81 lost heavily in 1844, through the fluctuations of the eastern market. He soon after retired to his farm, upon which Dennison now stands, where he died at a* ripe old age. About the time the town was laid out, John C. Moore came from Moorefield. Harrison County, and in partnership with Michael Uhrich built a store and sold goods on lot 86. They bought and shipped wheat. Mr. Moore remained in business here two or three years and then returned to Moorefield, where he subsequently died of cholera. John Sterling was another early and prominent merchant. He was an Irishman by birth, and in 1835 came from near Albany, N. Y. to Waterford and opened a store the year following. Dealing in wheat proved his financial ruin, and after residing elsewhere for a time, returned to Uhrichsville where he passed his declining years. Jonas Haskins came in 1885, engaged in the mer cantile business, and died in the spring of 1837, leaving a- wife and eight children, several of whom still reside in this vicinity. Mordecai Wheatly, a Virginian, built the first dwelling house within the platafterit was laid out. and is said to have been the first blacksmith in the place. His house stood on lot 81, east
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