Find A Grave - Ross County

Allen, William b. December 27, 1803 d. July 11, 1879
Governor of Ohio, U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman, Lawyer. Born in Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, he was orphaned as a young child and moved in with his older sister at Lynchburg, Virginia. He attended private schools and moved to Chillicothe, Ohio in 1819 to attend the Chillicothe Academy. He studied law under Colonel Edward King and was admitted to the bar in 1827. He commenced to practice as an attorney in Chillicothe and became a skilled orator as a debater and public speaker...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy)
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Plot: section 5
GPS coordinates: 39.3232307, -82.9996490 (hddd.dddd)
Bennett, Henry Holcomb b. December 5, 1863 d. April 30, 1924
Author, Journalist, Poet. Author of the patriotic poem, "Hats Off-- The Flag Goes By."
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Claypool, Harold Kile b. June 2, 1886 d. August 2, 1958
US Congressman, State Court Judge. Elected to represent Ohio's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1937 to 1943.
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Claypool, Horatio Clifford b. February 9, 1859 d. January 19, 1921
US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1911 to 1915, then from 1917 to 1919.
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Creighton Jr., William b. October 29, 1778 d. October 1, 1851
Ohio's 1st Secretary of State. Designer of Great Seal of Ohio. A U.S. Representative.
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Davis, Edwin Hamilton b. January 22, 1811 d. May 15, 1888
Scientist. He co-author the famed "Squier and Davis Archeological Surveys", which were published by Smithsonian Institution. An authority on early Moundbuilders and prehistoric Indians, he gathered the largest collection of relics ever assembled in America. He is a member of the Ohio Hall of Fame.
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Deschler, Lewis b. 1903 d. 1976
Parliamentarian of U.S. House Of Representatives for many years. Adviser and confidante of prominent legislators and high government officials from administrations of Franklin Roosevelt to Gerald Ford. Considered foremost expert in U.S. on parliamentary procedure of U.S. Congress.
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Douglas, Albert b. April 25, 1852 d. March 14, 1935
US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 11th District in the United States of Representatives, serving from 1907 to 1911. Served as United States Ambassador to Peru in 1921.
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Enderlin, Richard b. January 11, 1843 d. February 11, 1930
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Germany and emigrated to Ohio, in 1862 he enlisted in Company B of the 73rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. On July 2, 1863, he was recommended for the Medal of Honor for his bravery at the Battle of Gettysburg. During the battle Private George Nixon (also a member of the 73rd Ohio and the grandfather of President Richard Nixon) was wounded near the Confederate lines. Other soldiers ignored the wounded Nixon's cries for help due to the intense...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Shoemaker)
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 9
Fullerton, Joseph Scott b. December 3, 1835 d. March 20, 1897
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. An attorney by profession he graduated from Miami University in 1856 and the Cincinnati Law School in 1858. He entered service during the Civil War as 1st Lieutenant, 2nd Missouri Infantry. He rose to be Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Major on the staff of General Gordon Granger and as Lieutenant Colonel, A.A.G. and Chief of Staff of the 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland. Brevetted Brigadier General March 13, 1865 for "gallant and...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 6, Lot 30
Hunter, Dard b. November 29, 1883 d. February 20, 1966
Renowned authority & scholar on the manufacture of paper. He has the reputation as the only person in the world to have personally accomplished the complete creation from manufacture of the paper to the printing, to the authorship & to the publishing of a book.
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Ireland, William A. 'Billy' b. 1880 d. 1935
Beloved cartoonist for Columbus, Ohio Dispatch for 37 years with humorous "Passing Show". An accomplished political cartoonist.
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Long, Jr., Richard b. 1837 d. 1889
Civil War Lt. Col. and commander of the 73rd Ohio Infantry. Pvt. George Nixon, grandfather of Pres. Richard Nixon, who was killed at Gettysburg was in his regiment. (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Lundgren, Jeffrey Don b. May 3, 1950 d. October 24, 2006
Cult Leader, Murderer. A self-professed prophet, he formed a religious cult in Kirtland Ohio, after being dismissed as a lay minister of the Mormon Church in 1987. In a dispute over finances and what Lundgren felt was group loyality, he shot and killed the entire Dennis Avery family of five on April 17, 1989. He ordered his followers to dig a pit and bury the bodies. Nine months after the killings, police followed a tip from an informant and uncovered the remains. After a nationwide search...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Chillicothe Correctional Institute Prison Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
McArthur, Duncan b. June 14, 1772 d. April 29, 1839
Governor of Ohio, U.S. Congressman, War of 1812 Officer. Born in Dutchess County, New York, he moved to Pennsylvania with his father in 1780 when he was a child. McArthur joined General Josiah Harmar's Army of Pennsylvania Volunteers when he was 17 and served in the Indian Campaigns in the Northwest Territory. He moved to Maysville, Kentucky in 1793 and found employment at the salt works. In 1796, he became one of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy)
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Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
GPS coordinates: 39.3232803, -82.9829788 (hddd.dddd)
Mechem, Philip b. 1892 d. 1969
Author and educator. With his father, Charles Mechem, he was of the country's most famed and distinguished legal writers.
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Miller, Joseph b. 1819 d. 1862
US Congressman, State Court Judge. Elected to represent Ohio's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1857 to 1859. Member of Ohio State Legislature.
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Neal, Lawrence Talbot b. 1844 d. 1905
US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1873 to 1877. Member of Ohio State Legislature.
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Nickel, Elbert E. b. December 28, 1922 d. February 27, 2007
Professional Football Player. "Elbie" was born in Fullerton, Kentucky. After a successful high school career he went to the University of Cincinnati where he became a star in football, basketball and baseball. His college career was interrupted so he could serve in the United States Army during World War II but he returned to the Bearcats in 1946 where he earned All-American honors as a football player. After college he was offered contracts to play baseball for the Cincinnati Reds and football...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Massieville, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Sill, Joshua Woodrow b. 1831 d. December 31, 1862
Civil War Union Brigadier General. He was killed at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee,1862. Ft Sill, Oklahoma was named after him by General Phil Sheridan. He was the youngest Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. The plaque on his monument was dedicated to his memory by the men of Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. 22 men in his brigade in April, 1862 became the Andrews Raiders along with civilians James J. Andrews and William Campbell.
Cause of death: Casualty of war
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 5

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