Clark County WA Archives Biographies.....Brooks M. D. , Frank Martin April 10, 1868 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 639 - 640
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     FRANK MARTIN BROOKS, M. D.  In the career of Dr. Frank M. Brooks, of 
Portland, there is presented a splendid example of what may be accomplished 
through determined and persistent effort in the face of discouraging 
conditions, for he is essentially a self-made man, having been thrown on his 
own resources at the age of thirteen years. His industry and integrity have 
been rewarded with abundant success and he has long stood among the 
representative members of the Medical profession in this section of the state. 
He has been continuously engaged in the practice of his chosen profession in 
Portland during the past eighteen years and has specialized in surgery.

     Dr. Brooks was born in Salem, Oregon, on the 10th of April, 1868, and is 
a son of John and Martha (Harper) Brooks, the latter related to the family of 
her name at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. John Brooks and his wife crossed the 
plains in 1864 and settled on a farm near Salem. The former was an 
agriculturist by occupation, was a strong prohibitionist and a strict member 
of the Baptist church. To him and his wife were born ten children, six sons 
and four daughters.

     Frank M. Brooks attended the public schools of Salem and at the age of 
thirteen years started out to earn his own livelihood, working at various 
occupations. He practiced rigid economy, for he was ambitious to obtain a good 
education, and in the course of time entered the medical department of 
Stanford University, attending there for a year. He then spent two years in 
the University of Oregon as a medical student and was graduated with the 
degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1890. He pursued his professional studies 
further in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, from which he was 
graduated in 1895, and took postgraduate work at the St. Thomas Hospital in 
London, England, studying also in Paris, and Edinburgh, Scotland, and 
attending several of the leading clinics in the east. In 1890 he entered upon 
the practice of his profession at Camas, Washington, but two years later 
located in Silverton, Oregon, where he was engaged in practice for seventeen 
years. In 1910 he came to Portland and has since devoted himself closely to 
his life work here. He has a well equipped office in the Medical Arts building 
and has long been regarded as one of the learned and dependable physicians of 
this city. His medical practice in Marion county was characterized by many 
hardships in getting to his patients, due largely to the almost total absence 
of good roads, but he was loyal to the traditions of his profession and 
faithful to his patients, regardless of time or weather. The Doctor is a 
member of the medical staffs of the Good Samaritan Hospital and St. Vincent's 
Hospital and was formerly a member of the state board of health.

     On the 21st of January, 1891, Dr. Brooks married Miss Agnes Gordon, of 
Chicago, Illinois, who passed away, and on September 11, 1900, he was united 
in marriage to Miss Jessie Fremont Davis, M. D., a daughter of Dr. P. A. 
Davis, of Silverton, Oregon, who had four sons who became physicians, while 
Mrs. Brooks also is a graduate in medicine. To Dr. and Mrs. Brooks were born 
three children: Irwin Gordon, who enlisted for service in the World war and 
died at Fort Houston; Agnes Jessie, who is a graduate of the University of 
Oregon; and Frances, who died in infancy.

     Dr. Brooks is a republican and has always evinced a deep interest in 
public affairs. He served as mayor of Silverton, Oregon, in 1899-1900 and was 
a member of the school board there for nine years. During the World war he 
offered his services to the government and was commissioned a captain in the 
Medical Corps. He belongs to Albert Pike Lodge, No. 59, A. F. & A. M.; 
Portland Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; the 
Order of the Eastern Star; and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He 
is a member of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, the Advertising Club of 
Portland and the Automobile Club. He is a member of the City and County 
Medical Society, the Oregon State Medical Society, the American Medical 
Association and is dean of the Florence Crittenton Home in Portland. While 
conducting a general practice, he specializes in surgery, in which he has 
exhibited remarkable skill, and in every relation of life has proven worthy of 
the esteem and confidence which are accorded him by his fellowmen.

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