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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 ....

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.... 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 traditional systems. The plan that shaped in Aaron's mind was to buy goods at low cost for cash, eliminate retailers, and cut selling costs to the bone, he could offer goods to people, at appealing prices - for cas ....