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GEORGE FAVINGER
GEORGE FAVINGER, a farmer of
Elliott Township, was born May 10, 1833, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,
his parents being Samuel and Margaret (Ryan) Favinger, both natives of
Pennsylvania. George is the only one out of a family of ten children who came
to California. When he was thirteen years old he went to Ohio, thence to
Michigan, where he remained until 1869 when he emigrated to Wyoming Territory
and on the 2d of May, 1870, started for California with the intention of
purchasing a home. Soon after his arrival he bought 160 acres of railroad land
situated about three miles northwest of Lodi. At that time there was not a
building on the place; so, having a large tent they pitched it under a large
tree and lived there until their house was built. Mr. Favinger being a
carpenter, it was not long before he had a comfortable little cottage built for
his family, into which they moved and have remained there ever since. It is a
quiet little home, partly hidden in a grove of trees. Mr. Favinger was married
in 1854, in Ohio, to Miss Anna M. Barrett. He is a member of the Masonic order.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 569. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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