Biography:

Dr. Evered Gibson Brown was born in Kenton, Manitoba on the 19th of January, 1918.  Dr. Brown was the eldest of 2 children born to Herbert Mandale Brown and the former Anna Wright Miller.   His parents were merchants and he had a younger brother named Vernon Garfield Brown.  The Brown family moved to Saskatchewan, when Dr. Brown was 3 years old.  In 1931, the Brown family resided on 2nd Street in the village of Togo, Saskatchewan.

Most of his schooling was done in Saskatchewan, including two years of pre-medical courses. He returned to Manitoba and studied medicine at the University of Manitoba.  All male students over the age of 18 years of age and deemed to be fit, were required to take 6 hours of military training every week, as well as keeping up with their scholastic studies.  Dr. Brown was over the age of 21 and he was required to do 2 weeks of military training in a camp.  Upon completing his M.D. degree in 1942, Dr. Brown joined the Royal Canadian Air Force.  He served his country during World War II from 1942 to 1946.

After he was discharged Dr. Brown joined a general medical practice in Chesley, Ontario. He stayed until 1964 at which time he studied Public Health at the University of Toronto. In 1965 Dr. Brown was appointed as the Medical Officer of Health and he was made the head of the newly formed Kent County Health Unit in 1968.  Dr. Brown’s name appears in multiple city directories. In the 1971 Vernon Chatham City Directory his office was located at 21 Seventh Street in Chatham.  In the 1975 Vernon Chatham City Directory his office was located at 435 Grand Avenue West.

Dr. Brown was a member of the local Masonic Lodge and the United Church. In his leisure time, Dr. Brown enjoyed playing golf.  Dr. Brown left the Chatham-Kent Health Unit in February of 1982.

Dr. Brown and his wife Dina had two children; Ellen and Dennis.

Dr. Brown died in Chatham on the 12th of November, 1985.