"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"
C. Bruce Ford and Dolores Finley
C. Bruce Ford, graduated with honors from Bradley University with a B.S. and M.S. degrees in mathematics. Bruce rose to the rank of master sergeant in the military in WWII. His career as...
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Wife of C. Bruce Ford. Dolores was an outstanding and well-known educator in Galesburg, Illnois.
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Dr. Cecil Bruce Ford was the son of Major Geroge W. Ford. He married Florence Harrison and the couple had four children: Elise, Florence, Bruce and Harrison. His life is detailed in...
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Photo of Florence Ford, married to Dr. Cecil Bruce Ford. The couple had four children, Elise, Florence, Bruce and Harrison. Florence Ford was a well-known seamtress in Peoria, Illinois....
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Photo of a young C. Bruce and Harrison at their home on Gale Avenue in Peoria, Illinois.
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Younger picture of Bruce Ford.
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Bruce and Dolores in Detroit, Michigan.
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Couple outside their of their residence in Galesburg, Illinois.
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Family photo of C. Bruce and his children in Peoria, Illinois. Left to right, Glen, Candy Lynn, Bruce, C. Bruce (father), and Lois Ann, Cyd Ford Keser.
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Photo of Harrison Ford with his nephews Glenn and Bruce, sons of C. Bruce Ford.
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Photo of Joyce and Harrison and C. Bruce's wife, Dolores.
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Elise Ford Allen and Bruce Ford with their mother, Florence at a Ford Family reunion Norman Allen sitting and Carol Allen Adams in the background.
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Wayne Ford, son of Harrison and Joyce Ford and Candy Lynn Ford Webb, daughter of Bruce and Delores Ford. The cousins visited Mount Vernon in 2018.
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Obiturary of Cecil Bruce Ford, Jr., son of Major George Ford.
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Letter from the President John F. Kennedy in memory of Cecil B. Ford's service in the miltary.
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Ford Family Reunion, Peoria Illinois.
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Obituary of C. Bruce Ford, son of Dr. Cecil Bruce Ford, grandson of Major George Ford. He is buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery.
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