Biography of 	Drown, Charles W. Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller September 2000

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Charles W. Drown, civil sheriff of Orleans parish, and a man well and favorably known all over
the same, owes his nativity to Alexandria, La., his birth occurring October 15, 1849.  His
father, William H. H. Drown, was a native of the Empire state and came to Louisiana in 1840.
He here followed the occupation of a mechanical engineer until his death in 1866.  Charles W.
Drown, the eldest of the children born to his parents, attained his growth and received his
education in his native parish.  During the war, and when but a lad, he served nearly three
years as a clerk in various departments of the confederate army.  After cessation of
hostilities he engaged as an active steamboat man the capacity of purser, on the Bed river and
continued as such until the beginning of 1879, when he located in New Orleans as secretary of
the Red river organization.  Later he was appointed treasurer and traffic manager for the
company, which position he has held through the various changes of the organizations and which
he still continues to hold.  He was elected civil sheriff in 1888 by the Young Men's democracy,
and enjoys the distinction of having run ahead of the ticket, being elected by a handsome
majority.  Mr. Drown is a member of many of the city clubs, and has been commanding officer of
the Continental guards, one of the most prominent military organizations in the United States,
for the past eight years.  He is a member of the American Legion of Honor.  He was married in
1876 to Miss Ella J. Gracey, of New Orleans, and the fruits of this union are four
children--two sons and two daughters.  The family are members of the Catholic church.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 1), pp. 383-384.  Published by the
Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.