, 1860, GADSDEN COUNTY, FLORIDA
636 636 Everitt WILCOX 33 M Farming GA **
Elizabeth 30 F Housekeeping GA
Brancy J. 10 F FL
Noah E. 8 M FL
Martha A. E. 6 F FL
Ann A. 4 F FL
Laura 1 F FL
Jane 74 F FL **

Gadsden County, Florida Land Records
1891 -- Elizabeth and Everitt Wilcox sold land by deed to EA Wilcox (Book K, Page 185)
1900 -- Everett Wilcox sold land by deed to Charlie D Wilcox (Book N, Page 476)
1900 -- Everett Wilcox sold land by deed to Willoughby B Wilcox (Book N, Page 477)
1900 -- Everitt (spelled as is) Wicox sold land by deed to Ada Dawkins (Book N, Page 528)
 
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