BUTTE BRIEFS — AOH Division 2 officers elected

The Butte Daily Post, Butte, 1904-12-05, p.2

Summary

Notice embedded in a Butte Briefs column: "At the last meeting of division No. 2, A. O. H., the following officers were elected: **John Ferns, president; Charles H. Gallagher, vice president; James M. Brown, secretary; James Britt, treasurer; Dennis Holland, sergeant-at-arms; Martin Twohy, sentinel.**" Pushes the documented earliest **Charles H. Gallagher AOH role** back by **five years**: he was **AOH Division 2 vice president in late 1904**, predating the existing earliest record (Dec 1909, Division 2 treasurer). Strengthens the CLAUDE.md/MEMORY "structural Butte AOH continuity figure" framing — his run now begins 1904 and ends at his death 1964 (when he was AOH state president).

In its time

Narrative

Division No. 2 of the A. O. H. elects its officers at its last meeting: John Ferns, president; Charles H. Gallagher, vice president; James M. Brown, secretary; James Britt, treasurer; Dennis Holland, sergeant-at-arms; and Martin Twohy, sentinel.

AI-generated (claude-opus-5). Verify against the transcription before quoting.

People

Charles H. Gallagher (b. c.1875 Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland; d. 28 Aug 1964 Butte, age 89; founder of Wiz-Way Stores; AOH state president)(as printed: Charles H. Gallagher)
role: officer elected · family confidence: 0 not family
James M. Brown (Butte AOH Division 2 officer; pallbearer for Ellen Murphy, 1935)(as printed: James M. Brown)
role: officer elected · family confidence: 0 not family
Martin Towey (JJM naturalization witness, 1906)(as printed: Martin Twohy)
role: officer elected · family confidence: 0 not family
John Ferns (president, AOH Division 2, 1904; standing committee chairman, 1909)(as printed: John Ferns)
role: officer elected · family confidence: 0 not family

Also mentioned

James Britt · officer_elected
AOH Division 2 treasurer.
Dennis Holland · officer_elected
AOH Division 2 sergeant-at-arms.

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)

Themes

Story threads

Butte Irish-American organisational life — Hibernians, Gaelic League, Erin's Daughters, RELA

Source type

list_of_officers, news_item

Related sources

Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

# BUTTE BRIEFS […] At the last meeting of division No. 2, A. O. H.Irish societiesAncient Order of Hiberniansin America from 1836The largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in America: sick and death benefits for members, St. Patrick’s Day parades, and steady support for Irish nationalism.More in Key terms →, the following officers were elected: John Ferns, president; Charles H. Gallagher, vice president; James M. Brown, secretary; James Britt, treasurer; Dennis Holland, sergeant-at-arms; Martin Twohy, sentinel. […] --- [Editor's note: transcribed as the single AOH item from a multi-item Butte Briefs column. Adjacent items (Carroll Brown daughter announcement, Orton Bros. piano ad, Frank Walker's liquors, William Scallon law office move, etc.) are not part of this clipping's focus.]

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Open questions

Other people in this 1904 slate (John Ferns, James M. Brown, James Britt, Dennis Holland, Martin Twohy) may be promotable to person records if they recur across the AOH-cluster clippings.