Leon Herbert VIRNELSON^[1]

1870 - 1947  (76 years)

• Name	Leon Herbert VIRNELSON
  Nickname	Leon
  Birth	27 Dec 1870	Portsmouth City, VA   [1, 2, 3]
  	no birth record on file with the state of VA Leon's death certificate incorrectly notes "27 December 1869" as his birth date. The error is proved by his not having been enumerated in the 1870 US Census.
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Nov 1947	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  	Leon died at 5:20 pm of cardiac failure at Kings Daughters Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. He was 76 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	27 Nov 1947	Portsmouth City, VA   [4]
  	His body was interred on 27 November 1947 in the Thomas C. Virnelson family plot at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I98	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas C. A. Buxton VIRNELSON,   b. 12 Nov 1834, Nansemond Co, VA d. 31 Oct 1906, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Harriet Ann HERBERT,   b. 7 Sep 1836, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 19 May 1901 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1857	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA   [5, 6]
  	The couple was married in Portsmouth later that day by Rev. Robert J. Taylor. Their marriage register entry noted that both the bride and the groom were residents of Portsmouth and that Thomas made his living as a ship carpenter.
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Barron LEWIS,   b. 12 Feb 1875, Portsmouth City, VA d. 19 May 1921, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1895	Portsmouth City, VA   [7]
  	The couple was married later that day at the Portsmouth home of the bride's parents. Rev. T.M.U. Simpson, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, officiated.
  Children	1. Herbert Barron VIRNELSON,   b. 16 Dec 1897, Virginia d. 18 Aug 1968, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1900 US Census / Virnelson, Leon 1307 Washington St, Portsmouth, Virginia
  		1910 US Census / Virnelson, Leon H. 530 Bart Street, Portsmouth, Virginia.
  		1920 US Census / Virnelson, Leon 527 Bart Street, Portsmouth, Virginia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S45] Thomas C.A.B. & Hattie H.Virnelson family record. [S1061] Leon Herbert Virnelson, Virginia death certificate no. 24138 (1947). [S1070] 1900 US Census / Virnelson, Leon. [S5362] Cedar Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. information obtained August 2005. [S1860] Thomas C.A.B. Virnelson - Hattie A. Herbert wedding announcement, Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser, (Richmond, VA) 12 June 1857., Film 144. [S2958] Thos. Vernelson - Hattie Herbert, Norfolk Co, VA marriage register entry (1857). [S3882] Leon Herbert Virnelson - Annie B. Lewis, Portsmouth, VA marriage license & minister’s return no. 3873 (1895). .