Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Brown, Hobart A. 1876 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 564
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     HOBART A. BROWN, proprietor of Brown's Hydropathic Institute of Portland, 
has been active in the conduct of an institution of great value to the city 
and his business is now one of substantial proportions. A native of Ohio, Mr. 
Brown was born in the city of Toledo in 1876, his parents being James W. F. 
and Maria (Aldrich) Brown. The father was born in New Hampshire and the 
parents were married in Monroe, Michigan. They came to Oregon in 1888 and both 
have now passed away, the death of the mother occurring in 1923. In the family 
were three sons and a daughter, of whom one son and the daughter are now 
deceased.

     Hobart A. Brown was a youth of twelve years when the family home was 
established in Portland, where he continued his education as a public school 
pupil. In 1914 he joined forces with the Lovranich Hydropathic Institute, 
where for five years he had the rare opportunity of learning the European 
methods of the "water cure" and allied healing treatments under the personal 
direction of Professor Lovranich, who had come to Portland direct from Vienna, 
Austria. Since 1919 he has been alone in the business. The institute largely 
handles rheumatic cases and the baths are similar in purpose and results to 
those of Hot Springs. Not only have they proven valuable as curative measures 
but have also been most effective in weight reduction. The institute is now 
liberally patronized and its success is due to the efficient methods and 
capable management of Mr. Brown.

     In 1925 was celebrated the marriage of Hobart A. Brown and Miss Louise 
Storey, who was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Having spent much of his life 
here, he is well known in this city and has gained the good will and 
confidence of many with whom he has come in contact.

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