Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
Genealogy of the Lindell, Herndon, Bonnell, and Fairbanks families.

Robert Ben Herndon[1]

Male 1908 - 1968  (59 years)


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  • Name Robert Ben Herndon  [2]
    Birth 3 Aug 1908  Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male
    US SSN 526104893  [3
    Occupation Manager, soda fountain  [4
    Census 25 Apr 1910  Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 10 Jan 1920  Ward 3, Hugo Town, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence Apr 1930  Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Census 10 Apr 1930  Ward 3, Tucson City, Pima County, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence Apr 1935  Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence Apr 1940  Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 8 Apr 1940  Ward 2, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 26 Jul 1968  San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I2708  Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 May 2014

    Father Richard Ben Herndon,   b. 8 Jun 1881, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1908, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
    Mother Carrie Westbrook,   b. Abt 1893, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 25 Sep 1907  Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F1485  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family (Living)
    Children 
     1. (Living)
    Family ID F1955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2019

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Aug 1908 - Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 25 Apr 1910 - Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 10 Jan 1920 - Ward 3, Hugo Town, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Apr 1930 - Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Apr 1935 - Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Apr 1940 - Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Jul 1968 - San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • According to his birth certificate [Lamar-1941a], Robert Ben Herndon had an older sibling. [2]
    • Robert Ben Herndon is enumerated in the household of a “James A Fowler” in [US-1940-1g]. James Fowler is listed as the uncle of all the adults in that household. But...since this man is unlikely that to be a blood relation of Robert Ben Herndon, it is assumed that he is the blood relation of Robert Ben Herndon’s wife, Emma’s. [4]

  • Reference  Herndon, William Robert. "Robert Ben Herndon", Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. [Online]. Available: https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I2708&sitever=mobile&tree=LindellHerndon. [Accessed: 09-Jun-2026].

  • Sources 
    1. [S315] [Herndon-2025] Herndon, William Robert, Lindell-Herndon Genealogy, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin: By the author, 2025.

    2. [S237] [Lamar-1941a] "Delayed Birth Certificate - Robert Ben Herndon," Paris Texas: County Clerk’s Office, Lamar County, register L-2734.

    3. [S462] [CaDoHS-2000b] "Death Entry - Robert Ben Herndon," California Death Index, 1940 - 1997, Sacramento, California: California Department of Health Services - Office of Vital Records (via ancestry.com).

    4. [S386] [US-1940-1g] "Ward 2, Tucson City, Pima County, Arizona," Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940,
      Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T627, roll 111, E.D. 10-7, sheet 6A.

    5. [S208] [US-1910-1b] "Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma," Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910,
      Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T624, roll 1247, E.D. 58, sheet 15B.

    6. [S461] [US-1920-1p] "Ward 3, 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. 65, sheet 4B.

    7. [S333] [US-1930-1k] "Ward 3, Tucson City, Pima County, Arizona," Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930,
      Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T626, roll 61, E.D. 10-39, sheet 1A.

    8. [S113] [Anderson-1964] Anderson, Ethel Nichols et al., Draper Families in America, Nashville, Tennessee: The Parthenon Press, 1964.


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