Thomas Hume VIRNELSON^[1]

1842 - 1895  (52 years)

• Name	Thomas Hume VIRNELSON
  Birth	20 Jul 1842	Suffolk, Nansemond Co, VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Mar 1895	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  	Thomas died of pulmonary tuberculosis in Portsmouth, Virginia on 6 March 1895. He was 52 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	Portsmouth City, VA
  	His body was interred in the family plot in the Portlock Cemetery section of Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I42100	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas B. VIRNELSON,   b. c.1809, Virginia d. Before 16 Mar 1857
  Mother	Eliza PUGH,   b. c. 1808, Suffolk, Nansemond Co, VA d. 14 Sep 1872, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1829	Suffolk, Nansemond Co, VA   [3]
  	The couple was married by Rev. Robert T. Daniel in Suffolk, Virginia on 15 October 1829. At the time of their marriage, they were both residents of Suffolk.
  Notes	Family resided: June 1830, Nansemond County, VA Family resided: June 1840, Nansemond County, VA Mary F. Rudd, age 20, is named as the 3rd person in Thos. Virnelson's 1850 census. Not IDed.
  Family ID	F1948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Susan EDWARDS,   b. Jan 1842, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 14 May 1909, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	9 May 1867	Portsmouth City, VA   [1]
  	The couple was married later the same day at the Portsmouth home of the bride's parents by Rev. Charles V. Bingley.
  Children	1. Hunter Peterson VIRNELSON,   b. 16 Jan 1867, Portsmouth City, VA d. 8 Aug 1880, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 13 years)   2. Walter Edwards VIRNELSON,   b. 28 Jan 1871, Portsmouth City, VA d. 22 Sep 1928 (Age 57 years)   3. Mary Hunter VIRNELSON,   b. 5 Jan 1882, Portsmouth City, VA d. 10 Jan 1883, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F1952	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

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• Sources

  [S3888] Thomas Hume Vernelson - Mary Susan Edwards, Portsmouth, VA marriage license & minister’s return no. 860 (1867). . [S1828] Portlock Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. [S4967] Thomas B. Vernelson - Eliza Pugh marriage announcement, Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald, (Norfolk, VA) 23 October 1829., Film 191.