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    <abstract id="aspace_30919c1e5e5f101cfc20ccbca66ee9c5">Paper regarding Martha Watt Sexton (b. 1770), her husband Noah Sexton (b. 1764), and their families written by historical researcher Donald E. Watts. The couple moved from New England to (West) Virginia around 1816, living in Lewis and Upshur (then Randolph) Counties.</abstract>
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