He was the son of Israel McDuffy and his wife Rebecca English. Little is known of his early life or how he got to Florida at some point before 1896. He then rented a farm in Marion County, and after a time purchased one there, comprising about Eight hundred acres, on which he had made Read More…
Edward Chandler: Born April 10, 1887, Ocala, Fla; died March 22, 1973 (aged 85), Chicago, Ill.; buried in Graceland Cemetery; father Henry Wilkins Chandler; mother Anna Matilda Onley Edward Marion Augustus Chandler was the second African American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States, which he received from the University of Illinois Read More…
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…