Columbus Clinton VIRNELSON^[1]

1848 - 1918  (69 years)

• Name	Columbus Clinton VIRNELSON
  Nickname	Lummy
  Birth	6 Mar 1848	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Apr 1910	Portsmouth, VA   [3]
  	Lummy was employed as a machinist in a railroad shop in April 1910.
  Death	26 Feb 1918  [4]
  	Lummy died on 26 February 1918, a week shy of his 70th birthday.
  Burial	28 Feb 1918	Portsmouth City, VA   [4]
  	His body was interred on 28 Feb 1918 in his family plot at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I465	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   [2]
  	The couple was married in Portsmouth, Virginia by the Rev. Thomas Webb on 29 December 1831.
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Virginia HOWELL,   b. Jun 1850, Virginia d. 23 Mar 1919 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1875	Portsmouth City, VA   [5]
  	The couple was married later the same day in Portsmouth by H.P. Mitchell.
  Children	1. Winston Clinton VIRNELSON,   b. 7 Dec 1876, Portsmouth City, VA d. 2 Dec 1957 (Age 80 years)   2. Columbus Watts VIRNELSON,   b. 24 Feb 1880, Portsmouth City, VA d. Nov 1965, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 85 years)   3. Margaret May VIRNELSON,   b. 13 Feb 1884, Portsmouth City, VA d. 2 Oct 1973 (Age 89 years)   4. Robert Fletcher VIRNELSON,   b. 29 Mar 1886, Portsmouth City, VA d. Aft 6 Jan 1920, Portsmouth, VA (Age > 34 years)   5. Ethel Howell VIRNELSON,   b. 17 Sep 1889, Portsmouth City, VA d. 18 Oct 1890, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos		1900 US Census / Virnelson, Columbus 311 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, Virginia
  		1910 US Census / Virnelson, Columbus C. 317 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

  
  

• Sources

  [S4205] Telitha B. Virnelson will (1888), Portsmouth City, VA Will Book 2, pp. 58-59. [S3009] "William S. Virnelson Prescription Book". [S1841] 1910 US Census / Virnelson, Columbus C. [S5362] Cedar Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. information obtained August 2005. [S3895] Columbus C. Virnelson - Maggie V. Howell, Portsmouth, VA marriage license & minister’s return no. 1827 (1875). .