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The grave of Doc (Dock) Bigham, the last man legally hanged in Tuscaloosa County. The grave is in the Macedonia Cemetery, also shown. The cemetery is adjacent to the Macedonia United Methodist Church at 14837 Highway 69 N, Northport.

The…

The notorious outlaw and moonshiner Doc Bigham was the last man legally hanged in Tuscaloosa County – June 27, 1919. On August 15, 1918, Sheriff Palmer M. Watts, Deputies Verner Robertson and Nick Hamner, and special revenue officers J.H. Smith and…

Doris Hurst Leapard was a devoted patron of the arts in Tuscaloosa and a member of many civic groups.

Leapard was born in Middletown, NJ, on May 3, 1919 and grew up near New York City. She graduated cum laude with a music degree from New York…

Dr. George Augustus Weaver, born in 1870 in Tuscaloosa, became the first black doctor in the city.

He was a physician and surgeon, and also an educator. His contributions to the education of black students led to a branch of the public library,…

Dr. William E. Hill, bottom right, who practiced medicine for 54 years in Pickens County, Alabama died in 2003. Dr. Hill had retired the previous year at 82 years of age.

The fourth generation of Hill family physicians, Hill made house calls up…

E.L. "Pete" Mathews had a 46 1/2 years with The Tuscaloosa Fire Department and was fire chief from 1931-1966.

Mathews served four years during World War I and was discharged as sergeant. After returning from overseas duty with the 31st Division…

Marie Ellen "Nellie" Clarkson was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Thomas Boston Clarkson and Sarah Caroline Heriot.

On November 28, 1860, at the age of 19, she married Peter Bryce, a 26-year-old native in Columbia, South Carolina. This was…

Marie Ellen ("Nellie") Clarkson was born on May 22, 1841, in Columbia, South Carolina, to Thomas Boston Clarkson and Sarah Caroline Heriot.

On November 28, 1860, at the age of 19, she married Peter Bryce, a 26 year old native in Columbia, South…

Eugene Allen Smith was professor, geologist and naturalist who traveled the state of Alabama to study its natural resources to help it recover from the devastation of the Civil War.

Eugene Allen Smith, fondly nicknamed "Little Doctor," is shown…

The University of Alabama's first football coach was Eugene "E.B." Beaumont Jr., who is wearing a bowler hat in the photograph.

Beaumont was born on a military post at Fort McKavett, Texas, son of Army Lt. Col. Eugene Beauharnais Beaumont Sr. and…