IRA PHILIP t Recently we did a feature on the visit of US Congressman George K. Butterfield to Bermuda, his ancestral home, and birthplace of his father, Dr. George Kenneth Butterfield. Dr. George was one of the 12 children of James Peter Butterfield, a tailor by profession and his wife Ann Harriett Giles Butterfield of St. Read More…
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…
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…