Lott D Brown
Submitted by:  Lynn Mack
 
Lott D. BROWN, senior member of the firm of BROWN & HELGERSON,
prominent attorneys of Dallas, specializing in probate practice and
land titles, is widely and favorably known in this section of Oregon,
where he has spent his entire life.  He was born near Dallas, in Polk
county, March 31, 1882, and is a son of Henry M. And Flora (PLUMMER)
BROWN, the former a native of Polk county, Oregon, and the latter of
Iowa.  The paternal grandfather, William C. BROWN, started across the
plains to Oregon from his home in Indiana in the year 1847, casting in
his lot with the earliest settlers of the state.  He became a resident
of Polk county, taking up a donation claim near Dallas, which he
cleared and developed and in 1850 also engaged in general
merchandising, continuing active along those lines for a period of
fifty years, or until five years prior to his demise, which occurred
in 1909, while his wife passed away in 1910.  He had accumulated large
property holding, owning twelve hundred acres on the edge of the town
and another tract of four hudnred acres in Polk county, and he became
recognized as a prominent and influential citizen of his community,
representing his district in the state legislature.  On attaining
adult years his son, Henry M. BROWN, father of Lott D. BROWN, engaged
in the further cultivation and improvement of his father's donation
claim, continuing active along that line throughout the remainder of
his life.  He passed away in 1912 and the mother's demise occurred in
1902.
 
Their son, Lott D. BROWN, pursued his education in the district
schools of Polk county and in the graded and high schools of Dallas.
Subsequently he completed a course in a business college at Portland
and afterward became court reporter at Dallas and later at Baker,
Oregon.  In the meantime, however, he had devoted his leisure hours to
the study of law and in 1905 was admitted to the bar.  The following
year he opened an office in Dallas, where he has since continued in
practice, his ability in his profession winning for him a large
clientele.  For a time he was engaged in the abstract business here
and in his practice specializes in land titles and probate work, being
recognized as an authority in those branches of jurisprudence.  He is
an able attorney, thoroughly familiar with the principles of
jurisprudence, and in their application is seldom, if ever, at fault.
In 1918 he became associated in practice with his former student, J.
N. HELGERSON, under the firm style of Brown & Helgerson, and they have
been accorded a large and representative patronage.  Mr. Brown also
owns and operates two hundred acres of his grandfather's donation
claim, located near the town, and there maintains his residence.  He
also has become the owner of considerable residence and business
property, which he rents, and owns the office building in which he
maintains his office, his income from this source being a substantial
one.  He is actuated in all that he does by a spirit of progress and
enterprise that prompts his continued effort until he has reached the
desired goal.
 
On the 12th of June, 1907, Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss
Leta MCKIM, of Baker, Oregon, and they have become the parents of five
daughters, namely; Flora, Margaret, Charlotte, Helen and Beverly.
 
In his political views Mr. BROWN is a stanch democrat and has taken an
active and prominent part in public affairs of this community, serving
as police judge, and for two years was city auditor.  Mrs. BROWN is a
member of the Christian church and fraternally Mr. BROWN is identified
with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks. He is held in high regard by his professional colleagues and as
a public-spirited citizen has ever stood for those forces which work
for the uplift of the individual and the betterment of the community
of large.
 
 
 
History of Oregon, Biographical, Vol. II, The Pioneer Historical
Publishing Company, 1922, Pages 431-432.
 
 

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