Ernestine Brown was born October 1, 1901 in Hillsboro, Oregon. She was a descendent of Tabitha Moffett Brown, one of the founders of Pacific University. She was raised and went to school in Forest Grove, Oregon, graduating from the local high school in 1917. She then went on to attend Pacific University, graduating cum laude in 1923. She went on to teach math, Latin, and English until 1927.
Mrs. Davidson married Roy L. Davidson in 1926 at the Brown family home. They remained in Forest Grove on the historic Brown Farm which they farmed for 65 years. She had three children, ten grandchildren, and twenty great-grandchildren. Mrs. Davidson died January 18, 1995 at the age of 93 in Canby, Oregon.
From the guide to the Ernestine Brown Davidson Scrapbook, 1917-1922, (Pacific University Archives)
