ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS ELECT

The Butte Daily Post, Butte, 1909-12-18, p.5

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name as printed"lowing officers: James Murphy, presi-"
James Joseph "James J." Murphy

Summary

Officer election for **Division No. 2** of the Butte AOH, held the previous evening (Friday Dec 17 1909). **Officers elected:** - President — James Murphy - Vice president — James Franey - Recording secretary — James Hurley - Financial secretary — James M. Brown - Treasurer — Charles H. Gallagher - Sergeant-at-arms — Anthony Lavelle - **Sentinel — Patrick Lyne** - Standing committee — John Ferns chairman, Harry Davenport, Andrew Buttimore, John Waldron, Steven McGuire. Joint installation of the three Butte AOH divisions and the Ladies' Auxiliary at Hibernia hall, Centerville, the first Wednesday in January 1910. ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. **Pushes JJM's documented AOH leadership back to December 1909.** Previously the earliest record was the June 1910 Centerville-degrees clipping with JJM as chief sentinel; this 1909 election shows him already president of Division No. 2 six months earlier. The career arc is therefore: Division 2 president (Dec 1909) → county chief sentinel (June 1910) → county president-elect (Oct 1912). The Dec 1909 presidency may have been a Division-level appointment in preparation for promotion to county-level work in 1910 — a classic apprenticeship pattern. ALSO: Patrick Lyne (= Patrick Lyne who appears in the 1911 St Patrick's banquet attendees and in many later clippings) serves under JJM here as the same Division 2 sentinel role JJM would step into himself six months later at the county level. The Lyne-Murphy pairing is structural to Butte AOH governance.

In its time

Copper boom1882–1917

Key terms in this sourceAll key terms →

Ancient Order of Hiberniansin America from 1836: The largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in America: sick and death benefits for members, St. Patrick’s Day parades, and steady support for Irish nationalism.
Daughters of Erin / Ladies’ Auxiliaryfrom 1894: The women’s side of Hibernian life. The AOH’s national women’s body was organised in 1894 as the Daughters of Erin and later took the name Ladies’ Auxiliary.
Hibernia Hall: The meeting hall of Butte’s Hibernians and a venue for other Irish societies; meeting notices name it again and again.
Centerville: The hillside neighbourhood between uptown Butte and Walkerville, built among the mine yards and home to many Irish and Cornish mining families.

Reference notes, not part of the source. A term appears here because the source’s text uses it.

Narrative

Division No. 2 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians elects its officers for the year: James Murphy president, James Franey vice president, James Hurley recording secretary, James M. Brown financial secretary, Charles H. Gallagher treasurer, Anthony Lavelle sergeant-at-arms and Patrick Lyne sentinel, with John Ferns chairing a standing committee of Harry Davenport, Andrew Buttimore, John Waldron and Steven McGuire. Installation is to take place jointly with the other two divisions and the Ladies' Auxiliary at Hibernia hall, Centerville, on the first Wednesday in January.

“installed at a joint installation of the three divisions and the Ladies' Auxiliary at Hibernia hall, centerville, on the first Wednesday in January”

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

People

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: James Murphy)
role: division 2 president elect · family confidence: 75 strong
Identification by context — the James Murphy elected Division No. 2 president in Dec 1909 is in the same Centerville-AOH cluster (Charles H. Gallagher treasurer, James Hurley recording secretary, joint installation at Hibernia hall Centerville) that JJM will be visibly leading by June 1910. Lump-rather-than-split bias.
Patrick Lyne (b. 7 Apr 1872 Gurtavallig Kerry; Butte AOH sentinel 1909)(as printed: Patrick Lyne)
role: division 2 sentinel · family confidence: 50 candidate
The Patrick Lyne of the person record (b. 1872 Gurtavallig, Kerry; Butte AOH). A Lyne, possibly kin of Ellen (Lyne) Murphy; the family link is unproven and held at the record's 50. Linked in the 2026-10-03 rescan; was under mentioned.
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: division 2 treasurer · family confidence: 0 not family
Not family: recurring Butte AOH figure. Printed-name match to his person record; moved from mentioned in the 2026-10-03 rescan.
James M. Brown (Butte AOH Division 2 officer; pallbearer for Ellen Murphy, 1935)(as printed: James M. Brown)
role: division 2 financial secretary · family confidence: 0 not family
James F. Hurley ('Jimmy Hurley' of the Hennessy store; AOH Division 2 recording secretary, 1909)(as printed: James Hurley)
role: division 2 recording secretary · family confidence: 0 not family
John Ferns (president, AOH Division 2, 1904; standing committee chairman, 1909)(as printed: John Ferns)
role: division 2 standing committee chairman · family confidence: 0 not family
Anthony Lavelle (Butte AOH; Division 2 sergeant-at-arms 1909; secretary of the 1922 St. Patrick's committee)(as printed: Anthony Lavelle)
role: division 2 sergeant at arms · family confidence: 0 not family
Harry Davenport (standing committee, AOH Division 2, Butte, 1909)(as printed: Harry Davenport)
role: division 2 standing committee · family confidence: 0 not family
John Franey (vice president, AOH Division 2, Butte, 1909-1910)(as printed: James Franey)
role: division 2 vice president · family confidence: 0 not family

Also mentioned

Andrew Buttimore · division_2_standing_committee
John Waldron · division_2_standing_committee
Steven McGuire · division_2_standing_committee

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)
Centerville (district of Butte) (primary)

Themes

Story threads

Source type

news_item, list_of_officers

Related sources

1910-06-09 — The Butte Daily Post, p.3 — MORE THAN HUNDRED CANDIDATES
1911-03-17 — The Butte Daily Post, p.12 — HIBERNIANS PAY ANNUAL TRIBUTE / ST. PATRICK AND GLORIES OF THE RACE RECALLED — SERMON AT ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH
1911-03-17_butte-daily-post_st-patrick-banquet-silver-bow-club(unresolved)
1912-10-14 — The Butte Miner, p.6 — HIBERNIANS CHOOSE OFFICERS AT MEETING / James J. Murphy Heads the Organization for the Ensuing Term.

Transcription

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# ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANSIrish 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 → ELECT *The Butte Daily Post, Saturday, December 18, 1909, p. 5.* Division No. 2, Ancient Order of Hibernians, last evening elected the following officers: James Murphy, president; James Franey, vice president; James Hurley, recording secretary; James M. Brown, financial secretary; Charles H. Gallagher, treasurer; Anthony Lavelle, sergeant-at-arms; Patrick Lyne, sentinel; standing committee, John Ferns, chairman; Harry Davenport, Andrew Buttimore, John Waldron and Steven McGuire. The above officers will be installed at a joint installation of the three divisions and the Ladies' AuxiliaryIrish societiesDaughters of Erin / Ladies’ Auxiliaryfrom 1894The women’s side of Hibernian life. The AOH’s national women’s body was organised in 1894 as the Daughters of Erin and later took the name Ladies’ Auxiliary.More in Key terms → at Hibernia hallIrish societiesHibernia HallThe meeting hall of Butte’s Hibernians and a venue for other Irish societies; meeting notices name it again and again.More in Key terms →, centervilleButte: companies, unions & placesCentervilleThe hillside neighbourhood between uptown Butte and Walkerville, built among the mine yards and home to many Irish and Cornish mining families.More in Key terms →, on the first Wednesday in January.

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Open questions

Promote person_patrick_lyne_butte_aoh as a dedicated person record on the back-pass — he recurs across this and at least 1911 / 1914 clippings. The Lyne surname is West-Cork- consistent and the AOH role is structural.