Grandview Cemetery is a cemetery in
Chillicothe, Ohio
Chillicothe ( ) is a city in Ross County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 22,059 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located along the Scioto River 45 miles (72 km) south of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus, ...
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About
Grandview Cemetery (originally spelled Grand View as two words) was established around 1841.
History of Ross County, Ohio accessed September 7, 2009 The ground the cemetery stands on looks down upon the valleys of the Scioto River and Paint Creek, with a panoramic view of the city of Chillicothe.
The land for Grandview was purchased outside of the city limits of Chillicothe in order to provide a more restful setting for the new cemetery (one of the burial grounds it replaced later became the site of a railroad depot).
Grandview Cemetery was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1978.
Notable burials
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William Allen (governor)
William Allen (December 18 or 27, 1803 – July 11, 1879) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic Representative, Senator and 31st governor of Ohio.
Early life and family
Allen was born in Edenton, North Carolina. His ...
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Henry Holcomb Bennett
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Harold Kile Claypool
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Horatio Clifford Claypool
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William Creighton, Jr.
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Edwin H. Davis
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Lewis Deschler
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Albert Douglas
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Richard Enderlin
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Joseph Scott Fullerton
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Dard Hunter
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William A. Ireland
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Nathaniel Massie
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Duncan McArthur
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Joseph Miller
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Lawrence Talbot Neal
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Noel Sickles
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Joshua Woodrow Sill
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Burton E. Stevenson
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Edward Tiffin
Edward Tiffin (June 19, 1766 – August 9, 1829) was an American politician who served as the first governor of Ohio and later as a United States Senate, United States Senator from Ohio as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Democratic-R ...
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Carey Trimble
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John Inskeep Vanmeter
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Thomas Worthington (governor)
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British Commonwealth war grave, of Captain Charles H. Becker of the
East Surrey Regiment
The East Surrey Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1959. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot, the 70th ( ...
of
World War I
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CWGC casualty record.
Notes
External links
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History of Ross County, Ohio
{{National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
Chillicothe, Ohio
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
Protected areas of Ross County, Ohio
National Register of Historic Places in Ross County, Ohio
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio