John Timmen was born in Germany on March 4th,1829. Hannah Webb was born in Pike County, Illinois in 1844.
She crossed the plains to Oregon in 1853. He began his seafaring education in 1846, serving first as cook and cabin boy under Capt. Knutsen, then traveling extensively to South America and eventually to Oregon.
In 1849 John and a partner bought a vessel christening it the North Star of Portland. It carried both freight and passengers on the Columbia River.
During one of these journeys he met and then married Miss Mary Webb in 1854, settling in Clark County. The following year Mary died in childbirth with his son following her 6 months later.
John and Hannah Timmen
Broken hearted and restless he enlisted the Lewis River Rifles Volunteer Service Co. D, under the command of Capt. Snow, and fought in the Indian Wars. He was discharged in 1856.
In 1860 he married Miss Hannah Webb, a sister of his first wife, with whom eleven children were born.
Their homestead is where Timmen platted the Town of La Center and serving as its first Postmaster.
In 1869 he was elected to the Legislature, as a Rep from Clark County. Timmen officially recorded the town site in 1875, originally known as Podunk but then changed to La Center (for the Center of Commerce) which was the major provider of railroad ties on the West Coast.
Hannah died 1917 and John followed in 1918. They are both buried in the Ilwaco Cemetery of Pacific County, Washington.
Contributor: Suzi Dewsnap Terrell (46902002) •
She crossed the plains to Oregon in 1853. He began his seafaring education in 1846, serving first as cook and cabin boy under Capt. Knutsen, then traveling extensively to South America and eventually to Oregon.
In 1849 John and a partner bought a vessel christening it the North Star of Portland. It carried both freight and passengers on the Columbia River.
During one of these journeys he met and then married Miss Mary Webb in 1854, settling in Clark County. The following year Mary died in childbirth with his son following her 6 months later.
John and Hannah Timmen
Broken hearted and restless he enlisted the Lewis River Rifles Volunteer Service Co. D, under the command of Capt. Snow, and fought in the Indian Wars. He was discharged in 1856.
In 1860 he married Miss Hannah Webb, a sister of his first wife, with whom eleven children were born.
Their homestead is where Timmen platted the Town of La Center and serving as its first Postmaster.
In 1869 he was elected to the Legislature, as a Rep from Clark County. Timmen officially recorded the town site in 1875, originally known as Podunk but then changed to La Center (for the Center of Commerce) which was the major provider of railroad ties on the West Coast.
Hannah died 1917 and John followed in 1918. They are both buried in the Ilwaco Cemetery of Pacific County, Washington.
Contributor: Suzi Dewsnap Terrell (46902002) •
John Timmen was born in Germany on March 4th,1829. Hannah Webb was born in Pike County, Illinois in 1844.
She crossed the plains to Oregon in 1853. He began his seafaring education in 1846, serving first as cook and cabin boy under Capt. Knutsen, then traveling extensively to South America and eventually to Oregon.
In 1849 John and a partner bought a vessel christening it the North Star of Portland. It carried both freight and passengers on the Columbia River.
During one of these journeys he met and then married Miss Mary Webb in 1854, settling in Clark County. The following year Mary died in childbirth with his son following her 6 months later.
John and Hannah Timmen
Broken hearted and restless he enlisted the Lewis River Rifles Volunteer Service Co. D, under the command of Capt. Snow, and fought in the Indian Wars. He was discharged in 1856.
In 1860 he married Miss Hannah Webb, a sister of his first wife, with whom eleven children were born.
Their homestead is where Timmen platted the Town of La Center and serving as its first Postmaster.
In 1869 he was elected to the Legislature, as a Rep from Clark County. Timmen officially recorded the town site in 1875, originally known as Podunk but then changed to La Center (for the Center of Commerce) which was the major provider of railroad ties on the West Coast.
Hannah died 1917 and John followed in 1918. They are both buried in the Ilwaco Cemetery of Pacific County, Washington.
Contributor: Suzi Dewsnap Terrell (46902002) •
She crossed the plains to Oregon in 1853. He began his seafaring education in 1846, serving first as cook and cabin boy under Capt. Knutsen, then traveling extensively to South America and eventually to Oregon.
In 1849 John and a partner bought a vessel christening it the North Star of Portland. It carried both freight and passengers on the Columbia River.
During one of these journeys he met and then married Miss Mary Webb in 1854, settling in Clark County. The following year Mary died in childbirth with his son following her 6 months later.
John and Hannah Timmen
Broken hearted and restless he enlisted the Lewis River Rifles Volunteer Service Co. D, under the command of Capt. Snow, and fought in the Indian Wars. He was discharged in 1856.
In 1860 he married Miss Hannah Webb, a sister of his first wife, with whom eleven children were born.
Their homestead is where Timmen platted the Town of La Center and serving as its first Postmaster.
In 1869 he was elected to the Legislature, as a Rep from Clark County. Timmen officially recorded the town site in 1875, originally known as Podunk but then changed to La Center (for the Center of Commerce) which was the major provider of railroad ties on the West Coast.
Hannah died 1917 and John followed in 1918. They are both buried in the Ilwaco Cemetery of Pacific County, Washington.
Contributor: Suzi Dewsnap Terrell (46902002) •
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