2. Rueben Wilburn (Lewis ) was born in 1808 in , , North Carolina, USA. He died on 24 Apr 1894 in , Laurel Co., Kentucky.
Date of death verified from "Deaths Reported to the Laurel River Association of United Baptists, 1876-1904", in "Branches of Laurel" (Laurel Co., Ky.), Vol. I, #1, 1986, p. 19.
Rueben married Sarah Burchett in 1834/1835. Sarah was born in 1809 in , , Va. or Tenn..
They had the following children:
3 F i Caroline Wilburn was born in 1836 in , , Tennessee, USA. 4 F ii Susan Wilburn was born in 1838 in , , Kentucky, USA. 5 M iii Hezekiah Wilburn was born in 1839 in , , Kentucky, USA. Hezekiah married Emily (Wilburn) Egan (?) on 22 Nov 1860. 6 F iv Mary Jane Wilburn was born in 1842 in , , Kentucky, USA. + 7 M v Lewis Wilburn was born on 5 Jul 1843 and died on 18 Mar 1922. 8 M vi RUBEN Wilburn was born in 1846 in , , Kentucky, USA. 9 M vii Buryl Wilburn was born in 1847 in , , Kentucky, USA. Buryl married Frances (?) (Wilburn) Hodges on 23 Jan 1868. 10 M viii George B. Wilburn was born in 1848 in , , Kentucky, USA. George married (Wilburn) on 3 Mar 1873. 11 F ix Lucinda Wilburn was born in 1850 in , , Kentucky, USA.