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Medal Chief Pushmataha. In addition to being conversant in the Muskhogean language, Simon probably was multilingual, speaking also English, French and Spanish.
Simon was bom May 31, 1760, and was baptized on the next day in Mobile. On March 3 (?) 1801, he married Celeste Rochon, daughter of Augustine Rochon, native of Mobile and widower of Marie Jeanne LaPointe and Louise Fievre. He died in 1813 (do we know where he is buried?). His descendants fought in the Civil War and became prominent lumbermen during the late 19lh century.
Simon was prominent in British, Spanish and American records that cover the important period when these governments competed over control of West Florida. Two of his plantations were located along the east bank the East Pearl River that formed the international boundary between Spain and England and later between Spain and the United States. His strategic location may have contributed not only to Favre?s political importance but also to his wealth.
Records indicate that Simon Favre had ?two plantations that he inherited from his father, Jean Favre, each one containing 1200 arpents; one is located on the left of the Little Pearl River and the other on the right of the Large Pearl River.? (reference) The [which one ?] plantation was ?about six leagues up the Pearl River from where it empties into the Rigolets? (Spanish West Florida Records, Louisiana State Museum, Book a, no. 3: 173-4). Like his father, Simon continued to live and work in Mobile. British authorities were aware of Simon?s activities along the coast and were often less than pleased with the young Favre?s interaction with the Native tribes. During the administration of Governor Peter Chester (1770-1781), rum was said to ?pour down upon our nation...particularly from the House of Simon Favre??1'.
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