The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-19
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W. II. HIBBARD,
One Of the representatives in the
Council from the Second ward, is a
native Of Pittsford, Monroe county, n.
Y, where he was born in the year 1874.
At eleven years of age he removed to
Ypsilanti, Michigan, residing there
until November 1862, at which time be
enlisted in the Seventh Michigan cav
airy serving alternately under Generals
Sheridan, Fitzpatrick and the iamented
Custer until the close Of the var In
June 1866 Mr.. Hubbard and the Seventh
Michigan crossed the plains and were
stationed on the stage road between
Fl. Collins and Sulphur Springs for
several months. In December 1865,
the regiment was ordered to Leaven-
worth, Kansas, at which place Mr..
Hubbard was mustered out of the SER
vice. Returning to Ypsilanti he re-
manned until the spring Of 1865, when
he removed to Omaha, entering into the
employ of the Western Union Telegraph
company as a repairer on the Overland
Line. The following spring he was
appointed foreman of construction,
which position he filed until the COM
pletion of the Union Pacific railway.
He then received the appointment of
foreman of construction and repairs
between Omaha and Salt Lake. In
February 1876 Mr.. Hubbard left the
employ of the Union Pacific road for
the purpose of looking after the inter-
est of the Cheyenne & Black Hills Tel
egraph line, of which he is now super
intendent. Mr.. Hibbard in the vari-
u positions to which he has been
called has proven himself worthy and
well qualified. His energy and indus
try have placed him in the ranks
amongst our leading citizens-
ISAAC BERGMAN,
Our worthy City Treasurer is a native
of Germany about thirty years old and
married. He emigrated early to the
United States, locating in New York
City, where he was engaged for some
years in the dry goods business. In
1868 he removed to Cheyenne and has
since resided here continuously. Five
years Of the time he was a valued en-
ploye in the clothing establishment of
the well known Peter Smith. He is
now, and has been for nearly three
years past, n Of the popular statesmen
in the large clothing house Of Mr.. B.
Holman, on Sixteenth street. Mr..
Bergman is now serving his fifth year
as City Treasurer, which continued
service alone is ample evidence OF his
capacity and integrity. Genial in
manner, finished in education, he is
regarded one Of the most satisfactory
cit officers on the roster.
MARVIN 4. wALDRAvEN,
!, Chief Of the Cheyenne Fire Depart.
.nent, was born at Little Falls, Saginaw
county, N. Y. December %, 1941.
Early in life he removed to Brooklyn,
remaining there until twelve years old,
at which time he emigrated to Marys-
vile, California. After remaining there
a couple Of years, he paid a short visit
to his old homein New York, and soon
afterwards located in butchering bust
ness at Memphis, Tennessee, carrying
on one of the largest establishments of
the kind in the United States. Upon
the breaking out of the great civil war
of 1915, he espoused the cause of the
south, serving four years, part of the
time in the army under General Leoni-
das Polk, and the remainder under
General Gideon j. Pillow. While in
the ranks under the latter, he served
for a while as acting commissary of
subsistence. "Con" Waldraven, as he
is familiarly called by his intimate
friends came to Cheyenne in 1868, and
has since resided here. This only harm
that a be said of him is the fact of
his being an old bachelor. Comp
weighs about 40 pounds, is 5 feet 9
inches tail, and was chosen chief of the
Cheyenne Fire Department in January
last. So far as we can learns his man
agement of the Department, with the
means at his command, is perfectly sat
isfactory to the members of the City
Council and our citizens generally.