Alpheus H. Favour
Member of the Arizona Senate
from the Yavapai County district
In office
January 1925 – December 1932
Preceded byCharles H. Rutherford
Howard Cornick
Succeeded byPerry McArthur
Personal details
Born1880
DiedDecember 30, 1939
Rochester, New York
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseEva
ChildrenAlpheus L., John, Catharine, and Mary
ResidencePrescott, Arizona
ProfessionPolitician

Alpheus H. Favour (1880-1939) was an American politician from Arizona. He served a four consecutive terms in the Arizona State Senate during the 7th through the 10th Arizona State Legislatures, holding one of the two seats from Yavapai County.

Biography

Favour was born in 1880.[1] He was the vice-president of the Bank of Arizona. He was married to Eva Favour, and they had four children: Alpheus L., John, Catharine, and Mary.[1][2][3][4] In 1936, he wrote the definitive biography of the famous mountain man, Old Bill Williams, entitled, Old Bill Williams: Mountain Man.[5][6] In late November 1939, Favour went to the Mayo Clinic for treatment and observation. While there, he developed streptococcus, which got progressively worse and resulted in his death on December 30, 1939, at the hospital in Rochester, New York.[1][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Prescott Attorney Dies in East Sat". Williams News. January 4, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved September 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Ex-Teacher Merchant Dies At 75". Arizona Daily Star. November 27, 1984. p. 3. Retrieved September 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Pathways of Old Memories". Arizona Daily Sun. September 2, 1965. p. 4. Retrieved September 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Mary Favour Hazeltine". Arizona Daily Sun. February 20, 2005. p. 18. Retrieved September 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Favour, Alpheus H. (1962). Old Bill Williams: Mountain Man. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0806116986. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Up Old Bill's Hill". Arizona Republic. August 26, 2004. p. 87. Retrieved September 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "A. H. Favour Rites Arranges". Arizona Republic. January 3, 1940. p. 9. Retrieved September 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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