The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-01-13

FALISTON, January 10.-CaptIin John b.
Favour, vino died recently IT the holnc Of his
son, Mr.. Joseph &. Favour, nn.'r taIlston, III
this county, was from his forccful pers on1Iity
and evcnttul life, no ordinary ran. Tie was a
ua i've of Ma:seiileS, France, and came to this
country when lad Of fourteen. His father
was Jean BLptiste Favour, Il 2Hptuir in the Old
Guard of NAPOLEON. and anticipated in many
of those great campaigns, tine nsust famous in
modern continental history. Among 9th L
sanguinary battles during Eonapartc's Won
dcrlul career, none Is more Ce!V hruted tha
that of Lodi. where six thousand gr, nudicrs
led by NAPOLEON, then not arrived at the z"nith
OF his fun ;anC) crossed the famous bridge
over the Add. on VI Y 10, 1896, in the face of
5000 Aust: lars, snd achieved the victory
which conierr, upon him the title of the lit
tie Corporal" Captain Favour was Hccurtom-
cd to tell ., this famous Y ctOry, as he heard of
II frCm his father. who followed the future
EmrCror on that May day Cc'Oss the bloody
bridge, HS one of the mos: SiIguina y ba ties
that history records. In his own language
the slaughtered grenadiCrS iaY upon the
bridge i'll ranks eight CT ten deep but nothing
could HItliS Il q tie impctuOuS charge OF the
Ola Guard, and the Austriaus, i'll OVerwhclm-
Ing numbers, with all The advantages of posi-
ton, were routed with much greater loss than
their assailauts. Many other historical battles
and event, wee related by Capt. Favour, as
lie heard them from his father. ;. no had taken
part in them, with all the freshnt IS and vigor
of personal narrative, as Contrasted with the
general descriptions OF history.
When Capt. Favour came to this cou try as
Il wcll-rrOwu youth he devoted himself To Il
most of the important ports, which were reach
d III those days by thu I'D sal ing packets, iis-
ing step By step uHJi! he reached the position
of captain, He w 1T 10 California with the
argoIIauts in 1919, and WAS one OF the first
Settcrs ~ what is now Sacramento city He
returned East in the early tift'eS and purchased
the farm near FalStun upon which lie died,
and where his son, Mr.. Joseph G. Favour, now
resides.
HiS personally was Il remarkable one. Edu-
Gated in the best schuO: in which to acquire
practical knowledge, viz, actual contact with
the world aud its busy affairs, his strong and
active mind trok every advantage Of its uppur-
tuuities. Fond of reading and tnorOus hY de-
voted 10 his family, his dome site life was in his
declining years Il happy one. In personal
stature he was of medium height ard rather
spare. But the expression and rapid play OF
his cDuntenaucc w uld have riveted attention
in any company. His brilliant and penetrat-
ing eyes lit up Il thin face, adorned by Il heavy
cropped iron gray mIstache, which with clean
cut, prominent features, lent an expression OF
force and determination not easily forgotten
His honest expression Of opinion on all sub
ects and straig ht iOrwaTdnesS in every relation
of life secured for HIM i'll full measure the re.
spect and esteem of ali who knew him. He
| lived 10 the good old age of eghty-seven years
and ha departed with the kindest thoughts anC
recolle :tiOns OF his many friends clustering
around his memory. Thr G ons survive him
| hey are Charles A. Favour, of Sykesville. Md.
| Joseph &. Favour, of Fla lston, and John d
Favour, o. Everett, Mass. His funeral tool
place ut st. Johns Catholic Church, L nt
Green, on Friday. NJ.