Person:Wilbur Knight (5)

DEATH: Social Security Death Index Record Name: Wilbur H. Knight SSN: 520-09-7441 Last Residence: 39211 Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States of America Born: 8 May 1921 Died: 21 May 1998 State (Year) SSN issued: Wyoming (Before 1951 ) Source Citation: Number: 520-09-7441;Issue State: Wyoming;Issue Date: Before 1951. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. Original data: Social Security Adminisration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security

BIOGRAPHY: U.S. Public Records Index Record Name: Wilbur H Knight Birth Date: 8 May 1921 Street Address: 2030 Southwood Rd City: Jackson County: Hinds State: Mississippi Zip Code: 39211 Phone Number: 601-366-5432 Household Members: Name Est. Age Birth Year Betty F Knight 87 1919 Wilbur H Knight 85 1921 Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Compiled from various U.S. public records.

Drilling Ahead The Quest for Oil in the Deep South 1945-005 Alan Cockrell - Page 9 Wilbur Knight of Union Producing Company. Raised in Laramie, Wil Knight was a product of the University of Wyoming's geology department. Union Producing Company hired him as a geological scout immediately after graduation and sent him to Jackson where he became heavily involved in the Tinsley development. His Army ROTC reserve commission was activated in 1942, snatching him away to the war. Union snatched him back after his discharge in 1945. He worked his way up to district geologist, where he was actively involved in almost every major play in the Southeast in the forties and fifties.

CENSUS: 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Wilbur Knight Home in 1930: West Laramie, Albany, Wyoming Age: 8 Estimated birth year: abt 1922 Relation to Head of House: Son Father's name: Samuel H Mother's name: Edwina H Occupation: Household Members: Name Age Samuel H Knight 37 Edwina H Knight 35 Wilbur Knight 8 Eleanor Knight 9 Edward H Hall 71 Harry A Stone 23 Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: West Laramie, Albany, Wyoming; Roll: 2621; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 110.0.

BURIAL: U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 Name: Wilbur Hall Knight Service Info.: 1ST LT US ARMY WORLD WAR II Birth Date: 8 May 1921 Death Date: 21 May 1998 Cemetery: Green Hill Cemetery Cemetery Address: Laramie, WY 82070 Source Information: National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database

OBITUARY: In The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, dated May 22, 1998 there is a small "blurb" in the Jackson-Area Deaths that reads: JACKSON--Wilbur H. Knight, 77, geologist; 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Greenhill Cemetery in Laramie, Wyo., Stryker Funeral Home in Laramie, Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home.