Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Badillo, Pedro M. 1868 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)

PEDRO M. BADILLO, a member of one of the early California families, is a son of
Pedro P. Badillo, born in Los Angeles, February 24th, 1868. Pedro P. Badillo was
a son of Francisco, a native of Madrid, who came to California in 1812 and was
granted a large tract of land as a reward for valuable military services
rendered the Spanish government. He lived at Santa Barbara, where he married
Peralta Garcia, a native of that place. They had two children—a son, Pedro P.,
and a daughter, Tomasa, who for many years lived in Los Angeles, where she died
in 1874. After the father's death the son came into possession of valuable lands
in Santa Barbara county and of other holdings in Lower California. He married
Miss Jane Courtney, a native of California, daughter of Andrew Courtney, and
granddaughter of Michael White, one of the best-known American pioneers.

Pedro Badillo grew up in Los Angeles, and in 1892 married Delfina Enriquez.
Since 1893 he has been in the secret service of the United States customs
department of Southern California. In 1894 he distinguished himself by the
detection and capture of three Americans, who were expert smugglers, and
seventy-four pounds of opium smuggled into this country on the Malibu coast. The
men were tried, convicted and sent to the penitentiary. Mr. Badillo is widely
known, and highly esteemed for his kindness of heart and strict integrity. He
has two sons, Louis and Pedro. The family home is in Santa Monica Canon.


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Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief
history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County,
1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and
embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative
people.

Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)


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