Monterey-San Benito County CA Archives Biographies.....Villegas, Ygnacio P. 1847 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

YGNACIO P. VILLEGAS.-The subject of this sketch is a native of Lower California,
having been born near Cape St. Lucas, October 3, 1848. His father, Francis
Villegas, was born in Mexico, but took up his residence in Alta California in 1848.

  Ygnacio was reared a vicurio and from 1849 to 1874 his parents lived in
Monterey on the Pacheco ranch, and later on the Los de Paicenes and also at San
Juan. Mr. Villegas followed the life of a vicurio until 1868, excepting the year
1858, which he spent in the mines of California. He received a liberal education
at the Santa Clara College, where he studied telegraphy and since then has been
in the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, with the exception of
two years.  He located at Soledad, May 15, 1876.

  He married at San Juan, in 1871, Miss Gaudalupe Salgardo, a lady of California
birth. She died in 1887, at Soledad, leaving a family of two daughters and five
sons.

  Mr. Villegas is highly esteemed for his sterling traits of character, and is
regarded by the railroad company that employs him as an astute and faithful
employee.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.

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