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Sugg grew up in Alabama and remained in the state except for seven years spent in the lumber business in Texas. He moved to [[Ensley]] in [[1897]] and helped to build the [[Southern Steel Company]] plant there as a general construction foreman. He was employed by the [[Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company]] as a yard master and assistant master mechanic. | Sugg grew up in Alabama and remained in the state except for seven years spent in the lumber business in Texas. He moved to [[Ensley]] in [[1897]] and helped to build the [[Southern Steel Company]] plant there as a general construction foreman. He was employed by the [[Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company]] as a yard master and assistant master mechanic. | ||
In [[1904]] Sugg ran for the office of chief of police and soundly defeated incumbent [[Charles Camp]]. After [[Nimrod Scott|Rod Scott]] decided not to run for re-election, Sugg defeated [[F. Gip. Fonville]] in the [[1906 Ensley municipal election]]. | In [[1904]] Sugg ran for the office of chief of police and soundly defeated incumbent [[Charles Camp]]. After [[Nimrod Scott|Rod Scott]] decided not to run for re-election, Sugg defeated [[F. Gip. Fonville]] in the [[1906 Ensley municipal election]]. Sugg surrendered the office when Ensley was annexed into [[Birmingham]] in the [[Greater Birmingham]] legislation that took effect on [[January 1]], [[1910]]. | ||
In [[1913]] Sugg was appointed [[Postmaster of Ensley]] | |||
Sugg was a president of the [[Ensley Lodge No. 560]] of the Free and Accepted Masons. | Sugg was a president of the [[Ensley Lodge No. 560]] of the Free and Accepted Masons. | ||
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Revision as of 18:53, 30 May 2011
D. F. Sugg (born c. 1869 in Franklin County) was the last Mayor of Ensley, and also a former chief of the Ensley Police Department.
Sugg grew up in Alabama and remained in the state except for seven years spent in the lumber business in Texas. He moved to Ensley in 1897 and helped to build the Southern Steel Company plant there as a general construction foreman. He was employed by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company as a yard master and assistant master mechanic.
In 1904 Sugg ran for the office of chief of police and soundly defeated incumbent Charles Camp. After Rod Scott decided not to run for re-election, Sugg defeated F. Gip. Fonville in the 1906 Ensley municipal election. Sugg surrendered the office when Ensley was annexed into Birmingham in the Greater Birmingham legislation that took effect on January 1, 1910.
In 1913 Sugg was appointed Postmaster of Ensley
Sugg was a president of the Ensley Lodge No. 560 of the Free and Accepted Masons.
References
- Citizens League of Ensley, Ala (1906) "The Ensley Campaign Book"