Aaron Montgomery Ward
Aaron Montgomery Ward was an American entrepreneur based in Chicago who made his fortune through the use of mail order for retail sales of general merchandise to rural customers. In 1872 he founded Montgomery Ward amp Company, which became nationally known.
Aaron Montgomery Ward was born on February 17, 1844, in Chatham, New Jersey. When he was about nine years old, his father Sylvester Ward moved the family to Niles, Michigan, where Aaron attended public schools. He was one of a large family with a modest income. When Aaron was fourteen, he was apprenticed to a trade to help support the family. According to his brief memoirs, he first earnedcents per day at a cutting machine in a barrel stave factory, and then stacking brick in a kiln atcents a day.
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