Group portrait of Marion County midwives at the Florida State Board of Health Midwife Institute in St. Augustine, Florida.
OCALA HISTORY
Historical Sketch Marker ~ Church of God By Faith
POST BY ALONZA HARDY Historical Sketch Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 25, 2018 1. Historical Sketch Marker Inscription. The group which later became known as the Church of God By Faith came in existence in the year of 1914 when Crawford Bright met Mother Delia Scippio in route to Jacksonville, Florida who had already received the Read More…
African American Hospitals in Ocala
The Mercy Hospital and Nurse Training School Ocala, Florida (1903-190?) Founders: Drs. W. P. Wilson, Robert A. Miles Benton, David Hamilton Brown Location: 2-6 S. First W. (now Fort King Ave) corner Magnolia in the Davis Block (now Goldman-Peek Building) The Afro-American Hospital The Afro-American Hospital Voluntary Association The Afro-American Health and Old Folk Home Read More…
Isaac Sawyer (1842-1920) – Sergeant, Company C, 38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.
Sergeant Isaac Sawyer, Company C, 38th US Colored Infantry Isaac Sawyer (1842-1920) – Sergeant, Company C, 38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment. grave at Chestnut Cemetery. The 38th United States Colored Infantry was an African American unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Sgt Sawyer is listed in rosters of the 38th Read More…
THE CITY’S FIRST BLACK…
Editor’s Note: Written and compiled by Alonzo Hardy Dr. Thomas Playfair Lloyd (1868-1896) was the city’s first black doctor. He graduated from Leonard Medical School of Shaw University, where he delivered the salutatory address for the class of 1889. He won the Knox prize. Born in 1868 to Thomas and Louisa Lloyd, Lloyd graduated Leonard Read More…
Levi Alexander, Sr. 1856-1939 – MOUNT ZION CHURCH OCALA FL
Levi Alexander, Sr. 1856-1939. Levi Alexander was reared in Virginia and there as a young man learned the carpenter trade. In 1885 he located at Ocala, where he established himself as a contractor and builder. He built some of the finest residences as well as the Mt. Zion AME Church and Howard Academy. Wikipedia for Read More…
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