Villard, Henry
journalist, financier, was born April 11, 1835, in Germany. He subsequently became the European correspondent of the New York Tribune.
In 1870 he engaged in Germany in the negotiation of American railway securities. Representing clients, he gained control of the Oregon Steamship company and other transportation routes of which he was made president in 1875.
VILLEPIGUE, JOHN BORDENAVE, soldier, was born July 2, 1830, in Camden, S. C. He joined the Confederate army, and attained the rank of major-general.
He died Nov. 9, 1862, in Port Hudson, La.