The Opelousas courier., 1882-01-14
Capt. R. ID. E1avrot.

Capt. 81. B. Favrot, a most sstimable
citizen of Baton Rouge, died in that
city on the Gath ult.. in the e3d year
of his age. The Aduocate of the 9th
gives the following interesting sketch
of this g fine old gentleman, one of the
olden time":
Henri Bouvier Favrot, who died on
Dec. 24th. 1881, was born on the 11th
of April, 1899. He is the last of the
third generation of his name in Louis
lana. His grandfather Claude Joseph
de Favrot, was the first who came to
this country in the service of France,
as an infantry officer attached to the
colonial army of the province of Louis
lana. He was married in New Orleans
to Louise Elizabeth Brusle on the 4th
of October, 1875. Governor de Bien-
vile, the founder of New Orleans, was
one of the subscribing witnesses to the
act of marriage. Two children were
born of this marriage; a daughter,
Louise, who afterwards was married
in New Orleans on the 18th of May,
1851, to Alexandra de Clouet de Piettre,
an officer in the service of France. He
left large family in the county of
Attakapas, where he was stationed
and where he died and son, Pierre
de Favrot born in 1850 at New Orleans,
and who died in 1925 at his home in
West Baton Rouge. He remained as a
captain of grenadiers in the service of
France. Spain and France again until
1903, when, the province of Louisiana
was transferred to the United States.
Pierre de Favrot married FRANCHISE
Gerard, a native of theparish of Pointe
Coupee; from this marriage sprung a
large family of children; four daughters,
all of whom are dead three brothers,
Leuis or Judge Fayrot, whe died at
his home in West Baton Rouge in 1876,
aged SO, Philogene, who preceded
Louis as parish judge, and died in 1922,
aged 30 years, and Henri Bouvier
Favrot, the last survivor of the third
generation. He was married in the
parish of East Baton Rouge, to Miss
Aurore Villars who died in 1879; six
sens and four daughters were born of
this marriage. Three of the sons died
quite young. st. Clair Favrot, one of
the sons, never returned from the war,
through which he served until he was
captured at the fall of Spanish Fort,
near Mobile in 1865. How or when he
died or Disappeared no one knows. 1t
was sad blow to his aged father. Two
sons, Chas. d. and Joseph C. Favrot,
survive their parent and four daughters.
Capt. Favrot was fond or reading, aud
all his leisure moments were spent
with books. He had made q study of
the colonial history of Louisiana, and
loved to dwell on the hener, hospitality,
integrity and great family pride of its
first settlers. Essentially conservative
in his politics, he never sought public
employment, but never failed to vote.
He considered this his first duty az
citizen. He was modest and retiring,
with strong family affections, true to
friendship, polite and courteous
to all, and fond of gardening and hor-
ticulture. To this and reading he de-
voted most of his time until few days
before his death. He was perfectly
resigned and spoke of death as an end
to his few infirmities and q relief to
himself and his beloved family. Con-
scious to the last, he died without
struggle, the purity of his life impressed
upon his features His conscience was
clear. The tribunal of eternity
had no fears for him.
It was the distinguished privilege of
the junior editor of this paper to enjoy
the acquaintance and friendship of the
worthy subject of the above sketch;
and he begs to extend to the bereaved
family the expression of his most
sincere condolence and warmest sym
pathy.