Marshall Timberlake

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Marshall Timberlake
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Timberlake, ca. 1935

Electoral District First Ward

Biographical Information

Date of birth 1879
Date of death 1946
Place of birth Albemarle County, VA
Place of death Myrtle Beach, SC
Spouse Three
Children Two
Residence Charlottesville
Profession Druggest

Marshall Timberlake (March 16, 1879–February 5, 1946) was a Charlottesville druggist and a member of the Charlottesville City Board of Aldermen in the 1910’s and early 1920’s, when a twelve member council composed the legislative department of the city, under the general State law.

Former owner and namesake of Timberlakes Drug Store and Soda Fountain located at 322 E Main St on the Downtown Mall.

Early life and education

Marshall Timberlake was born at “Rockland,” near Red Hill, Albemarle County to Sallie Garland and Crawford Goodman Timberlake. After attending public schools in the county and city, he entered an apprenticeship in the druggist profession in Charlottesville, in the employ of S. C. Chancellor.

Career

After successfully passing the State Board of Pharmacy in 1889, Timberlake continued his association with Mr. Chancellor for three years. Later he managed pharmacies in Lynchburg and Staunton.

Returning to Charlottesville in 1910, he became a partner in McChesney Goodall and the two purchased the Johnson and Price Pharmacy, located at 500 E Main Street (the corner of Fifth and East Main Streets)[1], later the site of the Stop and Shop Market (currently the Market Street Parking Garage). In 1913 Timberlake bought out the Goodall interest in the pharmacy.

He purchased the “old” Peoples Bank building at the corner of Fourth and East Main streets in 1915 and two years later established a new store there. He purchased Chancellor’s in 1922 and opened Belmont Pharmacy in 1925. He sold all three establishments on December 1, 1937 and retired.

Public life

He served several terms as a member of the City Council. He was president of the retail Merchants Association for one year, and long an active member of the Chamber of Commerce.

City Council

In the June 12th 1916 election, Timberlake defeated W. Rice Barksdale, President of the Council, for one of two open seats on the First Ward Council. When Charlottesville became a city of the first-class on August 1, 1916 and Charlottesville’s new City Council consisted of two elected boards – four member Board of Aldermen and eight member Common Council, Timberlake represented the First Ward as Aldermen and for a brief period served as vice-president of the board of alderman. He served on the city council from September 1, 1916 until Charlottesville was granted a new city charter in 1922.

Personal life and death

Timberlake lived at 814 E High Street and after retirement he maintained residences at 114 Oakhurst Circle, Charlottesville and in Hartsville, S. C.

Marriage and children

  1. Ellen Browne Ellison (1884–1921, m. 1902), they had one son, Landon (1903–1979), Ellen died at age 36
  2. Mary Haffelfinger Merritt (1894–1929) they had one son William (1923–2017), Mary died at age 35
  3. Greta Hughes Rankin (1885–1974, m. 1929)

Marshall Timberlake died at age 66 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina after suffering a heart attack, and he was buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Hartsville, South Carolina. He was survived by his third wife and two sons.


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