(Living)

Family/Spouse: (Living). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. (Living)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Y
• Military: Wilbur Dean Herndon was a warrant officer in the US Army.
• US SSN: 526-54-2986
• Residence: Jan 1920, Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 8 Jan 1920, First Ward, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: Apr 1930, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 7 Apr 1930, First Ward, Hugo City, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States

Notes:

Death date and location are based on a single matching SSDI record for a Wilber Herndon born on 4 Sep 1913. (Note that the social security number was issued in Arizona.)

According to [Hugo-1937] Wilbur Dean Herndon was living in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas at the time of his grandmother’s death.

Most of the vital information on Wilbur Dean Herndon from source [Anderson-1964] has been corroborated by other sources including [US-SSA-1956a].

Residence:
402 East Clayton Avenue

Residence:
402 North 5th Street

Wilbur married Gwendaline Marguerite Bennett before Nov 1941 in (unknown). Gwendaline was born on 1 Dec 1918 in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, United States; died on 1 Feb 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Gwendolyn M Bennett

Notes:

Gwendaline Marguerite Bennett’s parents were Henry Clay Bennett and Mamie Buckley.

Death date and location are based on a single matching SSDI record for a “Gwen M. Hambrick” born 1 Dec 1918. Although there is evidence of another Gwen Hambrick, born around 1918 in California, this SSDI record also indicates that this individual was issued her social-security number in Texas providing additional evidence that this record actually refers to Gwendaline Marguerite (Bennett-Herndon) Hambrick.

Although they married in 1962, there is evidence that Gwendaline Marguerite (Bennett) Herndon and Joseph D. Hambrick may have been living together as early as 1952.

Notes:

The status of Gwendaline Marguerite Bennett’s marriage to Wilbur Dean Herndon is not known, but it is likely that they divorced as references are made in [Kirkpatrick-2013] to a number of half-siblings by a second marriage.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Railroad Conductor
• Census: 13 Jun 1900, Justice Precinct 1, Lamar County, Texas, United States
• Census: 25 Apr 1910, Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: Jan 1920, Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 8 Jan 1920, First Ward, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: Apr 1930, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 7 Apr 1930, First Ward, Hugo City, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States

Notes:

Residence:
402 East Clayton Avenue

Residence:
402 North 5th Street

Buried:
Block 2U, Row 4

William married Gertrude Irene Crain on 29 Jan 1911 in Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. Gertrude was born on 18 Jan 1883 in Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States; died after Apr 1930 in (unknown); was buried after Apr 1930 in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Jan 1920, Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 8 Jan 1920, First Ward, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: Apr 1930, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 7 Apr 1930, First Ward, Hugo City, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States

Notes:

Residence:
402 East Clayton Avenue

Residence:
402 North 5th Street

Buried:
Block 2U, Lot 35, Space 3

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Contractor and Mechanic
• Census: 21 Jul 1860, (unnamed precinct), Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States
• Census: 3 Jun 1880, Precinct #1, Lamar County, Texas, United States
• Census: 13 Jun 1900, Justice Precinct 1, Lamar County, Texas, United States
• Census: 25 Apr 1910, Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States

Notes:

George Wallace Herndon was enumerated with his mother and brothers in Precinct No. 1, Lamar County, Texas in 1880. The whereabouts of his wife, Mary Emma (Draper) Herndon and his two eldest sons Justin Alonzo Herndon and William Draper Herndon are not known.

Geroge Wallace Herndon’s headstone [Hugo-2002] lists his birth year as 1854.

Buried:
Block 2U, Lot 15, Space 1

George married Mary Emma Draper on 23 Dec 1875 in Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States. Mary (daughter of Robert Wilkins Draper and Susan Elliott Littlejohn) was born on 8 Jan 1857 in _______, Calhoun County, Alabama, United States; died on 6 Feb 1937 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States; was buried on 9 Feb 1937 in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Bronchial Pneumonia
• Census: 18 Jun 1860, Alexandria, Calhoun County, Alabama, United States
• Census: 30 Sep 1870, Beat No. 5 (Paris), Lamar County, Texas, United States
• Census: 13 Jun 1900, Justice Precinct 1, Lamar County, Texas, United States
• Census: 25 Apr 1910, Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: Jan 1920, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 2 Jan 1920, First Ward, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 3 Apr 1930, First Ward, Hugo City, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: Feb 1937, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States

Notes:

Mary Emma Draper was living in the home of her daughter Justina and son-in-law Edward A Dunne at the time of her death in 1937. This is corroborated by sources [Hugo-1934] and [Hugo-1937].

Mary Emma Draper’s headstone [Hugo-2002] has a birth date of 1856.

[TxDoH-1937a] has birth at Birmingham, Jackson County, Alabama.

Mary Emma Draper had been a resident of El Paso for three years when she died in 1937.

Residence:
505 East Jackson Street

Residence:
2810 Memphis Street

Buried:
Block 2U, Lot 15, Space 2

Notes:

[Anderson-1964] incorrectly lists 22 Dec 1875 as the date of George Wallace Herndon’s marriage to Mary Emma Draper.