![Dr. Samuel Brown (1769-1830). [Portrait Painting] Brother of Hon. John Brown, builder of Liberty Hall. Doctor Brown was born in Augusta County, Va., January 30, 1769. Died in Alabama, January 12, 1830. Son of Rev. John Brown and Margaret Preston. Educated Liberty Hall Academy. Graduated Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1789. Studied medicine under Dr. Rush in Philadelphia. Awarded degree of M.D., Aberdeen, Scotland, 1794. Appointed first professor of Medicine at Transylvania University, January 8, 1799. As early as 1802 he had vaccinated over 500 persons for smallpox. He moved to New Orleans 1806. Married Miss Catherine Percy of Natchez, Miss., 1808. She died a few years later, leaving one son, James, and a daughter, Susan P. Dr. Brown never married again](https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7x696zwx82/data/2008ms016/Box_3/Item_542/0542.jpg "Dr. Samuel Brown (1769-1830). [Portrait Painting] Brother of Hon. John Brown, builder of Liberty Hall. Doctor Brown was born in Augusta County, Va., January 30, 1769. Died in Alabama, January 12, 1830. Son of Rev. John Brown and Margaret Preston. Educated Liberty Hall Academy. Graduated Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1789. Studied medicine under Dr. Rush in Philadelphia. Awarded degree of M.D., Aberdeen, Scotland, 1794. Appointed first professor of Medicine at Transylvania University, January 8, 1799. As early as 1802 he had vaccinated over 500 persons for smallpox. He moved to New Orleans 1806. Married Miss Catherine Percy of Natchez, Miss., 1808. She died a few years later, leaving one son, James, and a daughter, Susan P. Dr. Brown never married again")
Dr. Samuel Brown (1769-1830). [Portrait Painting] Brother of Hon. John Brown, builder of Liberty Hall. Doctor Brown was born in Augusta County, Va., January 30, 1769. Died in Alabama, January 12, 1830. Son of Rev. John Brown and Margaret Preston. Educated Liberty Hall Academy. Graduated Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1789. Studied medicine under Dr. Rush in Philadelphia. Awarded degree of M.D., Aberdeen, Scotland, 1794. Appointed first professor of Medicine at Transylvania University, January 8, 1799. As early as 1802 he had vaccinated over 500 persons for smallpox. He moved to New Orleans 1806. Married Miss Catherine Percy of Natchez, Miss., 1808. She died a few years later, leaving one son, James, and a daughter, Susan P. Dr. Brown never married again
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