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HARVEY E. BROWN, M. D. The eminent young physician whose name introduces this sketch impresses even those who meet him in a casual manner as a man who has drifted easily and naturally into the medical profession, who realizes that he has made no mistake in the choice of his vocation, and who feels thoroughly at home in the position which he now occupies. Dr. Brown has found in the study and practice of medicine an occupation more congenial to his tastes than anything else could possibly have been. He is now living in Fayette, Seneca County, where he enjoys a lucrative practice.

Our subject is a native of this county, and was born February 15, 1866, in the town of Varick, to John and Mary J. (Stahl) Brown. His parents are both living in the above town, where they are classed among its best residents. The father was born in Niagara County, N. Y., while the mother is a native of Seneca County. They were farmers by occupation, and therefore our subject was reared in the country, where he attended the district school. The family consisted of five children, of whom he was the third in order of birth. When only seventeen years of age an opportunity presented itself whereby he could commence reading medicine, and, entering the office of Dr. E. W. Bogardus, of Fayette, he studied under his instruction for a year. Believing in the profession, and feeling himself fitted to meet its requirements, none of the numerous obstacles which he found from time to time in his pathway was allowed to more than temporarily check his progress toward the goal of his ambition.

In 1885 Mr. Brown entered the medical department of the University of Buffalo, and during the three years which followed he was obliged to borrow money to pay his expenses. He was just twenty-one years of age when he was graduated, in 1887. Returning to his native county, he engaged in practice at Hayt Corners, thoroughly prepared and fully equipped to meet any professional demands that might be made upon him. He remained there until 1889, and in the spring of that year came to Fayette, where he is now established. Success has attended his efforts from the start, and, although practically a self-made man, he has won an honorable position among the professional men of the county.

Dr. Brown was married, September 29, 1891, to Miss C. Anna Jones, of the town of Varick. She was born in Canoga, this county, and has become the mother of a daughter, Margaret, who was born July 10, 1892. In politics the Doctor is a stanch Democrat, and cast his first Presidential vote for Cleveland in 1888. He has been identified with the Masonic order since becoming of age, and has filled various chairs in the same, being now Worshipful Master. He also belongs to the Seneca County Medical Association.