What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Champaign County, Illinois and its people.

4  BOOKS ON THIS CD !

(Over 2700 Pages)

1) A Standard History of Champaign County Illinois – Volume 1 1918

2) A Standard History of Champaign County Illinois – Volume 2 1918

3) Biographical Record of Champaign County Illinois -1900

4) Portrait and Biographical Album of Champaign County Illinois – 1887

A Standard History

of

Champaign County,

Illinois

An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular

Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial,

Industrial, Civic and Social Development.

A Chronicle of the People, with

Family Lineage and Memoirs

I. M. Anaugi

Supervising Editor

Assisted by a Board of Advisory Editors

VOLUME I and VOLUME II

ILLUSTRATED

THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK

1918

1070 pages on 2 Volumes

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

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CONTENTS

Chapter I. -  Physical features
Chapter II. -  Historic rule of the whites
Chapter III. -  Fleeting glimpses of the red man
Chapter IV. -  Pioneer settlers and events
Chapter V. - County matters and institutions
Chapter VI. -  Legal and medical
Chapter VII. - Schools and teachers
Chapter VIII. - The University of Illinois
Chapter IX. - The railroads
Chapter X. - County's military record
Chapter XI. - Township and city of Champaign
Chapter XII. - Urbana Township and city
Chapter XIII. -  Rantoul Township and village
Chapter XIV. - Homer Village and South Homer Township
Chapter XV. -  Brown Township and Fisher
Chapter XVI. - St. Joseph Township and village
Chapter XVII. -  Mahomet Township and village
Chapter XVIII. - Tolono and Sidney townships
Chapter XIX. - Ayers and Raymond townships
Chapter XX. - Sadorus and Pesotum townships 
Chapter XXI. Philo and Ogden townships and villages 
Chapter XXII. Other townships, villages and stations

SURNAME INDEX

Abbott, Adams, Adkins, Akers, Alblinger, Albright, Alexander, Allen, allender, Allison, Amsbary, Amsler, Andel, Anders, Anderson, Andrews, Angel, Archdeacon, Argo, Armentrout, Arms, Arnold, Asher, Aspern, Ater, Atherton, Atkinson, Atwood, Austin, Avey, Ayers, Babb, Babcock, Bacon, Baddeley, Bagley, Bailey, Bainum, Baird, Baker, Ball, Ballantine, Banes, Barber, Barnes, Bartholomew, Bartholow, Bartley, Bartling, Barton, Bartow, Bassett, Batchlor, Bauman, Baxter, Beach, Bear, Beard, Beardsley, Bearse, Beasley, Beck, Beckley, Beers, Behrens, Beidler, Beiser, Benedict, Bengtson, Bennett, Bensyl, Bercher, Berger, Berkley, Berks, Besore, Betzer, Bevier, Bialeschke, Bickley, Bigelow, Bill, Birch, Birdsell, Bireline, Birney, Bishop, Black, Blaine, Blanchard, Blasberg, Block, Blue, Bocock, Boggs, Bois, Boland, Bongart, Bowen, Bower, Bowermaster, Bowman, Bowsher, Boyd, Boyden, Boys, Bradley, Bradshaw, Brand, Brauer, Brayshaw, Breese, Brennon, Bronson, Browder, Brown, Brownell, Brownfield, Brownlee, Bruer, Bruner, Bryan, Bryant, Buch, Buchan, Buck, Buhs, Bullock, Bundy, Bunn, Burbee, Burke, Burkhardt, Burnham, Burr, Burres, Burrill, Burrows, Burt, Burton, Burwash, Busch, Busey, Butler, Butterfield, Butzow, Byerly, Byers, Cain, Caldwell, Campbell, Cannon, Capron, Carle, Carley, Carman, Carnahan, Carnes, Carpenter, Carroll, Carrothers, Carter, Cartwright, Catron, Chaffee, Chamberlin, Chambers, Chandler, Chase, Chapin, Chapman, Cheever, Chenoweth, Cherry, Chester, Childs, Choate, Church, Churchill, Christian, Clark, Cleghorn, Clements, Clennon, Cline, Clippinger, Coe, Coffeen, Coffman, Coggeshall, Cogswell, Cohen, Cole, Coler, Collan, Collison, Colvin, Conger, Conkey, Conklin, Conner, Connor, Clark, Coogler, Cook, coolley, Coons, Cooper, Cooter, Corbett, Corbly, Cord, Core, Cotton, Coughlin, Courtney, Cowden, Cox, Coyle, Craig, Craigmile, Crandll, Crane, Craven, Crawford, Creamer, Cromer, Cross, Culver, Cummings, Cunningham, Cuppernell, Current, Curtis, Cushing, Custer, Cutcheon, Dale, Dallenbach, Daly, Darrah, Davenport, Davidson, Davies, Davis, Day, Dean, DeBurn, Decker, Delaney, DeLong, Denhart, Denton, Dewey, DeWolf, Dick, Dickerson, Diller, Dilley, Dillon, Divan, Dobbins, Dobson, Dodds, Dodge, Dodson, Dollinger, Donaldson, Doty, Downing, Downs, Draper, Dresser, Driskell, Duncan, Dundas, Dunham, Dunlap, Dunn, Dyer, Eads, Eagleton, Ealey, Earhart, Early, Earnest, Eaton, Edens, Edgar, Edwards, Ekblaw, Elder, Elliott, English, Erb, Ernst, Esworthy, Evans, Exton, Eyeleshymer, Fagaly, Fairclo, Fairfield, Farlow, Farnam, Farr, Faulkner, Fay, Fenimore, Fenwick, Ferguson, Fernald, Ficklin, Fielder, Filbey, Filson, Finch, Fiock, Fisher, Flannigan, Flatt, Fleming, Fletcher, Flower, Fluck, Flynn, Foos, Foote, Forbes, Ford, Foussat, Foster, Fowler, Fox, Frame, Frampton, Francis, Franks, Frawley, Frederick, Freeman, Freer, Freese, Frison, Fulkerson, Fuller, Fulton, Fultz, Funkhouser, Funston, Gabbert, Gage, Gallagher, Gallion, Gallivan, Gardner, Garman, Garwood, Gates, GAuch, Gay, Gehrke, Gehrt, Genung, Gere, Geyer, Gibbs, Gifford, Gillespie, Gilmer, Gilmore, Glascock, Gleason, Glover, Goddard, Goff, Golden, Gooding, Goodwin, Gordon, Gorman, Graff, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greene, Gregg, Gregory, Grein, Gridley, Griggs, Grimes, Groves, Gulick, Gunder, Hadden, Haddock, Halberstadt, Hale, Hall, Halliwell, Hamilton, Hanes, Hanson, Harkness, Harlan, Hanmore, Harmon, Harper, Harris, Harry, Hartford, Hartman, Hartmann, Hartmen, Hartsock, Harwood, Hass, Hatch, Hawes, Hawk, Hayes, Hays, Hazel, Hazen, Healey, Heator, Heath, Hefflefinger, Heinz, Helfenstein, Hendricks, Henderson, Hensley, Herbert, Herrick, Hess, Hessel, Hewes, Hickman, Hicks, Hill, Hines, Hinton, Hixenbaugh, Hobbs, Hodges, Hoffman, Hoit, Holbrook, Holl, Holliday, Hollingsworth, Hollister, Holmes, Holtapp, Homes, Honn, Hook, Hopkins, Hornbaker, Hornbeck, Hossack, Hoster, Houck, Houston, Howard, Howell, Hoy, Hoyt, Hubbard, Huckins, Hudson, Huff, Huffman, Hughes, Hummel, Hungerford, Hunt, Hunter, Hurst, Huss, Hyde, Ingersoll, Inman, Ireland, Irle, Irwin, Isom, Ives, Jackson, James, Janes, Jaques, jaquith, jarvis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Jenkinson, Jennings, Jerauld, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Judy, Jurgensmeyer, Justice, Jutton, Kariher, Kaufman, Keal, Keeble, Keefe, Keller, Kelley, Kellogg, Kemeys, Kennard, Kenney, Kerr, Ketterman, Keusink, Kilbury, Kiler, Kimball, Kincaid, King, Kinley, Kirby, Kirk, Kirkpatrick, Klegg, Knapp, Koch, Kratz, Krenzien, Kroner, Kruse, Kuble, Kuhn, Kyle, Lamon, Langley, Lanning, Lapham, Larned, Lathrop, Laughlin, Lawhead, Lawrence, Lawson, Leal, Leas, Leathers, LeCrone, Lee, Leigh, Lester, Lewis, Liestman, Light, Lilly, Lindsey, Little, Livingston, Llewellyn, Lloyd, Lloyde, Lockney, Logan, Long, Longden, Lorenz, Lott, Love, Lowery, Lowman, Lowry, Lucas, Ludlow, Lyman, Lynch, Lynn, Lyon, Lyons, Maddock, Madigan, Magee, Maguire, Mahaffie, Mahan, Mahurin, Mandeville, Manford, Manning, Mantle, Mapes, Marten, Martens, Martin, Mason, Mathews, Mattis, Mattison, Maxwell, McAllister, McCabe, McCann, McCaskin, McClugen, McConn, McConney, McCormick, McCoy, McCullough, McDaniel, McDonald, McElfresh, McElroy, McElvain, McElwee, McEwen, McFarland, McGath, McGee, McGoorty, McGurty, McHarry, McIntyre, McJilton, McKeene, McKinley, McKinney, McKinsey, McLaurie, McLean, McMillen, McMinn, McPherren, McPherson, McPheters, McQuaid, McRoberts, McWilliams, Meade, Means, Mearns, Meharry, Mercer, Messenger, Messman, Meuser, Mickelberry, Middlecoff, Miller, Mils, Miner, Minnear, Mittendorf, Moehl, Mohr, Molloy, Monier, Mooney, Moor, Moore, Moorehead, Moraine, More, Morehouse, Morey, Morgan, Morrill, Morris, Morrissey, Morrison, Morrow, Morse, Morton, Mosier, Moudy, Moulton, Mudge, Mueller, Mulligan, Mulliken, Mumm, Munhall, Murphy, Myers, Nash, Naughton, Naylor, Nelots, Nelson, Newcom, Newcomb, Newell, Noble, Nodine, Norman, Norton, Nox, Nye, Oathout, O'Brien, Ocheltree, Odebrecht, Odell, Oehmke, Ogden, O'Kelleher, Oldham, Oliver, Olson, O'Neal, O'Neil, Orr, Osborn, Osborne, Owens, Page, Paine, Paisley, Paris, Park, Parker, Parks, Parmeter, Parr, Parrett, Parsons, Pasley, Patterson, Patton, Paulus, Peabody, Pearce, Pearman, Pearson, Penfield, Penney, Penny, Pepper, Perry, Peters, Peterson, Phelps, Phenicie, Philbrick, Phillips, Philo, Phinney, Pickard, Pierce, Piersel, Pillars, Pinkerton, Pinkston, Pitner, Pittman, Pixley, Place, Platt, Plottner, Plym, Polk, Pollard, Porter, Post, Powell, Prather, Prettyman, Price, Primer, Pugh, Purcell, Purrington, Quinlan, Radebaugh, Ramey, Rankin, Ratts, Rawden, Ray, Rayburn, Raymond, Rea, Read, Reardon, Rector, Redhed, Redmon, Reed, Rees, Reese, Reeves, Remington, Remley, Reynolds, Rhinehart, Rhoades, Rice, Richards, Richardson, Ricker, Ricketts, Riemke, Riker, Riley, Rising, Ristolen, Ritchie, Rittenhouse, Roberts, Robertson, Robeson, Robinson, Rodman, Rogers, Rogerson, Rolfe, Roloff, Roney, Root, Rose, Ross, Roth, Roughton, Rowland, Rush, Russell, Ryan, Sabin, Saddler, Sadorus, Sale, Salisbury, Sampson, Sandwell, Savage, Sayers, Schantz, Schell, Schindler, Schluter, Schoengerdt, Schoon, Schowengerdt, Schuett, Schumacher, Schumm, Schwanderman, Scott, Scovell, Scroggs, Seaver, Selle, Seltzer, Semple, Seymour, Shade, Shattuck, Shaw, Shawhan, Sheffer, Sheldon, Shelledy, Shepherd, Sherfy, Sheridan, Sherman, Shields, Shoemaker, Shortridge, Shreve, Shuck, Sickel, Silkey, Silver, Sim, Simmons, Sims, Singbusch, Six, Sizer, Skinner, Smedley, Smith, Smithers, Smoot, Smyres, Snelling, Snyder, Somers, Souder, Southworth, Spalding, Spears, Sperry, Spoehrle, Sprague, Springsteen, Spruill, Spurgin, Staley, Stamey, Stanford, Stanley, Stanner, Starr, Stayton, Stedman, Steel, Steele, Stern, Steurer, Stevens, Stevenson, Stevick, Stewart, Stidham, Stiegmeyer, Stiles, Stipes, Stoddard, Stoech, Stone, Stonestreet, Stoughton, Stout, Stover, STrahle, Strauss, Strehlow, Strode, Strong, Stucker, Sturdyvin, Sturgeon, Sullivan, Sullivant, Summers, Sussmuth, Sutton, Swain, Swannell, Swartz, Swearingen, Sweet, Swick, Swift, Swigart, Switzer, Talbot, Taylor, Tenbrook, Terry, Thoma, Thomas, Thompson, Thornburn, Thrasher, Tinkham, Tittle, Tobie, Tolle, Tomlinson, Tompkins, Toner, Tornquist, Tourtellotte, Towl, Towle, Townsend, Toy, Tracy, Treat, Trees, Trevett, Trost, Trotter, Truman, Tucker, Turner, Turrell, Tyrell, Udell, Umbanhowar, Vail, Valentine, Van Brunt, Vance, Van Doren, Vandyke, Van Tuyl, Van Vleck, Van Wegen, Varney, Vennum, Vieregg, Voliva, Vollborn, Waddington, Wade, Wagner, Walker, Walkington, Wallace, Walls, Wampler, Wantwood, Ware, Warlick, Warner, Watkins, Watson, Watts, Weaver, Webber, Webster, Weeks, Wegeng, Welles, Wells, Wendling, Weston, Wheeler, Whitaker, Whitcomb, White, Whitmore, Whitney, Wicks, Wiese, Wiggins, Wilcox, Wilder, Wilkins, Wilkinson, Williams, Wills, Wilson, Windsor, Wingard, Winston, Wisegarver, Witt, Wohlfarth, Wolf, Wolfe, Wood, Woodin, Woodruff, Woods, Woody, Wrean, Wright, Wylie, Wyne, Yancey, Yeats, Yeazel, Young, Youngblood, Yount, Zerby, Zilly, Zombro, Zook, Zorger

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THE

BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD

OF

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY,

ILLINOIS.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote generations."  - MACAULAY.

CHICAGO:

THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY,

1900

650 Pages

INDEX

Abernathy, Ahlrichs, Ahrens, Aid, Alpers, Arnold, Babb, Bacon, Bailey, Bainum, Baldwin, Ball, Banes, Barber, Barry, Battershell, Beardsley, Beatty, Beisser, Bellinger, Bennett, Besore, Bireley, Black, Blackshaw, Blaine, Blue, Bond, Bragg, Braithwaite, Bridges, Briggs, Brown, Buch, Buckles, Burke, Burnham, Burr, Burrill, Burres, Busey, Butler, Cailey, Campbell, Canaday, Cannon, Carle, Carley, Carnahan, Carpenter, Carter, Chadwick, Chaffee, Cherry, Chester, Clark, Coffey, Columbia, Cook, Cosner, Craig, Cranston, Craw, Cross, Cunningham, Dale, Darrah, Davidson, Davis, Day, Deere, DeLong, Dick, Dilling, Dobbins, Dodson, Donoghue, Doty, Draper, Dresback, Dresser, Dunseth, Eagleton, Ehler, Emig, Eversole, Fackler, Fauley, Fielding, Finch, Fitzgerald, Fluck, Flynn, Foster, Fox, Frankeberger, Free, Freeman, Gardiner, Gensel, Gehrke, Geiger, Gill, Gilmore, Glascock, Graves, Gregory, Groves, Gulick, Haines, Hall, Hammer, Hannan, Harbison, Hardy, Hartford, Hartman, Hayward, Hazen, Hebel, Heller, Herbstreit, Hewerdine, Hicks, Hill, Hinton, Hoffman, Holmes,

Hough, Howard,  Hubbard, Hume, Hummel, Ireland, Ijams, James, Jessee, Jones, Johnston, Karcher, Keach, Kenney, Kirkpatrick, Kilbury, Kellogg, Klein, Kratz, Kyle, Lamb, Lanam, Lange, Larkin, Lawder, Leal, Lee, Lehman, Lenington, Lester, Lindley, Lindstrum, Lloyde, Loomis, Lorenz, Lumsden, Lutz,

Portrait and Biographical

Album of

Champaign County,

 Illinois

CONTAINING

Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of  Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County,

TOGETHER WITH

PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL THE  GOVERNORS OF ILLINOIS, AND OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. (First 180 pages of this 980 Page Book)

CHICAGO:

CHAPMAN BOTHERS,

1887

980 Pages

Abbott, Abrams, Adams, Ainsworth, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Anderson, Arnold, Arthur, Axtell, Babb, Bailey, Baldwin, Bardwell, Barnes, Barrett, Bartholow, Bartley, Battles, Beach, Bear, Beardsley, Beatty, Beecher, Beier, Beisser, Bell, Bellinger, Bengtson, Benjamin, Besore, Bever, Beveridge, Beverlin, Birdzell, Bissell, Bois, Bond, Bongard, Bourne, Bowers, Braden, Breiner, Brodrick, Brown, Brownfield, Brownlee, Buchanan, Buddemeier, Burlingame, Burnett, Burns, Burr, Burrill, Busey, Bush, Caldwell, Campbell, Carley, Carlin, Carper, Carson, Cash, Chamberlin, Chambers, Champ, Chapin, Cherry, Clark, Cleveland, Clevenger, Coburn, Cockayne, Coddington, Coffeen, Coggshall, Cole, Coler, Coles, Colley, Collins, Collison, Colwell, Comer, Conant,  Concannon, Condit, Condon, Congleton, Conkey, Conkling, Connor, Connor, Cook, Coons, Cooler, Core, Corlies, Corlis, Cornelius, Corray, Cosbey, Cotton, Covert, Covington, Couden, Coyle, Coyner, Craig, Crane, Cranston, Craw, Crawford, Cresap, Crist, Cross, Crouch, Culbertson, Cullom, Cunningham, Cushman, Custer, Dailey, Darmer, Darrah, Davidson, Davis, Dawley, Day, Deck, Decker, Dernlo, Devore, Dick, Dickerson, Dill, Dodge, Doty, Dresbach, Duncan, Dunlap, Dunn, Durfey, Dyer, Edwards, Ellars, Elliott, Freeman, French, Frey, Fry, Fugate, Full,  Ftinkhouser, Funkhouser, Funston, Furnish, Furst, Gabriel, Gallion, Garfield, Gates, George, Gere, Gibson, Giddings, Gilmore, Glascock, Glover, Goings, Gordon, Gordy, Gorham, Gorman, Goudte, Grabby, Grant, Gray, Green, Grimes, Griftwold, Grove, Groves, Gulick, Gunder, Hadden, Halberstadt, Haley, Hamilton, Handy, Hannah, Harless, Harmeson, Harmison, Harnit, Harrison, Hartsock, Harvey, Harwood, Havard, Hawbaker, Hawker, Haworth, Hays, Hayes, Hazen, Headrick, Henderson, Henness, Hensley, Herriott, Hewerdine, Hicks, Hilderbrant, Hill, Hinton, Hixenbaugh, Holaday, Hossack, Howard, Howser, Hubbard, Hudson, Huffman, Hummel, Humrichouser, Humrichhouse, Hunsley, Hunt, Hyde, Ice, Jackson, James, Jaques, Jeakins, Jefferson, Jervis, Jessee, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jordan, Judy, Kamp, Karcher, Karr, Keller, Kelley, Ketchurn, Kilbury, Kilbury, King, Kirkpatrick, Koch, Koogler, Kratz, Kuder, Kuder, Kurtz, LaKolfett, Lamb, Lange, Largent, Lateer, Laverick, Lawrence, Layman, Leas, Ledderboge, Lee, Lehman, Leidendeker, Leigh, Leneve, Leney, Lenox, Leonard, Leslie, Lester, Letterman, Lincoln, Lindsey, Linebarger, Littler, Lloyde, Locke, Loeb, Logan, Lorenz, Lott, Loveless, Lovingfoss, Lowman, Luedecker,  Lumley, Lyons, Madison, Mallory, Mandeville, Manley, Mapes, Marriott, Marshall, Matheny, Mathews, Matteson, Matthews, Mathewson, Maxwell, McBride, McCabe, McClelland, McClintock, McCloskey, McCracken, McCullough, McElwee, Mclntosh, McKee, McKinney, McLean, McLennan, McMillen, McMillian, McMullen, Mead, Meharry, Meikle, Merry, Michener, Miller, Miner, Minturn, Mitchell, Monroe, Moore, More, Morgan, Morris, Morrow, Morse, Morton, Moser, Mosier, Mumm, Myers, Nash, Naylor, Neal, Nelson, Neu, Nichols, Nicewander, Nofftz, Norton, Nox, Oakes, Obenchain, O'Brien, Obryant, Ocheltree, O'Connor, Offenstein, Oglesby, Oldham, Ordel, Osborne, Owens, Palmer, Park, Parker, Parr, Parrett, Parry, Parsley, Patterson, Patton, Payton, Peabody, Pearman, Peck, Pell, Penfield, Penman, Percival, Perring, Peters, Peterson, Pettit, Phenicie, Phillippe, Pickard, Pierce, Pinkerton, Piper, Place, Plaut, Polk, Pollock, Porter, Porterfield, Powers, Pratt, Price, Pricket, Putnam, Quinlan, Radebaugh, Rassler, Rawlinson, Rayburn, Raymond, Read, Reagan, Ream, Reed, Reese, Reid, Reinhart, Renner, Reynolds, Rice, Richmond, Ricker, Ricketts, Roach, Roberts, Robinson, Rock, Roe, Roos, Roughton, Ruckman, Ruhl, Rusk, Russell, Sadorus, Sale, Samson, Saxon, Schoenberger, Scott, Seltzer, Seymour, Shaffer, Sharpe, Shattuck, Shaver, Shawhan, Shreve, Shuck, Silver, Simpson, Sim, Skinner, Smith, Smithson, Snider, Snyder, Somers, Soper, Spencer, Sperling, Stafford, Stamey, Stayton, Stein, Stephens, Stephenson, Steven, Stevenson, Stewart, Stockard, Stone, Stonestreet, Strong, Stuart, Stumpf, Styan, Summit, Sunderland, Swaim, Swayze, Swearingen, Swisher, Tabler, Taulman, Taylor, Telling, Tennant, Terry, Thayer, Thayer, Thomas, Thompson, Thrash, Tindall, Titus, Todd, Tompkins, Towner, Townsend, Trees, Trick, Trevett, Trisler, Trotter, Tyler, Umbenhower, Vaden, Vail, Vallandingham, Vanaslen, Van Brunt, Van Buren, Vance, Van Fleet, Vanschoyck, Van Vleck, Van Wegen, Varney, Vautrin, Vennum, Voss, Wagner, Walker, Wallace, Warters, Washington, Waters, Watson, Watts, Waugh, Way, Webber, Webster, Weeks, Welles, West, Whallon, White, Whitmore, Wiggins, Wilcox, Williams, Wills, Wilson, Witt, Wolf, Wolfe, Wood, Woodard, Woodin, Wright, Wymann, Wyninger, Wyne, Yancey, Yates, Yeazel, Yexley, Young, Youngman, Zerbe,

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