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        Birth Date
        6 January 1802
        Death Date
        28 August 1859
        Gender
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        Charles Madison Drown

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        • Evidence from newspaper records proves that the Drown family traveled to Utah in 1849. A secondary source states that they came with the 1849 Ezra T. Benson Company, but further research is needed to confirm the name of the company they traveled with.

          The obituary of David Tarvel Drown states that he came to Utah in 1849 with his father, stepmother and half-sister.

          His birth and death dates are confirmed by is gravestone.His travel to Utah is also mentioned in his son's obituary.

        Company Unknown (1849)

        • Age at Departure: 46

        Sources

        • "Bingham. Shocking Death on the Rail," Deseret Evening News , 23 Oct. 1907, 3.
        • "Death Came Suddenly," Salt Lake Herald, 23 Oct. 1907, 8.
        • Find a Grave (Website)
        • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1849, 10.
        • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.