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HENRY F. FAVORITE, deceased; was born in Monroe Township, Miami Co., near Tippecanoe, June 10, 1832; he was a descendant of Abraham Favorite, of Maryland, and Eve Long, of Virginia; Abraham Favorite was a pioneer settler of this county, coming here just previous to the war of 1812, in which struggle he served as a teamster. He was married twice; first to Elizabeth Swihank, of a family of early settlers; nine children were the issue of this union, five of whom grew up to maturity; Eve Long, his second wife, comes from a distinguished family of pioneers of Greene Co.; there were ten children in the family; three of the sons became ministers of the Gospel—two in the German Reformed and one in the M. E. Church; Abraham Favorite was by profession an agriculturist; he was born in 1786 and died in 1848; his wife, Eve, was born in 1798 and died May 9, 1878; three sons and three daughters were born to this second union, all living but the subject of this sketch; he was the second child of this family, and was reared on the farm of his nativity until he arrived at his majority; in 1864, he purchased a farm in Concord Township and moved to it; this place he cultivated for five years, and then disposed of it; in a few months, he purchased the present place, where he passed the remnant of his days, his death occurring April 30, 1877. Mr. Favorite was admired for his many sterling virtues; although not committed to any religious creed, he practiced the principles of Christianism in his intercourse with the world; in all his transactions with his fellow-men, integrity was the ruling element; he was an active member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and a charter member of the Pleasant Hill Lodge; his death brought a loss to the community in which he lived, as well as an irreparable one to the family which he left behind. He was married Nov. 22, 1862, to Carrie Byrkett, of this county, near Tippecanoe; her father, Abraham Byrkett, was a native of North Carolina, and is still living in Monroe Township, whither he had immigrated at an early day; he was married to Mary Chrisman, of Virginia, a descendant of early settlers of this county; her father’s house was the home of the pioneer Methodist ministers; her death occurred Feb. 11, 1872, lamented by all who knew her. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Byrkett —seven daughters and two sons, three of whom died when very young. Four daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Favorite, all of whom are still living with their mother.