Lloyd's
Lloyd’s Drug Store was listed in the Green Book from 1939-1941 and 1947-1951 as “Lloyd’s—408 Gladden St.” under “Drug Stores” in Washington.1
Lloyd’s Drug Store was owned by Dr. Jeremiah Mantius (sometimes Manlius) Lloyd and his son, Dr. Manlius Dalton Lloyd. Jeremiah built a two-story brick building at 408 Gladden Street in 1910 for use as a doctor’s office and drug store. He also rented out space in the building to other businesses.2
Dr. Jeremiah Lloyd was born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina in 1863. He attended high school and prep school in Elizabethtown and Fayetteville, earning a teaching license. He married Rosa McMillan in 1887 and taught school for twelve years while he and his wife grew their family; the couple had twelve children.3
Jeremiah attended Shaw University’s Leonard Medical School and graduated with an M.D. in 1896. He practiced in Bladen County for a short time, then moved to Washington, NC in April 1898. He practiced as both a physician and a druggist from early on in his career. The Lloyd family moved from 3rd Street to 515 Gladden Street between 1900 and 1910. Jeremiah was enumerated as a barber in the 1920 United States Federal Census; in reality, he was also a wealthy physician, druggist, merchant, and developer who owned real estate valued at over $40,000.4
Jeremiah’s son, Dr. Manlius Dalton Lloyd, was born in Bladen County in 1894. Manlius earned an undergraduate degree from Livingstone College in Salisbury, NC and an M.D. from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN. He joined his father’s medical practice and drug store in Washington, NC following graduation. He married Ethel Ward in 1930; the couple had one adopted daughter, Hilda Ward.5
Both Jeremiah and Manlius were Odd Fellows and members of A.M.E. Zion Church in Washington. Jeremiah was also a member of the Pythians and the Gideon, while Manlius was an Elk, a Shriner, and a Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge.6
Dr. Jeremiah M. Lloyd passed away in 1942, leaving his vast estate to his wife and children. Tragically, Dr. Manlius D. Floyd died a few years later, in 1946, leaving his estate and his interest in his father’s estate (which had not yet been settled) to his wife and daughter.7
A confectioner and a dentist were operating from 408 Gladden Street by 1948. The building that housed Lloyd’s Drug Store is no longer standing.8
Essay by Brandie K. Ragghianti, 2022
Notes
1. Victor Green, 1952 Green Book, 55.
2. “Practically Completed,” Washington Daily News, December 1, 1910, 4, accessed from https://newspapers.digitalnc.org; “Erecting Office,” Washington Daily News, September 23, 1910, 1, accessed from https://newspapers.digitalnc.org; A.B. Caldewll, Ed., A History of the American Negro: North Carolina Edition, Vol. IV (Atlanta: A.B. Caldwell Publishing, 1921), 99-101, accessed from Google Books.
3. A.B. Caldwell, Ed., A History of the American Negro: North Carolina Edition, Vol. IV (Atlanta: A.B. Caldwell Publishing, 1921), 99-101, accessed from Google Books.
4. A.B. Caldwell, Ed., A History of the American Negro: North Carolina Edition, Vol. IV (Atlanta: A.B. Caldwell Publishing, 1921), 99-101, accessed from Google Books; 1900 United States Federal Census, Ward 3, Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, digital image s.v. “Jerryamier M. Lloyd” [sic], accessed from www.ancestry.com; 1910 United States Federal Census, Ward 3, Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, digital image s.v. “Jereniah M. Lloyd” [sic], accessed from www.ancestry.com; 1920 United States Federal Census, Ward 3, Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, digital image s.v. “Jamie Loyd” [sic], accessed from www.ancestry.com.
5. “Negro Physician Commits Suicide,” (obituary), The News and Observer, November 28, 1946, digital p. 17, accessed from www.newspapers.com; Dr. M. D. Lloyd and Ethel D. Ward, June 11, 1930, Beaufort County, North Carolina, U.S. Marriage Records, 1741-2011, accessed from www.ancestry.com, also see section “L” in the index.
6. Negro Physician Commits Suicide,” (obituary), The News and Observer, November 28, 1946, digital p. 17, accessed from www.newspapers.com; A.B. Caldewll, Ed., A History of the American Negro: North Carolina Edition, Vol. IV (Atlanta: A.B. Caldwell Publishing, 1921), 99-101, accessed from Google Books.
7. Dr. J.M. Lloyd, January 2, 1942, Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, U.S. Death Certificates, 1909-1976, accessed from www.ancestry.com; J.M. Lloyd, January 10, 1942, Beaufort County, North Carolina, U.S. Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, accessed from www.ancestry.com; Dr. Manlius Daluton Lloyd, June 11, 1894, Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, U.S. Death Certificates, 1909-1976, accessed from www.ancestry.com; Dr. Manlius Dalton Lloyd, December 13, 1946, Beaufort County, Appointment of Executors, Book 3, 1937-1960, North Carolina, U.S. Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, accessed from www.ancestry.com; Manlieus Dalton Lloyd [sic], December 13, 1946, Beaufort County, North Carolina, U.S. Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, accessed from www.ancestry.com; Negro Physician Commits Suicide,” (obituary), The News and Observer, November 28, 1946, digital p. 17, accessed from www.newspapers.com.
8. Miller’s 1948 Washington, NC City Directory, 303 (street listing); 408 Gladden Street, Washington, NC, Google Maps.