BUTTE BRIEFS — AOH Division 2 officers elected

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).

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

Also mentioned

• John Ferns · officer_elected

  AOH Division 2 president (Butte), Dec 1904.

• James M. Brown · officer_elected

  AOH Division 2 secretary. NB — likely the same J. M. Brown who presided at the 1923-04-28 AOH Hibernians dance event in this archive.

• James Britt · officer_elected

  AOH Division 2 treasurer.

• Dennis Holland · officer_elected

  AOH Division 2 sergeant-at-arms.

• Martin Twohy · officer_elected

  AOH Division 2 sentinel.

Places

• Butte, Montana (primary)

Themes

• irish_american_community
• politics_butte

Story threads

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

Tags

• evidence_supporting
• book_chapter_material
• context_setting

Source type

list_of_officers, news_item

Related sources

• 1909-12-18 — The Butte Daily Post, p.5 — ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS ELECT
• 1964-08-29 — The Montana Standard, p.1 — Charles Gallagher, Who Pioneered Grocery Idea, Dies

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.