Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Brown, M. D. , Ellis C. October 29, 1854 - 
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     ELLIS C. BROWN, M. D.  One of Portland's most prominent and successful 
professional men is Dr. Ellis C. Brown, who, after nearly forty years of 
active practice, is now practically retired and is devoting his attention to 
the management of his extensive property interests. Dr. Brown was born in 
Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the 29th of October, 1854, and is a son of Samuel and 
Hannah (Ellis) Brown. The family came to Oregon in 1870 and the father bought 
the Bowles farm, four miles southeast of Oregon City, where he successfully 
carried on agricultural operations for many years, eventually retiring and 
moving to New Era, Clackamas county, where he lived until his death. The 
mother also is deceased.

     Ellis C. Brown attended the public schools, graduating from high school, 
and then matriculated in the medical school of the University of Michigan, 
from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1880. He 
then took special post-graduate courses in New York city, graduating from the 
Homeopathic Eye, Ear and Nose Hospital and the New York Ophthalmic and Oral 
Institute. He entered upon the practice of medicine at Canton, Ohio, where he 
remained until May, 1883, when he came to Portland, and here practiced 
continuously until August, 1920, specializing in diseases of the eye, ear, 
nose and throat. During this period he enjoyed a large and remunerative 
practice and gained a well-merited reputation as an expert in his line, 
effecting many remarkable cures. As he prospered, the Doctor wisely invested 
in city real estate, and now owns the splendid business block at 124-6 Sixth 
street, as well as other town properties, and he and his brother, Dr. Samuel 
A. Brown, own the Ockley Hotel. He is also interested in timber lands and 
other property. The Doctor is a man of sterling character, strong personality, 
vigorous mentality and sound business judgment and, because of his splendid 
professional record and the high type of his citizenship he commands the 
unqualified confidence and respect of his fellowmen. He is a republican in his 
political views and has always shown a deep interest in the welfare and 
prosperity of his city.


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 644-645

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