Dr. John Herbert Claiborne

Dr. John Herbert Claiborne

Male 1828 - 1905  (76 years)

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  • Name John Herbert Claiborne 
    Title Dr. 
    Born 16 Mar 1828  Brunswick, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1850  [4
    Physician 
    Residence 1850  Brunswick, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation 1860  [3
    Physician 
    Residence 1860  Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation 1870  [5
    Physician 
    Residence 1870  Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1880  [2
    Physician 
    Residence 1880  Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Occupation 1900  [6
    Physician 
    Residence 1900  Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Burial 1905  Blandford Cem, Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Buried 1905  Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Died 24 Feb 1905  Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I7797  mytree
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2022 

    Father John Gregory Claiborne,   b. 14 Aug 1798, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1887, Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth Weldon,   b. 26 Feb 1803,   d. 17 Feb 1857, Brunswick, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 2 Dec 1819  Southampton, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F3127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Josephine Alston,   b. 29 Apr 1834, Tipton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1869, Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Married 3 May 1853  Louisburg, Franklin, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Maria Louisa Claiborne,   b. 16 Aug 1855, Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1902  (Age 46 years)  [natural]
    +2. Anna Augusta Claiborne,   b. 21 Feb 1858, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1947  (Age 88 years)  [natural]
    +3. Sarah Joseph Alston Claiborne,   b. 25 Oct 1859, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1948  (Age 88 years)  [natural]
    +4. John Herbert Claiborne, Jr.,   b. 29 Jun 1861, Louisburg, Franklin, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1922  (Age 60 years)  [natural]
    +5. Elizabeth Weldon Claiborne,   b. 14 Jan 1867, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1948  (Age 81 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F3135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Anne Leslie Watson,   b. 24 Dec 1865, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1954  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 3 Nov 1887  Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Robert Watson Claiborne,   b. 23 Dec 1888, Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1966, Maricao, Maricao, Puerto Rico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
    +2. Mary Donald Fraser Claiborne,   b. 10 Nov 1890, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1950  (Age 59 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F3136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Mar 1828 - Brunswick, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Brunswick, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 May 1853 - Louisburg, Franklin, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Nov 1887 - Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1905 - Blandford Cem, Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 1905 - Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Feb 1905 - Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    1880 US Census - Petersburg, Dinwiddie, VA - District 092 (p334D)
    1880 US Census - Petersburg, Dinwiddie, VA - District 092 (p334D)
    1900 US Census - Petersburg, VA - Ward 3, District 96 (p9A)
    1900 US Census - Petersburg, VA - Ward 3, District 96 (p9A)
    1870 US Census - Petersburg, VA - Ward 3 (p31)
    1870 US Census - Petersburg, VA - Ward 3 (p31)
    1850 US Census - Northern Division, Brunswick, VA (p290B)
    1850 US Census - Northern Division, Brunswick, VA (p290B)
    1860 US Census - Petersburg, VA - Centre Ward (p135)
    1860 US Census - Petersburg, VA - Centre Ward (p135)

    Headstones
    Claiborne, John H. 1828-1905
    Claiborne, John H. 1828-1905
    http://image1.findagrave.com/photos/2008/196/28263440_121615923725.jpg

  • Notes 
    • John Herbert Claiborne attended Randolph-Macon College in 1844, the Univ. of Virginia, 1848-49, and received his M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College in 1850. He represented Petersburg in the House of Delegates, 1855-56, and Petersburg and Prince George Co. in the Virginia Senate from 1857-61. He was recommended 26 Apr 1861 as captain of volunteers, and on 4 May 1861 was nominated as surgeon in the Provisional Army of Virginia. He was a major on 17 Feb 1862 when commissioned surgeon of the 12th Virginia Regiment, C.S.A., and later served on the General Medical Staff of the Confederate Army. In 1904 he published his autobiography, "Seventy-Five Years in Old Virginia."

  • Sources 
    1. [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p705.

    2. [S193] 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia; Roll: 1363; Family History Film: 1255363; Page: 334D; Enumeration District: 092; Image: .
      J. H. Claiborne
      Josie
      Herbert
      Bessie W.
      R. H. Lightfoot
      Nannie H.
      H. Claiborne

    3. [S188] 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Petersburg Centre Ward, Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: ; Page: 135; Image: 139.
      John H. Claiborne

    4. [S189] 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Northern Division, Brunswick, Virginia; Roll: M432_937; Page: 290B; Image: .
      John G. Claiborn
      Mary E.
      Herbert
      Weldon
      Josephine

    5. [S187] 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Petersburg Ward 3, Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
      Jno. H. Clayborn
      Josephine
      Louisa
      Nanny
      Joseph
      Herbert
      Betty

      Jas. W. Clayborn

    6. [S186] 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Petersburg Ward 3, Petersburg City, Virginia; Roll: T623_1736; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 96.
      John H. Claiborne
      Annie L.
      Robert W.
      Donald C.
      Robert L. Watson Jr.
      Anna
      Nannie H.
      Herbert C. Lightfoot
      Philip H.

    7. [S57] Find A Grave.

    8. [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p694.


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