His death date may be April 5, 1898.

Note: There is also a memorial for Rueben H. Wilbur in Grand Junction, Colorado. See Memorial: #42732372.

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Biographical Sketch, Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska, Douglas County, City of Omaha, Part 1, Section 44, first published in 1882 by The Western Historical Company,
A. T. Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL.

R. H. WILBUR, traveling auditor of Union Pacific R. R., was born in Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y., April 26, 1825. His early life was spent as a merchant in New Lebanon, N. Y., up to 1856, three or four years of which time he was also interested in the milling business. After 1856 he was the agent in New York City for years of the North Middlesex Brown Stone Quarry Company. In 1861, at the breaking out of our late civil war, he was appointed First Lieutenant of Company I, One Hundred and Second New York Volunteer Infantry; was promoted to Captain of same company, then breveted Major, for meritorious services at Gettysburg, and afterwards appointed full Major of same regiment; was breveted Lieutenant-Colonel of same for meritorious services at Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge; then served on the staff of Gen. John W. Geary, from the battle of Antietam until close of the war. He was then retained for six months after the close of the war to December, 1865, in the War Department at Washington, D. C. as mustering officer, discharging in that time some 35,000 troops, more than any other mustering officer in the army. Attached to his discharge from the army may be found the following endorsement:

WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec., 1, 1865.
Eminent capacity, with high moral qualities, a brave, faithful and
meritorious officer.
(Signed)
Maj. Gen. John W. Geary, Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum, Maj. Gen. O. O.
Howard, Maj. Gen. C. C. Augur, Gen. W. T. Sherman.

Was then attached to the Internal Revenue Department of the United States Government for two and one-half years under E. A. Rawlins, Collector of Internal Revenue. In 1870 he permanently settled in Omaha, Neb., and first engaged in the book and stationery business, up to 1880, when he was appointed to his present position on the Union Pacific R. R. He served as Mayor of Omaha one term, and Police Judge one term. Is a member of Covert Lodge, A., F. & A. M., also member of Omaha Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. Married Miss Nancy E. Hitchcock, sister of the Hon. P. W. Hitchcock, of New York, September 24, 1846. Have six children, Harriet, Ella J., William H., Grace H., Lilian and Edward C., and three deceased.

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Served as Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, from 1877 to 1879.

Reuben Henry Wilbur, born in Chatham, New York in 1825, spent his early life as a merchant and a miller in New Lebanon, New York. In 1856 he became the agent in New York City for the North Middlesex Brown Stone Quarry Company.

Mr. Wilbur married Nancy Hitchcock, the sister of Nebraska Senator Phineas Hitchcock, in 1846; they had eight children. One son was born to his second wife, Martha Hughes, in 1893.
While serving as an officer in the Civil War as a member of the 102nd New York Volunteer Infantry, Captain Wilbur was cited for meritorious service at Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. Following his military service, he was attached to the Internal Revenue Department.

In 1870 he permanently settled in Omaha and first engaged in the book and stationery business. While serving as mayor for two years, he also served as a Police Judge. In 1880 he was named a traveling auditor for the Union Pacific Railroad.

He died in Grand Junction, Colorado in 1898.