Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Watts, M. D., Thomas Wynne January 27, 1879 - 
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     THOMAS WYNNE WATTS, M. D.  High on the roll of the representative 
physicians of the Columbia River valley stands the name of Dr. Thomas Wynne 
Watts, of Portland, who, after a thorough education and rigid professional 
training, has achieved notable success in his efforts to combat disease and 
therefore commands a large practice. The Doctor was born in Delhi, Richland 
parish, Louisiana, on the 27th of January, 1879, and is a son of James and 
Sarah (Brumby) Watts, who were married in that state.  His father was a 
graduate of Notre Dame University and served for a number of years as credit 
man for Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company, of Chicago. Both parents are deceased, 
the father dying in 1879 and the mother in 1913. Dr. T. W. Watts received his 
early education in the public schools of his native town and attended 
Louisiana State University. He matriculated in the medical school of Kentucky 
University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine 
in 1906. Later he attended the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital and the 
Public Health Marine hospital in Cleveland, afterwards doing other 
postgraduate work in New York city. He then went to central South America, 
where for five years he was engaged in quarantine work. In 1913 Dr. Watts came 
to Portland, where he has since been engaged in the practice of medicine. He 
is regarded as an accurate diagnostician, probably the most important branch 
of medical practice, and his career here has been characterized by an earnest 
and conscientious desire to be of real service to his fellowmen.

     On May 31, 1909, Dr. Watts was united in marriage to Miss Helen Holbrook, 
who received her educational training in the public and high schools of 
Portland. They have three children: Holbrook R., now eighteen years of age, 
who was the all-star quarterback of the Grant high school in 1927; Hannah Sue, 
aged fourteen years; and Thomas W., Jr., aged seven. The Doctor is a member of 
the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Benevolent Protective Order of 
Elks, and belongs to the Portland Golf Club, the Irvington Club, and the 
Alameda Club, of which he is president. He also is president of the Pacific 
Northwest Golf Association and is treasurer of the Pacific Coast Protective 
Association. Professionally he is a member of the Portland Academy of Medicine 
and the Multnomah County Medical Society. He is a republican in his political 
views, and ever since becoming a resident of Portland has evinced a readiness 
to cooperate in all measures for the betterment of the city in every way. 
Because of his professional ability, his creditable personal traits and his 
kindly and generous disposition, he not only commands public confidence, but 
also the genuine esteem of all who have come into contact with him.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Page 
906

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