Richard Ambrose Brown

As printed in 1906

ICHARD AMBROSE BROWN, M. D., a physician of modern and progressive character and of increasing practice, a resident of Commercial Point in Scioto township, and largely interested in agricultural property, both as owner and manager, was born in Chillicothe,; Ohio, on the 3rd of December, 1873. He is a son of Ambrose White and Flora (Cunningham) Brown, and is of Scotch ancestry on the paternal side and of Scotch-Irish, on the material. The family history of the Cunninghams has been traced to the ancient annals of Scotland, the Doctor having in his possession their distinctive coat-of-arms. They were identified with colonial times in America, and one of the immediate ancestors of Dr. Brown is known to have fought in the Revolutionarv War.

Thomas White Brown,. the paternal grandfather, was a native of Maryland, but came to Ohio in his early married life, where Ambrose White Brown, his son and the father of our subject, was. born. Both parents of Dr. Brown were natives of Ross County, this State, and were of the unpretentious, respected, farming class. Ills father, the owner of considerable land, has been dead for 27 years, while his mother resides in Circleville. Dr. Brown is not only building up a fine practice in and around Commercial Point, but owns a valuable farm of 320 acres and manager his mother's estate in Scioto township.

The other members of the family born to Mr., and Mrs. Ambrose White Brown were: Thomas White Brown, who resides west of Circleville and is a dealer in grain; Ethel, wife of J. G. Hollenbeck, who is district passenger agent of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Atlanta, Georgia; and Ada, who married Stuart R. Bolin, a lawyer of Circleville. The family are traditionally Presbyterians and Democrats, and several members of it have been active and somewhat prominent in politics.

Richard A. Brown, the subject of these lines, received his early education in the graded schools at Chillicothe, entered Wooster College in the fall of 1888. and after spending four years there was a student at Princeton for another two years. In the fall of 1893 he matriculated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, and graduated therefrom with his degree, in March, 1896. He spent the fall and spring of 1897 and 1898 in pursuing a post-graduate course at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, and in the summer of the latter year located at Parkersburg. West Virginia. While a resident of that place he was associated with Dr. C. G. Blubaugh, and did considerable surgical work for the railroads. He was assistant surgeon of the Ohio River Railroad and attended to the local work of the Southwestern Division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Since February, 1905, Dr. Brown has been a resident of Commercial Point, and both as physician, surgeon and citizen has an assured standing, lie is a Royal

Arch Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner, and is also connected with the Modern Woodmen of America.

Dr. Brown's wife was formerly Minnie Abernethy. daughter of Judge I. N. Abernethy, of Circleville, of which place she is a native.

As printed in History of Pickaway County, Ohio and representative citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.