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Mose Hampton, who lived from 1808 to 1885, bought his freedom before the Civil War and became a builder, assisted in laying out and surveying the town of Centre, served as a minister in the Episcopal Methodist North, and worked as an inventor. He owned land in the vicinity on both sides of US Highway 411. In Leesburg, he chose the site for Cedar Hill UMC in the early 1800's and remained an honorary member of that church until his death.
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Centre, Alabama · United States
