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the young doctor to go with them to Johns Hopkins when he graduated, he had promised his father to serve in Rappahannock for at least one year.
He began his practice of surgery and medicine in 1890. An account book survives from this time - listing such items as medicine for Susy (a Woodville midwife) - 35 cents; medicine for Willie’s mouth - 50 cents; extracting a tooth - 50 cents.
After Dr. Brown’s year of promised service was up his father died and he stayed in Woodville to handle his father’s estate. Later his uncle, Turk Thornhill died and he was the executor again. During this extended time he realized that there was a need for a doctor in Woodville.
There was a need, not only among the Woodville people but among the mountain people above the town. One summer morning the Browns had a visitor for breakfast. A mountain dweller named Aaron Nicholson came to the doctor’s house carrying brooms and baskets for sale. He had walked from Nethers to Woodville before 7 a.m. The doctor, his wife, and their five children were just sitting down to breakfast. They invited the tired man to stay. While they watched, he consumed an unbelievable amount of food.
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