"I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids--and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."
- Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man"
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Harriette C. Ford Bennett is the daughter of George Ford Jr.. She married George William Bennett. The couple had five children; George William Bennett, Jr., Arletta Marie Bennett,...
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Florence, wife of Dr. Cecil Bruce Ford, in memoriam.
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James O. Allen and his immediate family.
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Family Photo, from left to right: George William Ford, III, Lena Ford, Harriette Ford, Lorrenette Ford, George William Bennett, Sr.
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Proclamation from Governor Pritzker for recognition of Elise Ford Allen's work in the community of Peoria.
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Photo of a young, Zephaniah Allen, father of James O. Allen.
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Wife of Zephaniah Allen, and mother of James O. Allen.
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Photo of James O. Allen and his brother Garry in their print shop Peoria, Illinois.
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Zephaniah Allen, father of James O. Allen.
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Major George William Ford's tombstone at Camp Bulter National Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. George Ford was the superintendent of five National Cemeteries during his lifetime. ...
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Older photo of Zephaniah Allen, father of James O. Allen.
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This is one obituary on the death of Major George W. Ford who died in 1939 at the age of 91.
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Proclamation from Mayor, Rita Ali, of Peoria, Illinois for Elise F. Allen's service to the City, 2021.
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