Nansemond County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Corbell, John D., 1925 

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JOHN DAVID CORBELL 

John D. Corbell, War Veteran, Dies 

Passes Away At Residence of His Son, Dr. R.L. Corbell, In Port Norfolk 

  John D. Corbell died yesterday morning at 5:45 o'clock in the residence of 
his son, Dr. R.L. Corbell, 400 Mount Vernon avenue, Port Norfolk, aged 84.

  Mr. Corbell was the son of the late Thomas Mitchell Corbell.  He was born 
in Chuckatuck, 1841, and engaged for many years in farming there, afterward 
removing to Port Norfolk, where he made his home.  He was widely acquainted 
in that section of the city and was esteemed by all who knew him.

  Mr. Corbell was a veteran of the Confederacy, enlisting at the beginning of 
the war, and receiving an assignment to the artillery*.  He served with that 
branch of the army until his foot was crushed in an accident, and he was then 
transferred to Company B, Thirteenth Virginia Cavalry, serving under Gen. 
J.E.B. Stuart until that officer was killed.  He then saw service under 
command of Fitzhugh Lee until the close of the war.

  He probably is the last surviving member of Tom Smith Camp, Confederate 
Veterans, of Suffolk, in which he held membership.  He also held membership in 
the Masonic fraternity.

  Besides Dr. and Mrs. Corbell, he is survived by a daughter, Miss Sarah T. 
Corbell; four grandchildren, the Misses Jane, Elizabeth and Nancy Corbell, and 
R.L. Corbell, Jr., as well as several other relatives living at Chuckatuck.

  Funeral service will be conducted at the residence tomorrow morning at 11 
o'clock.  Burial will take place in Oak Grove Cemetery.


John David CORBELL, of Port Norfolk, retired farmer, Confederate veteran, 
b. 28 Sep 1841, Chuckatuck, d. 13 Dec 1925, Port Norfolk (now Portsmouth), 
interred in Oak Grove Cemetery (Plot H823**), Portsmouth, 15 Dec 1925, 
"The Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Dec. 14, 1925 

**Portsmouth City VA USGenWeb Archives, Oak Grove list: 
   http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/portsmouth/cemeteries/oakgrove2.htm 

A biographical sketch is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/military/civilwar/cw_vets.txt 
   *It states that he served in the infantry - Co. F/9th Va. - until 
   transferring to Co. B/13th Va. Cav. 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 28194 (Portsmouth #603), which gives son of 
   Thos.M. & Sarah M. Phillips Corbell {all b. VA}, widowed husband of 
   [Mary] Elizabeth Godwin [Corbell]. 

The Gates Co. D.Index gives his son Dr. Edwin F. Corbell (d. 1935) - 
   omitted as a survivor in the obit - as 
   Edwin T., son of John Daniel Corbell, citing Book 7, p. 56. 
   Dr. Corbell is buried in St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, 
   Chuckatuck (now Suffolk).  (Find a Grave Mem. #38487371) 

His cousin Sallie Corbell, daughter of his namesake uncle John D., 
   m. 15 Sep 1863, Gen. George E. Pickett, in Petersburg. 
   (FamilySearch.org "Virginia Marriages") 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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