Joseph Thomas HERBERT^[1]

1840 - 1908  (67 years)

• Name	Joseph Thomas HERBERT
  Birth	10 Oct 1840	Norfolk Co, VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	21 Jul 1860	St. Brides Parish, Norfolk Co, VA   [3]
  	Joseph made his living as a farmer.
  Death	24 Apr 1908	Portsmouth City, VA   [2, 4]
  	Joseph died of "natural causes" on 24 April 1908 in Portsmouth, Virginia. He was 67 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	Portsmouth City, VA   [4]
  	His body was interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I1475	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Maximillian HERBERT,   b. c. 1806, Virginia d. 30 Sep 1862, Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co, VA (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Lydia Herbert NASH,   b. c. 1805, Virginia
  Marriage	30 Apr 1827	Gosport, Norfolk Co, VA   [5]
  	The couple was married in Gosport, Virginia by Rev. Wingfield on Monday, 30 April 1827.
  Notes	Maximillian and Lydia were 4th cousins. Their closest shared ancestors were John and Hanna Horne Herbert.
  Family ID	F102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pauline NICHOLAS,   b. 26 Mar 1848, Princess Anne Co, VA d. 3 Mar 1893 (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	27 Apr 1870	Norfolk Co, VA   [1]
  	The couple was married in Norfolk County, Virginia on 27 April 1870.
  Children	1. Eula S. HERBERT,   b. 8 Feb 1871, Norfolk Co, VA d. 27 Apr 1951 (Age 80 years)   2. James Brodie HERBERT,   b. 23 Sep 1873, Norfolk County, VA d. 15 Aug 1914, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 40 years)   3. Cleveland Contee HERBERT,   b. 24 Jul 1884   d. 9 Dec 1932 (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  1900 census in hard file. Civil War: Porter, pp. 169-171.

  
  

• Sources

  [S315] Joseph T. Herbert - Pauline Nicholas Norfolk Co, VA marriage license no. 10241 (1870). [S1359] Joseph Thomas Herbert ledger stone. Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, VA. [S4757] 1860 US Census / Herbert, Maximillian. [S1245] Oak Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. [S4968] Bernard J. Henley, compiler, Henley Marriage & Obituary Database. American Beacon and Norfolk & Portsmouth Daily Advertiser, (3 May 1827) p. 3, c. 2.