Camp Funston, Kansas My grandfather was an army doctor during the 1918 flu, see this page for documents and pictures. war bond
My GrandFather,  He died before WW2 , and long before I was born, so I never meet him.

HARRY ROSS WILSON born in Chanute Kansas in 1878 died in1939 buried in Chanute, Kansas Cemetery. Married 

KETURAH JANE KERR born August 29,1882 in Iowa. Died December 2, 1961 Buried in Shawnee Kansas Cemetery. 

They had four children. Harry Ross Wilson was a physician received his degree from the University of Chicago.
He met Keturah  when she was studying nursing. He serviced as a doctor in the US Army WWI, 
stationed at Camp Funston,  Kansas. During the Flu epidemic.   HE was a small town doctor in Williamsburg
and then Shawnee Kansas.  Doctoring the sick during the great depression,  he died poor.  

You've probably seen this picture from 1918       
Harry Wilson could be in this picture somewhere, ??  
what we do know is that  he was somewhere on Camp Funston, Kansas                                          This Receipt is for a War Bond he purchased --1918

   
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