Biography Of Aaron Montgomery Ward
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Aaron Montgomery Ward was born on February 17, 1844, in Chatham,
New Jersey, to a family whose ancestors had served as officers in the
French and Indian Wars as well as in the American Revolution. He was named
after General G. Aaron Montgomery Ward, a general in George Wahington's
Army. When Aaron ....
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.... in a competing store, where he worked another
two years. In this period, Aaron Montgomery Ward learned the mechanics and
customs of retailing.
Aaron the moved to Chicago, which was the center of the wholesale
dry goods trade. The Chicago City Directories for 1868 through 1870 listed
him as a salesman for Wills, Greg & Co. and later for Stetthauers & Wineman,
both dry goods houses.
Aaron Montgomery Ward felt that a way of doing business must be
found that would bring relief from the trad ....
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