F. Holmes Brown, M.D., lately of Grand Rapids, with his office in room No. 11, Porter block, but now of Newaygo, Mich., is a native of Dansville, Livingston county, N. Y., was born August 25, 1866, and is the only child of Lucius and Susan (Cole) Brown, both natives of the Empire state. Lucius Brown was of English and Scotch extraction, while his wife was German descent. He passed his life in mercantile pursuits and died in New York at the age of fifty one years, his widow having since made her home with the doctor, her son, who is giving her every filial attention in her declining years. Dr. F. Holmes Brown graduated from high school of his native city at the age of nineteen years and then began his professional studies in the office of Dr. F. M. Perine, of Dansville, under whose able instruction he applied himself to the acquirement of the rudiments of medical science for two years, and then entered university of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He graduated from medical department of this famous university in 1890, and for the following four years, or longer, practiced his profession in that city. He next passed a year in Philadelphia and New York as a specialist, and then removed to Grand Rapids, Mich., where he met with phenomenal success in the treatment of diseases of the skin and of the rectal disorder. He keeps well abreast of the progress of his science, and is a member of the Michigan State Medical society, the Grand Rapids Academy of Medicine, and the American Medical association; he was an attendant physician at Butterworth hospital, also is a lecturer in the school for nurses in that institution, and likewise at the Michigan Soldier’s home these positions showing that his abilities, outside of his specialties, are highly appreciated. The marriage of Dr. Brown took place at his old home in the Empire state September 20, 1892, the lady of his choice being Miss Leola Schwingle, a native of Dansville and a graduate of its high school. This union has been blessed with one son, Emmett, now nearly two years of age. Fraternally, the doctor is a Knight of Pythias, and his religious affiliations are with the English Lutheran church, and socially he and wife’s move in the best circles of Newaygo, to which place he has recently removed.