William L. David VIRNELSON^{[1, 2]}

1837 - 1893  (56 years)

• Name	William L. David VIRNELSON
  Birth	15 Aug 1837	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  marriage bond	28 Oct 1858	Halifax Co, NC   [4]
  census 1860 - free	17 Jul 1860	Portsmouth, VA   [5]
  war	20 Apr 1861	Portsmouth, VA   [6]
  	On 20 April 1861 in Portsmouth, VA William enlisted in Company G, 9th Virginia Infantry. Confederate records indicate that William deserted on 6 September 1862, but there does not appear to have been any punishment for this action.
  census 1870	9 Aug 1870	Portsmouth, VA   [7]
  	William and his family lived next door to his mother, Telitha James Virnelson, in Aug of 1870.
  census 1880	Jun 1880	Portsmouth, VA   [8]
  	William and his family lived next door to his mother, Telitha James Virnelson, on Effingham Street in Jun of 1880.
  Death	7 Dec 1893	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  	William died of apoplexy [stroke] in Portsmouth, Virginia on 7 December 1893. He was 56 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	10 Dec 1893	Portsmouth City, VA   [9]
  	His body was interred on 10 December 1893 in his family plot at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I1560	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	William S. VIRNELSON,   b. 23 Nov 1806, Virginia d. 15 Jun 1851 (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Telitha Bacon JAMES,   b. 4 Jan 1813, Norfolk Co, VA d. 31 Jan 1888, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	29 Dec 1831	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA   [3]
  	The couple was married in Portsmouth, Virginia by the Rev. Thomas Webb on 29 December 1831.
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adelia A. DENBY,   b. 4 Jul 1843, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA d. 23 May 1889, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1858	Halifax Co, NC   [4]
  	The couple was married later that day in Halifax County by E.N. Pitman.
  Children	1. Clifford Denby VIRNELSON,   b. Dec 1864, Virginia   2. Russell VIRNELSON,   b. c.1864, Portsmouth City, VA d. 20 Dec 1865, Portsmouth City, VA   3. Mary N. VIRNELSON,   b. 25 Dec 1866, Portsmouth City, VA d. 23 Sep 1932 (Age 65 years)   4. William Boyd VIRNELSON,   b. 17 Apr 1876, Portsmouth City, VA d. 10 Jan 1883, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 6 years)
  Family ID	F123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  death register notes occupation as carpenter.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4205] Telitha B. Virnelson will (1888), Portsmouth City, VA Will Book 2, pp. 58-59. [S5066] W.L.D. Virnelson, Portsmouth City, VA death (1893). . [S3009] "William S. Virnelson Prescription Book". [S4220] W.L.D. Virnelson - Adelia A. Denby, Halifax Co, NC marriage bond and ministers' return (1858). [S5141] 1860 US Census / Virnelson, Wm L. [S4214] Benjamin H. Trask, Trask, 9th Virginia Infantry, ((Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, 1984)), ISBN 978-0-930919-10-8. p. 96. [S5142] 1870 US Census / Virnelson, William L. D. [S4210] 1880 US Census / Virnelson, William L. [S5362] Cedar Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. information obtained August 2005.