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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.
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.