Wilbur Dean Herndon (1913 - 1996): Lindell-Herndon Genealogy

1913 - 1996 (82 years)

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Name	Wilbur Dean Herndon [2]
Birth	4 Sep 1913	Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States [2]
Gender	Male
Military Service	Y
Military	Wilbur Dean Herndon was a warrant officer in the US Army. [3]
US SSN	526-54-2986 [4]
Residence	Jan 1920	Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States [5]
402 East Clayton Avenue
Census	8 Jan 1920	First Ward, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States [5]
Residence	Apr 1930	Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States [6]
402 North 5th Street
Census	7 Apr 1930	First Ward, Hugo City, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States [6]
Death	17 Jan 1996	Washington, District of Columbia, United States [4]
Burial	Aft 17 Jan 1996	Arlington National Cemetery (Section 67, Site 3132), Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Person ID	I2091	Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
Last Modified	16 Apr 2017

Father	William Draper Herndon, b. 26 Jan 1879, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States d. 21 May 1945, (unknown) (Age 66 years)
Mother	Gertrude Irene Crain, b. 18 Jan 1883, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States d. Aft Apr 1930, (unknown) (Age > 47 years)
Marriage	29 Jan 1911	Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States [7]
Family ID	F1484	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Gwendaline Marguerite Bennett, b. 1 Dec 1918, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, United States d. 1 Feb 2008, Baltimore, Maryland, United States (Age 89 years)

Marriage Bef Nov 1941 (unknown) [8]

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. [8]

Children

	1. (Living)
	2. (Living)

Family ID F1497 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 4 Sep 2016

Family 2	(Living)
Family ID	F1879	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	10 Mar 2019

Event Map

	Birth - 4 Sep 1913 - Hugo, 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
	Death - 17 Jan 1996 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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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.) [4]
According to [Hugo-1937] Wilbur Dean Herndon was living in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas at the time of his grandmother’s death. [9]
Most of the vital information on Wilbur Dean Herndon from source [Anderson-1964] has been corroborated by other sources including [US-SSA-1956a]. [2, 10]

Reference Herndon, William Robert. "Wilbur Dean Herndon", Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. [Online]. Available: https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I2091&tree=LindellHerndon. [Accessed: 19-May-2026].

Sources

[S315] [Herndon-2025] Herndon, William Robert, Lindell-Herndon Genealogy, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin: By the author, 2025.
[S113] [Anderson-1964] Anderson, Ethel Nichols et al., Draper Families in America, Nashville, Tennessee: The Parthenon Press, 1964.
[S592] [US-NCA-1996a] "Burial Record of Wilbur Dean Herndon," U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775 - 2006, Washington, District of Columbia: US Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration.
[S1] [US-SSA-SSDI] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Washington, District of Columbia: Social Security Administration (SSA), 2016.
[S471] [US-1920-1r] "First Ward, Hugo Town, Choctaw County, Oklahoma," Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920,
Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T625, roll 1456, E.D. 63, sheet 7A.
[S591] [US-1930-1s] "First Ward, Hugo City, Choctaw County, Oklahoma," Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930,
, Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T626, roll 1897, E.D. 12-8, sheet 9B.
[S244] [Choctaw-1911a] "Marriage License of W. D. Herndon and Gertrude Irene Crain," Hugo, Oklahoma: Office of the Choctaw County Clerk of Court.
[S531] [Kirkpatrick-2013] Kirkpatrick, Donald, "Descendants of Wilbur Dean Herndon".
[S248] [Hugo-1937] "Obituary of M. E. Herndon," Hugo Daily News, page 1.
[S1476] [US-SSA-1956a] "Original SSN - Wilbur Deen Herndon," Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936 - 2007 (index), Washington, District of Columbia: Social Security Administration.

Wilbur Dean Herndon[1]

Wilbur Dean Herndon^[1]