See the description in R.W. Hobart, Dennysville 1786-1986 . . . and Edmunds, Too!, Ch. IX Businesses, p. 53-4: "The first frame building erected in the town to be used solely as a store was John Kilby's small yellow structure on Store Hill in 1819. Mr. Kilby, who had since1816 been operating a store in his house on Harrison Avenue, continued in his business until it was taken over by his son-in-law, Peter E. Vose, who owned and operated it until his death in 1899. John T. Vose, who succeed his father in the store on the hill, made improvements and changes in the building . . . . During the twenty eight years between the time John Vose sold the store in 1910 and when it was purchased by J. Ralph Higgins in 1938, it was owned by H. Howard Kilby, Herbert H. Allan, Fred G. Johnson Sr. . . . After Ralph Higgins death in 1948, the business was conducted by his son, Forrest Higgins, and then by Forrest's widow, Mary (Scott) Higgins. Interestingly enough, the last person to operate a store in the structure erected by John Kilby for that purpose was Leroy Kilby. Since the closing of 'Roy's Market,' the building has been vacant. . . . Store Hill is now a quiet place."

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