. History of Vermilion County, together with historic notes on the Northwest, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic, though, for the most part, out-of-the-way sources . ess in Danville in 1869, and ever since have constantly improvedin trade. Cornelius B. Holloway was born in Belmont county, Ohio,in 1826. His experience in the dry-goods business has been very ex-tensive, having entered a dry-goods store with his father in Smyrna,Harrison county, Ohio, when he was a boy. He came to Danville in1862, where he has resided eve
. History of Vermilion County, together with historic notes on the Northwest, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic, though, for the most part, out-of-the-way sources . ess in Danville in 1869, and ever since have constantly improvedin trade. Cornelius B. Holloway was born in Belmont county, Ohio,in 1826. His experience in the dry-goods business has been very ex-tensive, having entered a dry-goods store with his father in Smyrna,Harrison county, Ohio, when he was a boy. He came to Danville in1862, where he has resided ever since. Jesse R. Holloway was bornin Winchester, Virginia, and moved to Vermilion county with hisparents at an early day. He settled near Georgetown, where he wasengaged in the dry-goods business for some twenty years, being amongthe first dr\7-goods merchants of that place. He came to Danville andwas connected with the Vermilion County Bank for several years, andthen returned to the dry-goods business, which business he has con-tinued in ever since. They erected their present store at a cost of some 3,000, and are doing a business amounting to some $50,000 per year. The leading house in the manufacture of boots and shoes is that of. V£^ 7 llM^
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