Mayor Alfred Huger Moses

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Title

Mayor Alfred Huger Moses

Subject

Alfred Huger Moses; Sheffield, Alabama; Colbert County; Jewish settlement

Description

Alfred Huger Moses was responsible for the establishment of Sheffield, Alabama. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he moved to Alabama after serving in the Confederate Army where he achieved the rank of Captain.

HIs wife, Katherine, five children, and brother moved to the area with him.

He hoped to create an industrial mecca much as Sheffield, England had.

He was briefly part of a land and iron boom in the area but was left almost penniless during the 1890s when pig iron prices were falling and banks were failing.

He was the first mayor of Sheffield, Alabama.

Creator

Pam Kingsbury, University of North Alabama

Source

A History of Sheffield, privately printed by the Sheffield Public Library.

Publisher

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

Date

1884-1889

Rights

Sheffield Public Library Archives

Type

Text and photograph.