Cumberland County, Maine - Orin B. Hibbard
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Biography
Orin B. Hibbard
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 63-64


Orin B. Hibbard, who is closely identified with the agricultural and industrial
interests of Bridgton, is the owner of one of the most comfortable
homesteads to be found in this locality. His farm contains one hundred and
forty-one acres of land, all well improved and under excellent tillage, with a
substantial residence, a good barn, and all the necessary out-buildings for
storing crops and sheltering  stock. Mr. Hibbard is a native of Milan,
N.H., where his birth occurred, April 27, 1830, his parents being Benjamin and
Hannah Hibbard. He was but eleven months old when be was brought to this State,
becoming then an inmate of his uncle's household, and residing with him until
fourteen years of age. Having concluded his studies in the district school, the
young lad then came to Bridgton, where he worked at farming and stone cutting
for several years. In July, 1862, be enlisted in Company I, Eleventh Maine
Volunteer Infantry, being mustered into service at Augusta. With his brave
comrades he took part in various battles, among them the battle of Bermuda
Hundred, Malvern Hill, the bombardment and siege of Fort Sumter and Charleston,
and the engagements at Drewry's Bluff and Deep Bottom, being wounded in the
latter fight by a shell which struck him in the ankle. He was then taken to
Point of Rocks, Va., where he remained until the end of his term of enlistment,
when, June 12, 1865, he was honorably discharged.

On his return to Bridgton Mr. Hibbard resumed his former occupation, continuing
until 1869, when he purchased sixty-six acres of land, these being included in
his present farm. He has since carried on mixed husbandry, engaging to some
extent in lumbering and dairying, and meeting with good success in all of his
operations. In politics he is a sound Republican, and, though not an aspirant
for official honors, was appointed Postmaster of West Bridgton, May 9, 1881. He
was removed during President Cleveland's first term, reappointed on petition
March 21, 1888, but resigned in a few months on account of ill health in his
family. Mr. Hibbard was also formerly a United States mail contractor. Socially,
he is a valued member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Hibbard became a
benedict in 1852, his marriage with Miss Elizabeth Goldthwait having been
solemnized October 22 of that year. Mrs. Hibbard is a native of Bridgton, and
has borne her husband nine children, as follows: Rebecca, Lizzie, Horace
(deceased), Irving, Abbie, George (deceased), John, Wilmot, and Winnifred, the
last of whom is also no longer living.