Monterey-Napa County CA Archives Biographies.....Willey, Robert H. 1852 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

ROBERT H. WILLEY, a member of the Monterey county bar and resident of Monterey
city, is a native of the city of New York, having been born there, Novmeber
[sic] 18, 1852. His father, an Englishman, was a surgeon of the English navy,
and the son's birth was an incident of the parents visit to America and stay in
New York city. Robert spent his boyhood and youth in the county of Yorkshire,
England, where he received his early education. When he was seventeen years of
age he visited this country with his father, and coming to San Francisco entered
into the study of law. He was admitted to the bar of the State Supreme Court, in
1877, and commenced the practice of his profession in Napa city. In 1879 he
located at Monterey, where he has acquired the confidence of the public at large
and enjoys a large and lucrative practice.

  His marriage occurred, in Napa city, to Miss Susie C. Racher, March 1, 1877.
She is a daughter of A. G. Racher, a resident merchant of San Diego, California.
Mr. and Mrs. Willey have three beaatiful children, two sons and one daughter.

  Besides his other practice, Mr. Willey is the Attorney for the city of
Monterey. These two youug people are among the best of the society of the little
city where they have the pleasure of residing, and are respected by their large
circle of acquaintances.


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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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