James T. Murfee was president of Howard College (now Samford University) in Marion, Perry County, from 1871 to 1887, when the school was relocated to the Birmingham area. He was a Confederate officer during the Civil War and taught mathematics and commanded the cadet corps at the University of Alabama.
James T. Murfee
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