WI BIO - Dane Co - HIBBARD, John M.
Biographical Review of Dane County, WI. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 
1893, Vol I, p 202

John M. HIBBARD, Postmaster of Stoughton, Dane County, WI, was born in 
LaFayette, Walworth County, WI, 19 Jan 1849, a son of Richard M. and Mary 
(MASON) HIBBARD, the former a native of Hadley [Hampshire County], MA, and 
the latter of Pompey, Onondaga County, NY. The paternal grandfather came to 
WI when it was remarkably new, and was in Milwaukee when that city had only 
two or three houses. His son, now deceased, the father of our subject, 
accompanied him, and was ever after identified with Walworth County, WI. In 
early life he followed farming, but was later engaged as a merchant at Troy 
[Walworth County], WI. The maternal grandfather of our subject now resides 
in Waukesha County, WI, aged ninety-five.

John M. HIBBARD, the second of five children, one son and four daughters, 
received his education in the country schools, and at the age of sixteen 
years graduated at the Stoughton High School. He was then employed as a 
grocery clerk in Milwaukee three years, and later as a bookkeeper in the same 
establishment. In Sep 1869 he was appointed Assistant Postmaster, under A. 
C. CROFT, of Stoughton, five and a half years, later was appointed 
Postmaster, under Postmaster General Marshall JEWETT, and has held this 
position under [Presidents] Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, and 
Harrison.

John M. HIBBARD was married 16 Nov 1870 to Jennie E. WARREN, a native of NY, 
but who came to WI in childhood, where she was educated in the Stoughton High 
School. She is a daughter of E. E. WARREN, a carpenter by occupation. John 
M. and Jennie E. (WARREN) HIBBARD have four children: (1) Fleta B., wife of 
W. C. HEGELMEYER, a stenographer at the Stoughton Wagon Works; (2) Waldo W., 
clerk of the Stoughton post office; (3) Loretta D., and (4) Walter E.

John M. HIBBARD affiliates with the Republican party; socially he is a member 
of the Odd Fellows order; and religiously favors the Universalist Church. 
Five generations are now living and the five recently held a reunion at the 
home of our subject, a most rare and remarkable occurrence.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly