Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe Ohio
Grandview Cemetery contains the graves of four important Ohio governors, a famous Civil War General, and pioneer founders of Ohio. Its monuments are of superior workmanship and detailing in the Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Romanesque, and early twentieth century classical revival influences. Among those buried there are: General Nathaniel Massie (1763-1813), pioneer from Virginia, surveyor, and Revolutionary soldier, founder of Chillicothe; Thomas Worthington (1773-1827) pioneer from Virginia, U.S. Senator from Ohio 1802-1808, 6th governor of Ohio, builder of Adena, the famous plantation and historic attraction in Chillicothe, close friend of Thomas Jefferson and Tecumseh, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, father of the Ohio Erie Canal; Dr. Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) pioneer from Virginia, first governor of Ohio, U.S. Senator, General of the
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