Clerewood LeClere VIRNELSON^[1]

1858 - 1938  (79 years)

• Name	Clerewood LeClere VIRNELSON
  Nickname	Clerewood
  Birth	4 Jun 1858	Portsmouth City, VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Mar 1938  [2]
  	Clerewood died on 25 March 1938. He was 79 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	29 Mar 1938	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  	His body was interred on 29 March 1938 in the Thomas C. Virnelson family plot at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I95	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   [3, 4]
  	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	Mary Susan GRIFFITHS,   b. 22 Aug 1845, New York d. 28 Feb 1925, Norfolk City, VA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1884	Brooklyn, NY   [5]
  	Mary and Clerewood were 1st cousins once removed, with John Curle Herbert [d. 1815] and Mary Butler [1784-1848] as their common ancestors. The couple was married in Brooklyn, New York by Rev. Joseph Pullman on 15 May 1884.
  Children	1. Marian Herbert VIRNELSON,   b. 20 Dec 1885, Portsmouth City, VA d. 4 Jun 1938 (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1900 US Census / Virnelson, Clerewood Booke Street, Portsmouth, VA
  		1910 US Census / Virnelson, Clerewood L. 738 Emmett Street, Portsmouth, Virginia.
  		1920 US Census / Virnelson, Clerewood L. 326 Boush Street [apartment], Norfolk, Virginia.

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: 20 Jul 1860, Portsmouth City, VA [S1009] Resided: 10 Jan 1920, Norfolk City, VA [S5347]

  
  

• Sources

  [S4856] Claywood Vernelson, Virginia certification of birth (1858). [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). [S1092] Clerewood L. Virnelson - Mary S. Griffiths, Brooklyn, NY marriage file no. 1647 (1884). .