Vantage Point glog:  https://news.va.gov/45829/buffalo-soldier-makes-history-serving-as-superintendent-of-va-cemeteries/

George Ford is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/campbutler.asp.

George W. Ford was a career national cemetery superintendent and civil rights activist whose headstone at Camp Butler National Cemetery, IL, reads “Supt. of this cemetery for 24 years,” reveals nothing of his remarkable life. Born a free black in 1847, he became one of the first African Americans appointed as a national cemetery superintendent, a career that spanned over a half century. Ford left his cemetery post once, to fight in the Spanish-American War. Major Ford went to Cuba with the 23rd Kansas Volunteers, commanded by Teddy Roosevelt. As a result he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1899, where Roosevelt was nominated as vice president. In 1905, Ford lobbied for civil rights as a charter member of the Niagara Movement. He died on June 20, 1939, 

Additional information:
https://sangamoncountyhistory.org/wp/?p=10819


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