"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. |
James O. Allen and his immediate family. |
Family Photo, from left to right: George William Ford, III, Lena Ford, Harriette Ford, Lorrenette Ford, George William Bennett, Sr. |
Proclamation from Governor Pritzker for recognition of Elise Ford Allen's work in the community of Peoria. |
Photo of a young, Zephaniah Allen, father of James O. Allen. |
Wife of Zephaniah Allen, and mother of James O. Allen. |
Photo of James O. Allen and his brother Garry in their print shop Peoria, Illinois. |
Zephaniah Allen, father of James O. Allen. |
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. ... |
Older photo of Zephaniah Allen, father of James O. Allen. |
This is one obituary on the death of Major George W. Ford who died in 1939 at the age of 91. |
Proclamation from Mayor, Rita Ali, of Peoria, Illinois for Elise F. Allen's service to the City, 2021. |