Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 20 February 2005

The History of Warren County Ohio
Part IV Township Histories
Wayne Township by Judge John W. Keys
(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

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575

Mr. Highway was the first to sell goods here. He brought a stock of goods with him at the time of his settlement, and afterward increased it, so that, it is said by his descendants, he had at one time the largest stock of goods of any one store in Ohio, and, while out assisting in cutting a new road (date not given), his store and dwelling took fire and burned down. At dates not known to me, stores were kept by William Ferguson and Mr. Phillips (who afterward removed to Dayton)—all previous to 1815.

In 1808 a store was kept at the east angle of the crossing of High and Third streets by David Holloway. A few years after, Jacob Pierson kept a store there for some time. Shortly after, a store was kept at the north angle of the same crossing, and in 1810 by Seth Silvers. In 1808, David Brown built a house on Outlot No. 4, Waynesville, and kept a small store there; in 1806, David Pugh had a store on Main street; in 1810, on the same street, by