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[[File:james ahearn timecard.jpg|right|thumb||James Ahearn time card, 1917<br>Courtesy of Scott van Laer]]

'''Born: '''1876

'''Died:''' April/May 1917

'''Married: '''Elizabeth Ryan

'''Children: '''James Floyd, Doris Elizabeth

'''James Ahearn '''was a Forest Ranger.  He may have been the first New York State [[Forest Ranger|Forest Ranger]] killed in the line of duty. He was a son of Martin and Johanna Corbett Ahearn.

He is buried in [[Pine Ridge Cemetery]].

James Ahern was honored in a ceremony at his grave on the 100th anniversary of his death, the first recorded death of a forest ranger in the line of duty. An article on the ceremony, and more on the history of the forest rangers, appeared in the [[Adirondack Daily Enterprise|''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'']] on May 1, 2017.
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''Lake Placid News'', May 4, 1917

'''JAMES ANDREW AHEARN '''

James Andrew Ahearn, forest ranger, died Sunday night at his home in Saranac Lake. Death was due to rupture of the intestines, sustained from a fall in the woods on Thursday. Mr. Ahearn was locating lines on a State lot with [[George Collins|George Collins]] about five miles from [[Ray Brook]] when the accident occurred. Mr. Collins assisted his injured companion as best he could to [[Ray Brook Hospital|Ray Brook hospital]] from whence he was later removed to his home.

Mr. Ahearn was born in Redford, N. Y., 42 years ago. He conducted a [[livery]] business in Lake Placid about seventeen years ago. He spent five years in Tupper Lake, where he operated a drug store, four years in the confectionary business in Carthage, and proprietor of [[Bijou Theatre|Bijou theatre]], Saranac Lake, prior to his appointment as forest ranger for the [[Conservation Commission|State Conservation Commission]].

Fifteen years ago Mr. Ahearn was married to Miss Elizabeth Ryan of Clayburgh, who survives him with two children, James Floyd, 11 years old, Doris Elizabeth, 9 years old.

The deceased was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He had a large circle of friends throughout Northern New York, who held him in highest esteem.
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''Plattsburgh Sentinel'', May 8, 1917

'''CLAYBURG'''

...We were sorry to hear of the death of James Ahern of Saranac Lake.  Quite a number from here attended his funeral Wednesday...

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