This church was a vital part of the Leland family in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  In the beginning Dr. William Archibald Leland and his wife Margaret Warren Ish were members of the Catholic Church in Tuscaloosa.  Some time during reconstruction the Leland family changed its allegiance to Christ Episcopal Church. William A. Leland, Jr. and his wife Margaret Ella McLester were married by the Rev. George H. Hunt of this church.
     The Snow family, cousins by way of the McLester family were very instumental in the Church. Three of the Memorial windows are in memory of the Snow family, Henry A. Snow, father of E.N.C. Snow. Secondly, Dr. Charles Snow & his family, Dr. Snow was the brother of Henry. Lastly, Lester Jared Snow, grandson of Henry & son of E.N.C. Snow & Caroline McLester Snow. There is also a window in memory of Julia Leland Foster, daughter of Henry Hume Leland & Julia Dubois.
     The first altar of this church was of wood and given by E.N.C. Snow & his wife Carrie McLester in memory of his parents, Henry Adams Snow and Abby Hazard.  The second altar of white marble was given in memory of Mr. & Mrs. E.N.C. Snow by their children, Alden & Edward Nicholas Snow, and grandchildren Annie Ross Snow, James Searcy Snow, McLester Snow and Henry A. Snow, Jr.  Annie Ross Snow is responsible for donating the circular staircase of the McLester Home to the Tuscaloosa County Board of Education.  There are other donations to the church associated with this family circle, but as I am still learning this family circle I hesitate to list them.
     I would like to thank Christ Episcopal Church and their rector, Rev. Michael Wyckoff, for their permission to use the pictures of the Memorial windows that were taken by Chip Cooper, distinguished photographer of the University of Alabama, and are from the book, "Let Us Keep The Feast," The History of Christ Episcopal Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1828-1998, by Henry Walker.  The book, sells for $30.00 through the church, address above. I would also like to thank Mrs. Elizabeth Hamner, for her assistance in finding information about my family in Tuscaloosa.  Mrs Hamner has provided not just dates but pictures and articles about Tuscaloosa and its citizens.  The two pictures of the Memorial Plaques honoring the communicants of Christ Episcopal Church who served in the two World Wars, were found by her during her search for me.