Gilbert, Frank T.  "Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and
Garfield Counties, Washington Territory; and Umatilla County, Oregon."
Portland, OR: Print & Lithographing House of A. G. Walling, 1882. p. a14.
 
A. J. FAVOR

     was born October 23, 1842, in Dover, Maine, and at the age of nineteen left
the parental home to join the grand army then fighting to suppress the Great
Rebellion. He remained in the service one and a half years, when he was
discharged on account of general debility. Hoping to regain his health as well
as fortune, Mr. Favor moved to Nevada, where he grew well and strong. At the
expiration of about three years, he resolved to press farther west, and
accordingly came to Lewiston, Idaho Territory, where his brother, Daniel Favor,
then lived. This was in the year 1866, when Lewiston was an inland metropolis.
Here our subject engaged for a number of years in driving stage between Lewiston
and Pendleton and intermediate points, being at that time, and at present, most
widely known as "Vine" Favor.  On September 21, 1873, Mr. Favor "took unto
himself an helpmate" in the person of Miss Lena Camp, daughter of Benj. and May
Camp of Waitsburg, W. T.  Soon after their marriage, the newly wedded couple
settled on their farm in the present limits of Pataha City, the illustration of
which is given in this work. Mr. Favor is the original proprietor of Pataha
City, and has made many liberal donations of lots and water rights to parties
desiring to help build and develop the town. This gentleman, through his good
judgment and enterprise, has accumulated an extensive property both of live
stock and valuable real estate. Mr. and Mrs. Favor have no children.

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Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in February 2007 by Diana Smith.

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