"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"
William West Ford and Henrietta Bruce
William Ford was the son of West Ford and Priscella Bell. William was born abt 1814-1817 on the Mount Vernon Plantation. He married Henrietta Bruce on September 3rd, 1840. Henrietta was the...
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Land and Tax Record of William Ford's acres given to him by his father, West Ford. This land is now known as Gum Springs in Virginia.
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Drawing of West Ford in his early 70's, son of George Washington and father of Daniel Ford.
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Venus, mother of West Ford and the grandmother of William Ford. Born on the Bushfield Plantation.
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Henry S. Robinson was a certified genealogist and historian. Henry was born June 18, 1930. His father, Henry S. Robinson Sr., graduated from Howard University in medicine and his mother...
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Photo of Hannah Ford, daughter of William and Henrietta Bruce, granddaughter of West Ford. She was born around November 0f 1850. Hannah married the Civil War Veteran John Pierson Quander on...
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Photo of an older Maj. George Ford. George Ford was the youngest child born on the Mount Vernon Plantation to William and Priscella Ford in 1847. Major Ford was educated on the Mount Vernon...
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.thumbnail.jpg "Henrietta Quander, daughter of Hannah Ford")
This is a photo of Henrietta Quander, daugther of Hannah Ford and John Pierson Quander. Hannah was the daughter of William Ford, whose father was West Ford. Henrietta married...
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This is a photo of Theresa Allen, Leyland Branch and Jacquelyn Allen-Whitehead, daughter of Theresa and granddaugther of Leyland Branch (Photo credit: Jacquelyn Allen-Whitehead Collection)....
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.thumbnail.jpg "Theresa and her mother Elizabeth")
A photo of Theresa Branch Allen and her mother Elzabeth Clark. Theresa is the daughter of Henrietta Quander, granddaughter of West Ford (Photo Credit: Jacquelyn Allen-Whitehead...
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.thumbnail.jpg "Lonnie Allen")
Photo of Lonnie Allen, husband of Theresa Branch (Photo Credit: Jacquelyn Allen-Whitehead).
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.thumbnail.jpg "Jacquelyn Allen-Whitehead")
This is a photo of Jacquelyn Allen-Whitehead, whose mother is Theresa Branch and her father is...
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.thumbnail.jpg "Jacquelyn and brother Lonnie Allen 3rd")
Jacquelyn Allen-Whitehead relaxing with her brother, Lonnie Allen 3rd. Both are direct descendants of West Ford.
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