"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
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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... |
Photo of Camp Butler and the tombstones honoring the dead soldiers' final resting places. |
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. |
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. |
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.... |
This is one obituary on the death of Major George W. Ford who died in 1939 at the age of 91. |
Harriett and George Ford sitting on a bench at the Camp Butler National Cemetery. |
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 Bruce Ford and his wife Florence are buried in Camp Butler National Cemetery. Cecil Bruce was the son of Major George Ford. |
Tombstome of C. Bruce Ford Jr., son of Dr. Cecil Bruce Ford who is buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery. |
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. |
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... |
West Ford Descendants Linda Allen Hollis, Angela Allen Henry, Barbara Allen Randall and James O. Allen Jr. at Camp Butler National Cemetery. |
