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Born 1884
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
GARRETT F. AHERN (1884) is associated with Henry Scheweyen in a general store in Taunton. The firm handles dry goods, groceries, shoes and notions, and has been receiving a liberal patronage.
Mr. Ahern is a Lyon county boy, having been born and brought up in Eidsvold township. He first saw the light of day February 27, 1884, and is a son of Garrett and Katherine (Brown) Ahern, early settlers of the county. Garrett in his early youth attended the country school in Eidsvold and at the age of eighteen entered the Minneota High School for a one year's course. Later he spent one year in Mankato attending the commercial college.
Our subject's first employment after finishing school was with a railroad contracting firm of Chicago, where he remained one year. He next spent a year each at Goodwin and South Shore, in South Dakota, in the employ of local banks. Moving to Karinen, South Dakota, Garrett first went into business for himself, conducting a general store two years. In September, 1911, he returned to Taunton, and in company with his present partner bought the J. F. Shimek stock of general merchandise.
Mr. Ahern is a member of the Catholic church of Minneota, and fraternally he is associated with the Knights of Columbus and the Modern Woodmen lodges.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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