Jerome Pendleton HERBERT^{[1, 2]}

1872 - 1906  (34 years)

• Name	Jerome Pendleton HERBERT
  Nickname	Pen
  birth2 (conflicting)	12 Apr 1872  [3]
  	The birth date on Pen's cemetery stone does not agree with the date on his Portsmouth City birth registration entry.
  Birth	21 Apr 1872	Portsmouth City, VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Oct 1906	New York City, NY   [4]
  	Pen sustained massive injuries when hit by a commuter train during the early morning hours of 27 October 1906. He died later that same day at St. John's Hospital in New York City. He was thirty-four years old.
  funeral	30 Oct 1906	Portsmouth City, VA   [4]
  	His funeral was held from St. John's Church in Portsmouth on 30 October 1906 at 3:00 in the afternoon.
  Burial	30 Oct 1906	Portsmouth City, VA   [5]
  	Interment followed at Oak Grove Cemetery in the Herbert family plot.
  Person ID	I1785	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Richard Leander HERBERT,   b. 12 Jul 1845, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 21 Nov 1909, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Mary Eliza BROWN,   b. 16 Mar 1847, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 14 Feb 1915 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1869	Portsmouth, VA   [6]
  	The couple was married by Rev. William H. Christian in Portsmouth, Virginia on 25 May 1869.
  Family ID	F3799	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jessie White TEBAULT,   b. May 1874, Princess Anne Co, VA
  Marriage	16 Feb 1898	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  Children	1. Hilda T. HERBERT,   b. Jan 1899, Virginia   2. Jessie D. HERBERT,   b. Apr 1900, Virginia   3. Jerome P. HERBERT,   b. 23 Sep 1901, Virginia d. Aug 1969 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F4928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos

  1900 US Census / Herbert, Jerome P. 31 Dinwiddie St, Portsmouth, VA

  
  

• Notes

  1880 US Census, 9 Jun 1880, Portsmouth City, Norfolk Co, VA [S1003]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1068] Pendleton H. Herbert, Virginia certification of birth (1872). . [S4843] Jerome Pendleton Herbert - Jessie White Tebauet, Portsmouth, VA marriage register entry (1898). . [S1247] J. Pendleton Herbert stone inscription, Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, VA. . [S4973] J. Pendleton Herbert obituary, Portsmouth Star, (Portsmouth, VA) 29 Oct 1906. [S1245] Oak Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. information obtained July 2005. [S1058] Richard Leander Herbert - Mary Eliza Brown marriage certificate (no file date), Portsmouth City, VA.