USMA Class of 1927. Cullum No. 8112.
He was the son of Edward J. Timberlake and Augusta Wrenne Timberlake.
On June 16, 1928 as Joseph C. Timberlake, he married Jewel Butler at Manhattan, New York.
In 1931, their marriage ended in divorce.
On March 31, 1932 as Joseph C. Timberlake, he married Imogene VanCamp ]1905-1980 surname Lombardo] at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio.
They were the parents of two children.
Seventy-Second Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 10, 1941, The Moore Printing Company Inc., Newburgh, New York.
Joseph Coleman Timberlake
No. 8112. Class of 1927.
Died January 14, 1938, at Columbus, Ohio, aged 31 years.
Joseph Coleman Timberlake, son of Colonel and Mrs. Edward J. Timberlake, was probably the youngest man in recent years enter the United States Military Academy. Born August 26, 1906, at Fort Caswell, North Carolina, he entered the Academy July l, 1923, before reaching his seventeenth birthday. He received no pay and had to purchase his own rations, until he was seventeen.
Coleman's early life was the usual eventful life of an army child. He always remembered with particular pleasure his early days in Hawaii where he learned to swim, to ride and to do all of the things which enliven the life of an energetic boy.
After some years of army moving, the Timberlake family settled down with West Point as a permanent residence. This came about through Colonel Timberlake's special appointment as constructing quartermaster there. Thus, West Point became a permanent home to Coleman years before he entered the Military Academy.
Like many other army boys, Coleman was sent to St. Luke's School at Wayne, Pennsylvania, to prepare for admission to the Military Acad¬emy. While at St. Luke's, he entered into all phases of school activity with vigor and enthusiasm, excelling both in athletics and in studies. His popularity was great.
After graduating from school, he was appointed to enter the United States Military Academy from Pennsylvania July 1, 1923. On the night of June 30th, a small band of nervous young men gathered as inconspicu¬ously as possible at Colonel and Mrs. Timberlake's quarters on the military reservation at West Point. The object of this gathering was to enjoy one last night of freedom together. They drove along the then brand-new Storm King Highway and had dinner together in Cornwall. They carefully avoided all contact with cadets. The next morning, this small party set forth, slowly and reluctantly, heading North from Colonel Timberlake's quarters toward the Academic Buildings. They were filled with a heavy breakfast, urged on them by Mrs. Timberlake; but most of them were army children who knew what was going to happen and breakfasts were not digesting properly. Coleman's usual high spirits were dampened with the rest. None of that group is likely to forget that walk or Coleman's and his mother's kindness in arranging the party.
After entering the Corps of Cadets, it was only natural that Coleman should attempt to equal the athletic record established by his father and by the two older brothers who had preceded him at West Point. A series of injuries prevented his equaling their records, but he left his mark, doing especially well in baseball. During the entire four years at the Academy, he astonished his friends by the ease with which he assimilated his studies.
After graduation, Coleman was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Coast Artillery and served at Fort Totten. He married Miss Jewel Dean Butler of New York City in June 1928. Promotion in 1928 in the army was slow and anyone stationed near a big city at that time will recall the way high civilian salaries enticed many officers from the army. During 1928, Coleman was offered a position by the Radio Corp-oration of America and resigned his commission to accept it. He did very well with the RCA where his enthusiastic disposition aided him. Unfortunately, the clouds of commercial disaster were gathering and it was not long before Coleman found himself in the position of thousands of other able executives who first got better and better jobs for less and less money and at last found their departments closed out.
He was divorced in 1931 from his first wife. In April 1932, he was married again to Imogene Van Camp of Columbus, Ohio. When he died in Columbus on January 14, 1938, he left his wife and two children. Coleman's untimely death is regretted by his many friends; the memory of his happy, friendly disposition will remain with them.
He was the son of Edward J. Timberlake and Augusta Wrenne Timberlake.
On June 16, 1928 as Joseph C. Timberlake, he married Jewel Butler at Manhattan, New York.
In 1931, their marriage ended in divorce.
On March 31, 1932 as Joseph C. Timberlake, he married Imogene VanCamp ]1905-1980 surname Lombardo] at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio.
They were the parents of two children.
Seventy-Second Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 10, 1941, The Moore Printing Company Inc., Newburgh, New York.
Joseph Coleman Timberlake
No. 8112. Class of 1927.
Died January 14, 1938, at Columbus, Ohio, aged 31 years.
Joseph Coleman Timberlake, son of Colonel and Mrs. Edward J. Timberlake, was probably the youngest man in recent years enter the United States Military Academy. Born August 26, 1906, at Fort Caswell, North Carolina, he entered the Academy July l, 1923, before reaching his seventeenth birthday. He received no pay and had to purchase his own rations, until he was seventeen.
Coleman's early life was the usual eventful life of an army child. He always remembered with particular pleasure his early days in Hawaii where he learned to swim, to ride and to do all of the things which enliven the life of an energetic boy.
After some years of army moving, the Timberlake family settled down with West Point as a permanent residence. This came about through Colonel Timberlake's special appointment as constructing quartermaster there. Thus, West Point became a permanent home to Coleman years before he entered the Military Academy.
Like many other army boys, Coleman was sent to St. Luke's School at Wayne, Pennsylvania, to prepare for admission to the Military Acad¬emy. While at St. Luke's, he entered into all phases of school activity with vigor and enthusiasm, excelling both in athletics and in studies. His popularity was great.
After graduating from school, he was appointed to enter the United States Military Academy from Pennsylvania July 1, 1923. On the night of June 30th, a small band of nervous young men gathered as inconspicu¬ously as possible at Colonel and Mrs. Timberlake's quarters on the military reservation at West Point. The object of this gathering was to enjoy one last night of freedom together. They drove along the then brand-new Storm King Highway and had dinner together in Cornwall. They carefully avoided all contact with cadets. The next morning, this small party set forth, slowly and reluctantly, heading North from Colonel Timberlake's quarters toward the Academic Buildings. They were filled with a heavy breakfast, urged on them by Mrs. Timberlake; but most of them were army children who knew what was going to happen and breakfasts were not digesting properly. Coleman's usual high spirits were dampened with the rest. None of that group is likely to forget that walk or Coleman's and his mother's kindness in arranging the party.
After entering the Corps of Cadets, it was only natural that Coleman should attempt to equal the athletic record established by his father and by the two older brothers who had preceded him at West Point. A series of injuries prevented his equaling their records, but he left his mark, doing especially well in baseball. During the entire four years at the Academy, he astonished his friends by the ease with which he assimilated his studies.
After graduation, Coleman was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Coast Artillery and served at Fort Totten. He married Miss Jewel Dean Butler of New York City in June 1928. Promotion in 1928 in the army was slow and anyone stationed near a big city at that time will recall the way high civilian salaries enticed many officers from the army. During 1928, Coleman was offered a position by the Radio Corp-oration of America and resigned his commission to accept it. He did very well with the RCA where his enthusiastic disposition aided him. Unfortunately, the clouds of commercial disaster were gathering and it was not long before Coleman found himself in the position of thousands of other able executives who first got better and better jobs for less and less money and at last found their departments closed out.
He was divorced in 1931 from his first wife. In April 1932, he was married again to Imogene Van Camp of Columbus, Ohio. When he died in Columbus on January 14, 1938, he left his wife and two children. Coleman's untimely death is regretted by his many friends; the memory of his happy, friendly disposition will remain with them.
USMA Class of 1927. Cullum No. 8112.
He was the son of Edward J. Timberlake and Augusta Wrenne Timberlake.
On June 16, 1928 as Joseph C. Timberlake, he married Jewel Butler at Manhattan, New York.
In 1931, their marriage ended in divorce.
On March 31, 1932 as Joseph C. Timberlake, he married Imogene VanCamp ]1905-1980 surname Lombardo] at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio.
They were the parents of two children.
Seventy-Second Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 10, 1941, The Moore Printing Company Inc., Newburgh, New York.
Joseph Coleman Timberlake
No. 8112. Class of 1927.
Died January 14, 1938, at Columbus, Ohio, aged 31 years.
Joseph Coleman Timberlake, son of Colonel and Mrs. Edward J. Timberlake, was probably the youngest man in recent years enter the United States Military Academy. Born August 26, 1906, at Fort Caswell, North Carolina, he entered the Academy July l, 1923, before reaching his seventeenth birthday. He received no pay and had to purchase his own rations, until he was seventeen.
Coleman's early life was the usual eventful life of an army child. He always remembered with particular pleasure his early days in Hawaii where he learned to swim, to ride and to do all of the things which enliven the life of an energetic boy.
After some years of army moving, the Timberlake family settled down with West Point as a permanent residence. This came about through Colonel Timberlake's special appointment as constructing quartermaster there. Thus, West Point became a permanent home to Coleman years before he entered the Military Academy.
Like many other army boys, Coleman was sent to St. Luke's School at Wayne, Pennsylvania, to prepare for admission to the Military Acad¬emy. While at St. Luke's, he entered into all phases of school activity with vigor and enthusiasm, excelling both in athletics and in studies. His popularity was great.
After graduating from school, he was appointed to enter the United States Military Academy from Pennsylvania July 1, 1923. On the night of June 30th, a small band of nervous young men gathered as inconspicu¬ously as possible at Colonel and Mrs. Timberlake's quarters on the military reservation at West Point. The object of this gathering was to enjoy one last night of freedom together. They drove along the then brand-new Storm King Highway and had dinner together in Cornwall. They carefully avoided all contact with cadets. The next morning, this small party set forth, slowly and reluctantly, heading North from Colonel Timberlake's quarters toward the Academic Buildings. They were filled with a heavy breakfast, urged on them by Mrs. Timberlake; but most of them were army children who knew what was going to happen and breakfasts were not digesting properly. Coleman's usual high spirits were dampened with the rest. None of that group is likely to forget that walk or Coleman's and his mother's kindness in arranging the party.
After entering the Corps of Cadets, it was only natural that Coleman should attempt to equal the athletic record established by his father and by the two older brothers who had preceded him at West Point. A series of injuries prevented his equaling their records, but he left his mark, doing especially well in baseball. During the entire four years at the Academy, he astonished his friends by the ease with which he assimilated his studies.
After graduation, Coleman was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Coast Artillery and served at Fort Totten. He married Miss Jewel Dean Butler of New York City in June 1928. Promotion in 1928 in the army was slow and anyone stationed near a big city at that time will recall the way high civilian salaries enticed many officers from the army. During 1928, Coleman was offered a position by the Radio Corp-oration of America and resigned his commission to accept it. He did very well with the RCA where his enthusiastic disposition aided him. Unfortunately, the clouds of commercial disaster were gathering and it was not long before Coleman found himself in the position of thousands of other able executives who first got better and better jobs for less and less money and at last found their departments closed out.
He was divorced in 1931 from his first wife. In April 1932, he was married again to Imogene Van Camp of Columbus, Ohio. When he died in Columbus on January 14, 1938, he left his wife and two children. Coleman's untimely death is regretted by his many friends; the memory of his happy, friendly disposition will remain with them.
He was the son of Edward J. Timberlake and Augusta Wrenne Timberlake.
On June 16, 1928 as Joseph C. Timberlake, he married Jewel Butler at Manhattan, New York.
In 1931, their marriage ended in divorce.
On March 31, 1932 as Joseph C. Timberlake, he married Imogene VanCamp ]1905-1980 surname Lombardo] at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio.
They were the parents of two children.
Seventy-Second Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 10, 1941, The Moore Printing Company Inc., Newburgh, New York.
Joseph Coleman Timberlake
No. 8112. Class of 1927.
Died January 14, 1938, at Columbus, Ohio, aged 31 years.
Joseph Coleman Timberlake, son of Colonel and Mrs. Edward J. Timberlake, was probably the youngest man in recent years enter the United States Military Academy. Born August 26, 1906, at Fort Caswell, North Carolina, he entered the Academy July l, 1923, before reaching his seventeenth birthday. He received no pay and had to purchase his own rations, until he was seventeen.
Coleman's early life was the usual eventful life of an army child. He always remembered with particular pleasure his early days in Hawaii where he learned to swim, to ride and to do all of the things which enliven the life of an energetic boy.
After some years of army moving, the Timberlake family settled down with West Point as a permanent residence. This came about through Colonel Timberlake's special appointment as constructing quartermaster there. Thus, West Point became a permanent home to Coleman years before he entered the Military Academy.
Like many other army boys, Coleman was sent to St. Luke's School at Wayne, Pennsylvania, to prepare for admission to the Military Acad¬emy. While at St. Luke's, he entered into all phases of school activity with vigor and enthusiasm, excelling both in athletics and in studies. His popularity was great.
After graduating from school, he was appointed to enter the United States Military Academy from Pennsylvania July 1, 1923. On the night of June 30th, a small band of nervous young men gathered as inconspicu¬ously as possible at Colonel and Mrs. Timberlake's quarters on the military reservation at West Point. The object of this gathering was to enjoy one last night of freedom together. They drove along the then brand-new Storm King Highway and had dinner together in Cornwall. They carefully avoided all contact with cadets. The next morning, this small party set forth, slowly and reluctantly, heading North from Colonel Timberlake's quarters toward the Academic Buildings. They were filled with a heavy breakfast, urged on them by Mrs. Timberlake; but most of them were army children who knew what was going to happen and breakfasts were not digesting properly. Coleman's usual high spirits were dampened with the rest. None of that group is likely to forget that walk or Coleman's and his mother's kindness in arranging the party.
After entering the Corps of Cadets, it was only natural that Coleman should attempt to equal the athletic record established by his father and by the two older brothers who had preceded him at West Point. A series of injuries prevented his equaling their records, but he left his mark, doing especially well in baseball. During the entire four years at the Academy, he astonished his friends by the ease with which he assimilated his studies.
After graduation, Coleman was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Coast Artillery and served at Fort Totten. He married Miss Jewel Dean Butler of New York City in June 1928. Promotion in 1928 in the army was slow and anyone stationed near a big city at that time will recall the way high civilian salaries enticed many officers from the army. During 1928, Coleman was offered a position by the Radio Corp-oration of America and resigned his commission to accept it. He did very well with the RCA where his enthusiastic disposition aided him. Unfortunately, the clouds of commercial disaster were gathering and it was not long before Coleman found himself in the position of thousands of other able executives who first got better and better jobs for less and less money and at last found their departments closed out.
He was divorced in 1931 from his first wife. In April 1932, he was married again to Imogene Van Camp of Columbus, Ohio. When he died in Columbus on January 14, 1938, he left his wife and two children. Coleman's untimely death is regretted by his many friends; the memory of his happy, friendly disposition will remain with them.
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