Jackson County AlArchives Biographies.....Timberlake, John P. 1817 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 September 8, 2011, 8:44 pm Source: See below Author: Smith & De Land, publishers JOHN P. TIMBERLAKE, Contractor, Stevenson, son of Joel and Martha (Perkins) Timberlake, was born in Louisa County, Va., August 13, 1817. His parents were both natives of Louisa County, where his father was born, in 1776. He was a farmer, and died in 1831, leaving five children. His widow died a few years later. Philip Timberlake, grandfather of John P. Timberlake. was also a native of Virginia, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The Timberlakes came from England. John P. Timberlake was reared on a farm, and received a common school education. When twenty years of age, he took a contract on the James River & Kanawha Canal. After this was completed, he came to Georgia (in 1838), and took contracts in the construction of the Western & Atlantic Railway. He followed the business of contracting, in Georgia and Alabama, until 1857, and was successful in accumulating a considerable fortune. In 1852, he located at Stevenson, where he has since resided, and has been a merchant and farmer, besides continuing his business as a contractor, in pursuance of which, he was interested in erecting all the principal buildings of Stevenson, including the William and Emma Austin College, which was finished in 1873. In 1861, he was a delegate to the Secession Convention, and gave his entire influence against the ordinance of secession. Mr. Timberlake was married, in 1858, to Sarah T. Roach, of Jackson County, Ala., a daughter of Rev. Charles L. and Sarah (Bradford) Roach, of Virginia and Tennessee, respectively. Charles L. Roach was a minister of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Timberlake died in 1867. Mr. Timberlake is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Masonic fraternity. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land 1888 PART III. HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE. CEREAL BELT. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/jackson/bios/timberla864gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb