Daughter of Almon Newell and Olive Comstock

Married David Tarbell Drown, 9 Dec 1860, Provo, Utah, Utah

Children - Melvin Ernest Drown, Clara Valeria Drown, Charles Madison Drown, Ivy Ruby Drown, David Almon Drown, Ellen Elizabeth Drown, Olive Marie Drown, Alfred Carlos Drown, Eva Geraldine Drown, Alice Adelia Drown

Midvale History by Maurine C. Jensen, page 26

David Tarbell Drown, son of Charles Drown and Sarah Tarbell Drown, came to Utah in 1849, David was born in Oswego, New York in 1837

Sarah Olive Newell was born in 1844 at Nauvoo, Illinois. Her mother died when she was eighteen months old; the father then married a widow German, who had two sons. The family left Nauvoo in 1846, then left Iowa in 1852 for Utah. They were in a company of 75 wagons, including the Cutler family, who also settled in West Jordan (Midvale). They reached the valley October 5, 1852 and camped on the grounds where the City and County building stands.

The Newell family moved to Provo, but Sarah came to Midvale and lived at the home of Harmon Cutler. She married David Drown in 1860. They first lived in a cave in a hill near the river south of present Center Street. Ten children were born to this couple, the first four being born while living in the dugout.

In 1866, David, Sarah and their children moved to a two-room log house erected on the North side of Center Street, about 300 feet west of Main Street. From 1866 to 1890, this log cabin was the home of the Drown family with the exception of the summers of 1880 and 1881 when they lived on the farm of Fred Cooper in South Jordan. In 1890 the log cabin was moved tot he rear of the lot and a rustic frame house was built on the site.

David Drown met his death in 1907 when he was struck by a train a short distance from his home. His wife continued to live in her home until her death in 1922.