The History of Cayuga County 1789-1879 page 459
Village of Moravia

or five years Sheldon C. Pritchard was admitted to partnership, and continued two or three years, when they closed.

A man named DeWitt opened a store in 1810, in Aunt Cady's north room, and soon after purchased nearly all the land lying east of Main, between Church and Congress streets, and extending east to the foot of the hill. He built and occupied a stone building, on the second floor of which he put up grain bins, leaving a space of a few feet through the center east and west, which was occupied by the Masons as a lodge room. He continued business till his death by drowning in Cayuga Lake, together with his wife and family, a few years after. Soon after commencing, Jesse Millard became his partner, and continued the business till his removal to Milan, when he sold to George Ward, who had previously become his partner. Ward was from Durham, Conn. He lived where C. L. Jennings now lives. He built the house now occupied by L. 0. Aiken, and soon after a store on the same lot. He continued till the spring of 1830, when he removed his goods to Pennyville, in Niles. George W. Jewett succeeded Ward in the same store and closed out in 1831. Eli Palmer opened a store on the south-east corner of Church and Factory streets, in 1821, and kept it till about 1828. He also kept an ashery and pearling works. The Cadys built the store next north of the old tavern about 1817, and a man named Rice put sonic goods into it and kept it two or three years, when lie sold to Artemas Cady, who continued it, in company with his son, Stoyell Cady, after the latter became of age, till their removal to Roch-ester, in the spring of 1846, having built and occupied in the meantime the brick store on the corner of Main and Cayuga streets. Win. A. Richmond filled up the store occupied by Ward, and W. C. Beardsley, of Auburn, was his clerk. He afterwards bought the building on the south-east corner of Church and Main streets, erected and occupied by George W. Bowen as the first grocery, in 1821. August 19th, 1824, Thomas L. Knapp bought the store on the corner of Main and Mill streets, together with the shoe-shop, mill and tannery. William Lotridge was foreman in the shoe store, arid Josiah Letchworth, late of Auburn, was foreman of the harness business.

Orsamus Dibble opened a store about 1832,

and after four or five years Nathan Robinson be-came his partner and continued such two or three years. In April, 1849, Dibble sold to Charles E. and Norman Parker, brothers, from Billerica, Mass., who, in the fall of the same year, purchased of Mrs. Hamilton the old Knapp stores, corner of Mill and Main streets, and as successors to Col. 0. M. Welch, added the hat and ready-made clothing business to their general trade. In 1851, they sold their goods to Henry Willson and the block to E. P. K. Smith, and purchased the Moravia tannery of Wm. H. Harrington. In 1857, C. E. Parker, having disposed of the tannery, resumed mercantile business. In 1863, he sold his goods to W. D. Bennett, arid engaged in real estate business and the sale of oil territory. In 1865, he purchased a stock of goods of Henry Cutler, Jr., and in 1866 removed to Pittsfield, Mass. In 1871, he purchased the interest of C. S. Jennings, in the firm of Jennings Bros., and immediately transferred his interest to his son, C. A. Parker; and the business, which was begun in August, 1864, by Henry and C. S. Jennings, brothers, who, in May, 1867, sold to G. & H. M. Jewett an interest which they re-purchased in May, 1869, has since been conduct-ed under the name of Jennings & Parker.

John Marvin, from Butternuts, did business some years previous to 1840, in which year he furnished eggs for the "egg war" during the Tyler campaign, and closed a year or two after. H. B. Hewitt, from New York, a native of Sempronius, was engaged in mercantile business here. He sold to Everson Bros. in 1855. Guernsey Jewett, who was clerk in the store of George W. Jewett in 1831, commenced business for himself in 1844. A. B. Hale came in from Scipio in 1841 and opened a hardware store, which, with the exception of one kept a short time about 1838 or '39, by Wm. B. Ray, who kept nothing but tinware, was the first of its kind in the village. Hale sold his stock in the spring of 1875 to Webb J. Greenfield, who had been his partner since April 1st, 1870, and who admitted Fred. B. Heald to partnership the same spring. In the spring of 1877 Greenfield sold his interest to J. H. Holden, and the business has since been conducted under the name of Heald & Holden.

G. Jewett commenced business as general merchant in 1839. In 1847 he admitted D. L.

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