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Citizenship statement for Victor Friedman issued by the Secretary of State of the United States on the 6th day of Oct. A. D. 1869 in the 94th year of independence of the United States. It states that Friedman was 21 years old at the time the…

Victor Friedman was born in Eperyes, Hungary to S. Marcus Friedman and Luela Black. He left Hungary arriving in New York in April 1865. He then went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked as an apprentice in the optical manufacturing firm of J.S.…

Military Commission for Captain Charles L Smallwood who was a prominent Tuscaloosa merchant.

Col. Tandy Barrett; University of Alabama President Frank Rose; Alabama Coach Paul W. Bryant and M.T. Ormond.

Ward Wharton McFarland was honored in the United States House of Representatives by Alabama Representative Spencer Bachus.

McFarland was a lawyer and real estate developer in Tuscaloosa and was State Highway Commissioner under Gov. Jim…

The U.S. House of Representatives honored James William McFarland Sr. upon his death in 2008 with this tribute.

McFarland was a Tuscaloosa businessman and public servant.

McFarland was born in Tuscaloosa on September 7, 1948. He was the son…

Tim Mize Parker Sr. began his career as a deck hand for Valley Barge Lines in 1933, hauling cotton on the Black Warrior River after leaving the University of Alabama during the Depression. In 1940 he bought his own boat and started Parker Towing…

Thomas P. Shumaker was a longtime Tuscaloosa businessman, community champion, military veteran and the city's 1979 Citizen of the Year.

Shumaker was born in Philadelphia, PA, and graduated from high school when he was 14. He graduated from the…

Thomas P. “Tommy” Hester is photographed here as the Campaign Chairman for 1978 Leukemia Drive.

A native of Moundville, Tommy was born on April 12, 1933. He is a graduate of Hale County High School, the University of Alabama, and the Louisiana…

Thomas B. Allen was the second president of the Allen & Jemison Company, after William. C. Jemison.

Allen was born in Hale County, the son of Samuel B. and Lucy M. Gray Allen. He attended the Green Springs School under the noted educator, Dr.…