Wilbur was born in 1896. Wilbur's father was Emerson Bunn and his mother was Mary Watson. He had two brothers named Fred and Jesse. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named Earl, Ray and Ella. He died in Clark,WY.
‌Wilbur and Ethel were married in a religious ceremony in 1917. They had a son and four daughters, named Wilbur E., Iva, Roberta, Viola and Virginia.