"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"

George Ford's Tombstone

George Ford's Tombstone

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.  He was the son of William and Henrietta Ford, and grandson of West Ford, the son of George Washington.