Santa Barbara County Biographies

J. C. ORTEGA

Submitted by Peggy Hooper

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J. C. ORTEGA, son of Stevan and Dogracia (Ruiz) Ortega, was born in Santa Barbara, 
March 19, 1850. At the age of fifteen years he left home and came to San Luis 
Obispo to attend school and prepare himself for a business life. In 1870 he took 
charge of the express business of Wells, Fargo & Co., and also the Pacific Coast Stage 
Company's business, remaining in that capacity until 1876. Mr. Ortega then engaged 
in the stationery business on his own account, continuing until 1885. Since that date 
he has been in the insurance and real-estate business. He was City Treasurer from 
1870 to 1880, the only public office he has ever held, although requested at various 
times to accept nominations. 

Mr. Ortega was married May 8, 1888, to Miss Mary Murphy, of San Francisco. They 
have one child. 

History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, California  - by 
C.M. Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan, Vol I, II.  -Lewis Publ. Co., 
Chicago, 1917.