Sedgwick-Leavenworth County KS Archives Biographies.....Aherne, Phil P. (Jr.) 1878 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com July 24, 2005, 2:32 am Author: O. H. Bentley Phil P. Aherne, Jr., druggist, of Wichita, Kan., was born at Leavenworth, Kan., on July 13, 1878. His parents were Phil P. and Helen (Carpenter) Aherne, natives of Ireland and Brooklyn, N. Y., respectively. They moved to Kansas in 1870, afterward to Kansas City, Mo., and to Wichita in June, 1890. The father of the family was a druggist. Phil P. Aherne received his education in the public schools, the Wichita High School and Lewis Academy, and completed a course in the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated in the class of 1900. His first employment was in George R. Parham's drug store, which was purchased by the elder Aherne, with whom the son continued for a time. He left this to go as drug clerk in the store of Archie McVicker, with whom he remained for two years, when he accepted a position as city salesman with the Southwestern Drug Company. Two years later he entered the employ of the Cookson & Vincent Pharmacy as salesman, and after one year with this concern went to Colorado Springs, Colo., where he continued in the same line of business for a short time, returning to Wichita and again entering the employ of Archie McVicker, with whom he continued until June, 1909. On July 29, 1909, Mr. Aherne purchased his present store at No. 1147 South Lawrence avenue. This store was opened originally by W. S. Henion, run as the Brown Drug Company, later as the Wilson Drug Company, and later as the Fox Drug Company, the latter conducting the business until purchased by Mr. Aherne. Fraternally Mr. Aherne is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 99, A. F. and A. M. On January 7, 1908, Mr. Aherne was married to Miss Mildred Moffat, daughter of the late J. W. Moffat, of Wichita. They have one child, Phil P. III. Additional Comments: Extracted from History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/sedgwick/bios/aherne100bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb