"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"

Camp Butler National Cemetery

Camp Butler National Cemetery
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Major George Ford, Superintendent of Camp Butler

Major George W. Ford was the superintendant of Camp Butler National Cemetery for 25 years.  During his lifetime, he would be superintendent of five national cemeteries. The collage shows...

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Sea of Tombstones

Photo of Camp Butler and the tombstones honoring the dead soldiers' final resting places.

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Gazebo

Gazebo at Camp Butler Cemetery near the main house which today is it's office. George Ford's tombstone, in white marble, has a prominent place in the national cemtery.

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Tombstone of Major George W. Ford

This is the tombstone of Major George W. Ford who is buried in the Camp Butler National Cemetery. Upon his death, Major Ford was given a full military funeral. 

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Son, Mother, Father at Camp Butler

Tombstones of George Ford and his son Noel Ford.  George's wife Harriett is buried between her husband and son at Camp Butler National Cemetery....

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Obituary of Major George W. Ford

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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George and Harriett at Camp Butler

Harriett and George Ford sitting on a bench at the Camp Butler National Cemetery. 

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Then and Now Home at Camp Butler

This is a photo showing the Camp Butler house located on the cemetery grounds. In 1906, George Ford moved his family to Camp Butler National Cemetery near Springfield, Illinois where he...

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Dr. Cecil B. Ford Tombstone

Dr. Cecil Bruce Ford and his wife Florence are buried in Camp Butler National Cemetery. Cecil Bruce was the son of Major George Ford.

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C. Bruce Ford Jr. Tombsone

Tombstome of C. Bruce Ford Jr., son of Dr. Cecil Bruce Ford who is buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery.

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James O. Allen Tombstone

Tombstone of James O. Allen and Elise Ford Allen. Elise was the daugther of Dr. Cecil Bruce Ford and her grandfather was Major George W. Ford. 

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West Ford Descendants Visiting Cemetery

Ford descendants visiting the eight family members buried at Camp Butler Cemetery. From left to right: Joy Allen Stone, Carol Adams Allen, Timothy Ford Allen, Linda Allen Hollis, Angela Allen...

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Visit to Camp Butler

West Ford Descendants Linda Allen Hollis, Angela Allen Henry, Barbara Allen Randall and James O. Allen Jr. at Camp Butler National Cemetery.

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