Mary Susan EDWARDS^[1]

1842 - 1909  (67 years)

• Name	Mary Susan EDWARDS
  Birth	Jan 1842	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	14 May 1909	Portsmouth City, VA   [4]
  	Mary died of a stroke on 14 May 1909 in Portsmouth, Virginia. She was 67 years old at the time of her death.
  Burial	Portsmouth City, VA   [4]
  	Her body was interred in the family plot in the Portlock Cemetery section of Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I42106	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Amos EDWARDS,   b. 1794   d. 1864 (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann WAUGHOP,   b. 1800, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 5 Nov 1884, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F1951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Hume VIRNELSON,   b. 20 Jul 1842, Suffolk, Nansemond Co, VA d. 6 Mar 1895, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 52 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

  
  

• Photos

  1900 US Census / Virnelson, Mary S. 320 Washington, Portsmouth, VA

  
  

• Sources

  [S3888] Thomas Hume Vernelson - Mary Susan Edwards, Portsmouth, VA marriage license & minister’s return no. 860 (1867). . [S4218] 1880 US Census / Virnelson, Thomas H. [S4219] 1900 US Census / Virnelson, Mary S. . [S1828] Portlock Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA.