Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, Hibbard pursued academic studies, then read law with Nathan B. Felton and Charles A. Morrison in Haverhill and Exeter, New Hampshire.

He was appointed judge of the New Hampshire Supreme Court in March 1873 and served until 1874,[2] when he resigned and continued the practice of law.

Hibbard died in Laconia, on July 24, 1903 (age 76 years, 358 days).

Son of Silas and Olive Albee,[3] Hibbard married Mary Houston Bell on December 5, 1853, and they had four children, Charles Bell, Jennie Olive, Walter Silas, and Laura Bartlett.

[4] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress