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Chauncey Vibbard (November 11, 1811 - June 5, 1891) was an American railroad executive and a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War. ==Early life== Born in Galway, New York on November 11, 1811, Vibbard attended the common schools and graduated from Nott's Academy for Boys in Albany, New York (now The Albany Academy).〔Thomas William Herringshaw, (Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography ), 1914, page 551〕〔D. Appleton and Company, (Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ), Volume 16, 1892, pages 659-660〕〔Albany Academy, (Celebration of the Semi-centennial Anniversary of the Albany Academy ), 1863, page 43〕 After graduation he served as clerk in a wholesale grocery store in Albany. He then moved to New York City, and in 1834 went to Montgomery, Alabama.〔Donald C. Ringwald, (Hudson River Day Line: The Story of a Great American Steamboat Company ), 1990, page 22〕 Upon returning to New York in 1836 Vibbard settled in Schenectady, and was appointed chief clerk of the Utica & Schenectady Railroad. He became a railroad freight and ticket agent in 1848.〔Engineering Journal magazine, (Obituary, Chauncey Vibbard ), Volume LXV, Number 7 (July, 1891), page 332〕 In the early 1850s Vibbard was one of the businessmen who consolidated several small New York railroads into the New York Central Railroad. From 1853 to 1865 he was the New York Central's General Superintendent.〔Larry Hart, Schenectady Gazette, (Famed Railroader Chauncey Vibbard Got Start in Schenectady ), May 1, 1995〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chauncey Vibbard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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