Favrot, Henry L.

Submitted by Mike Miller

Henry L. Favrot, attorney, New Orleans, La., is a native-born resident of Louisiana, his birth occurring in West Baton Rouge parish, July 21, 1863. He was the son of Col. Henry M. Favrot, who was also a native of West Baton Rouge parish, born November 1, 1826, and who was superintendent of army records in the Army of Northern Virginia, Louisiana division. The latter served two terms as a member of the Louisiana state legislature before the war, and was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1879. His death occurred April 15, 1887. His father, Judge Louis Favrot, was born in New Orleans in 1788, and served as judge of the parish of West Baton Rouge from 1822 until 1845. He was a major in the War of 1812, and participated in the battle of New Orleans. He died June 28, 1876. He was the son of Pierre Joseph De Favrot, who was a native of Louisiana, and bore a conspicuous part in the military affairs of the province of Louisiana up to the time of the transfer of it to the United States. He died in Paris, France, in 1778. He was a Knight of the Order of St. Louis. Pierre Joseph De Favrot was the son of Claude Joseph De Favrot, a native of France who immigrated to America in 1729, and settled in the province of Louisiana. He was a captain, holding his commission under Louis XV. of France. His father was Joseph De Favrot, the first of the name of whom any record is preserved and who was an engineer under the the celebrated Vauban, who planned the campaign of Holland under Louis XIV. Joseph De Favrot died in 1708. All the earlier members of the family were members of the Order of St. Louis. The mother of our subject was Celestine Dubroca, a native of West Baton Rouge, La., born May 10, 1841. She is still living. Her father, Valentin Dubroca, was a native of Mobile, Ala., and son of Bernard Dubroca, who was a native also of Mobile, Ala. A brother of our subject's mother, Col. E. M. Dubroca, commanded the Thirteenth Louisiana in the Civil war, and he distinguished himself in the battle of Chickamauga, in which engagement he received a wound. He died in September, 1889. Henry L. Favrot was educated in Louisiana State university, which he was compelled to leave just one month before graduation on account of sickness. That was in 1884. For four years following this he was engaged as a planter in West Baton Rouge parish, conducting also a plantation store. In November, 1888, he entered the law department of Tulane university, from which he graduated in 1889, and in November of the last named year, he entered upon the practice of law in New Orleans, of which city he is now a prominent member of the bar. He is the partner of A. K. Amacker, the firm name being Favrot & Amacker. They are the local attorneys for the Manufacturers, Importers & Jobbers' Collection company of Cincinnati. In politics Mr. Favrot is a democrat, and he is a member of the Municipal Reform association, of New Orleans. He took an active part in dealing out justice to the Italian murderers of Chief of Police David C. Hennessey, being one of the original signers of the call, and ever since then he has been a member of the committee of safety. He is an anti-lottery man, and is very strong in his convictions. Mr. Favrot is also a member of the Chess, Checker and Whist club. He is a talented and enterprising young man and stands very high in the opinion of all.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 1), p. 409. Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.