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         IGNATIUS C. BROWN, M. D., of Columbus Junction, Iowa, was born in Roane County, Tenn., May 10, 1835, and is a son of the Rev. Thomas and Jane (McDowell Patton) Brown. His parents were born in Virginia, and were of Scotch-Irish descent. Ignatius was educated at Maryville College, at Maryville, Tenn., and pursued his medical . . .

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. . . course at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, being graduated in the class of ’61. He began practice in Eastern Tennessee, at a place called Philadelphia, and in the spring of 1863 removed to Danville, Ind., where he remained one year, after which he became a resident of Columbus City, Iowa, where he pursued the practice of his profession for a term of two years. He next established himself at Clifton, then a thriving station on the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, in Louisa County, since nearly abandoned, and now known as Old Clifton. Dr. Brown was the first established physician at that point, where he remained in practice until 1876, and then removed to Columbus Junction, his present place of residence.

At Danville, Ind., in the month of January, 1864, the Doctor was united in marriage with Miss Ruth A. Hamlet, who was born at Danville, and is a daughter of William Hamlet, Esq. Four children were born of their union, one daughter and three sons: Octavia J. is the wife of Walter F. Hall, of Columbus Junction; the sons, William Thomas, Harry L. and Hadley C., make their home with their parents.

Dr. Brown and his wife are members of the Central Presbyterian Church. In political sentiment he was formerly a Whig, but since its organization has been a supporter of the Republican party. Socially, he is a member of the orders of the K. of P., the A. O. U. W. and the I. L. of H. Dr. Brown has now been in successful practice in Louisa County for nearly a quarter of a century, and has won a safe place in the estimation of his fellow-citizens, both professionally and socially.