Hiram Treat Batchelder was the second President of the Chico Board of Trustees, the governing body of the city of Chico, California from 1873 to 1876. He served as a trustee of the Chico Normal School, and as County Clerk of Butte County, California.
He was born in Waldo County, Maine on December 14, 1838 , the son of Samuel B. Batchelder. He attended Hampden Academy, and Bowdoin College, although he did not graduate.
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