Benjamin Washington WilburnAge: 47 years1893–1941
- Name
- Benjamin Washington Wilburn
- Given names
- Benjamin Washington
- Surname
- Wilburn
 Birth | November 18, 1893 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 22 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Marriage | Thelma Grace Gillmore — View this family calculated 1917 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Beulah Charline Wilburn May 21, 1918 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 24 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Census | January 16, 1920 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Chesleigh Deon “Tex” Wilburn May 11, 1921 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 35 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 7, 1930 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Oscar Gayle Wilburn June 17, 1930 (Age 36 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Birva Elmer Webb — Beulah Charline Wilburn — View this family December 21, 1935 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1940 (Age 46 years) |
 Death | June 5, 1941 (Age 47 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Horton Cemetery |
| Family with Thelma Grace Gillmore |
| himself |
Benjamin Washington Wilburn Birth: November 18, 1893 — Texas, United States Death: June 5, 1941 |
| wife |
Thelma Grace Gillmore Birth: February 12, 1898 29 28 — Franklin, Texas, United States Death: October 11, 1978 — Lubbock, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1917 — |
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17 months daughter |
Beulah Charline Wilburn Birth: May 21, 1918 24 20 — Upshur, Texas, United States Death: November 11, 2004 — Texas, United States |
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3 years son |
Chesleigh Deon “Tex” Wilburn Birth: May 11, 1921 27 23 — Upshur, Texas, United States Death: November 15, 1987 — San Bernardino, California, United States |
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9 years son |
Oscar Gayle Wilburn Birth: June 17, 1930 36 32 — Hunt, Texas, United States Death: May 16, 1993 — Jefferson, Texas, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Ben W Wilburn - Household
Upshur, Texas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Ben W Wilburn - Household
Hunt, Texas
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Ben W Wilburn - Household
Main Street Horton to Commerce Delta, Texas
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