Mabel Telitha HERBERT^{[1, 2, 3]}

1879 - 1924  (44 years)

• Name	Mabel Telitha HERBERT
  	When Telitha B. Virnelson wrote her will in January of 1888, she named her granddaughter, Mabel Telitha Herbert, then 8 1/2 years old, as the major recipient of her estate. Mabel's middle name appears from extant documents to have continued as "Telitha" until her 1911 marriage when she noted it as "LeClare".
  Nickname	Mabel
  Birth	23 Jul 1879	Portsmouth, VA   [3, 4, 5]
  	Mabel was born 23 July 1879, making her 32 at the time of her marriage. But as her groom was 5 years her junior, she listed her age as "23". She continued this practice of altering her age on documents throughout her life. The Oak Grove Cemetery burial records note "23 July 1889" as Mabel's birth date. The fact that she was enumerated in the June 1880 census negates 1889 as the correct year.
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Jul 1924	Portsmouth City, VA   [4]
  	Mabel died at her Emmett Street, Portsmouth, Virginia home at 2:45pm on 21 July 1924. She was 44 years old. Cause of death was noted as “angina pectoris” (coronary heart disease).
  Burial	23 Jul 1924	Portsmouth City, VA   [4]
  	Her remains were interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia on 23 July 1924, on what would have been her 45th birthday.
  Person ID	I58042	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	John Curle HERBERT,   b. 11 Nov 1849, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 29 Mar 1934, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Octavia Virginia VIRNELSON,   b. 19 Dec 1849, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 25 Aug 1916, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	7 Jun 1876	Portsmouth City, VA   [6]
  	The couple was married later the same day in Portsmouth by Rev. H.T. Mitchell.
  Family ID	F110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clarence Reginald HUNT,   b. 3 Apr 1884, Canada d. 18 Dec 1973 (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	30 Jul 1911	Richmond City, VA   [3]
  	The couple was married in Richmond, Virginia by R.H. Potts on 30 July 1911.
  Children	1. Clarence Reginald HUNT,   b. 23 Jun 1912   d. 14 Sep 1912 (Age 0 years)   2. Clarence Reginald HUNT, Jr.,   b. 7 Jun 1914, Virginia d. 12 Feb 1980, Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie Co, FL (Age 65 years)   3. Mabel Virginia HUNT,   b. 21 Jun 1915, Virginia d. 9 Mar 1999 (Age 83 years)   4. John Herbert HUNT,   b. 19 Feb 1917, Portsmouth City, VA d. 31 Aug 1917, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F4933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos

  1900 US Census / Herbert, John C. Emmett Street, Portsmouth, VA

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: 22 Apr 1910, Portsmouth City, VA [S1031] Resided: 14 Jan 1920, Portsmouth City, VA [S1032]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1030] 1900 US Census / Herbert, John C. [S4205] Telitha B. Virnelson will (1888), Portsmouth City, VA Will Book 2, pp. 58-59. [S4846] Clarence R. Hunt - Mabel LeClare Herbert, Portsmouth City, VA marriage record (1911). [S3389] Mable V. Hunt, Virginia death certificate no. 17003 (1924). [S4211] 1880 US Census / Virnelson, Telitha . [S3897] John C. Herbert - Octavia V. Virnelson, Portsmouth, VA marriage license & minister’s return no. 1881 (1876). .