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Thomas Worthington (1773-1827) —
of Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Virginia, July 16,
1773.
Democrat. Delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Ross County, 1802;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1803-07, 1810-14; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1807, 1821-22; Governor of
Ohio, 1814-18; defeated, 1808, 1810.
Died June 20,
1827 (age 53 years, 339
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery.
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Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Carlisle, England,
June
19, 1766.
Democrat. Member of Northwest
Territory legislature, 1799; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Ross County, 1802;
Governor
of Ohio, 1803-07; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1807-09; resigned 1808; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1809-10.
Died in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, August 9,
1829 (age 63 years, 51
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery.
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William Allen (1803-1879) —
also known as "Earthquake Allen"; "Petticoat
Allen"; "The Fog Horn"; "The Ohio
Gong"; "Rise Up William Allen" —
of Ohio.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., December
27, 1803.
Son of Nathaniel Allen and Sarah (Colburn) Allen.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1833-35; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1837-49; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1864;
Governor
of Ohio, 1874-76.
Died near Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, July 11,
1879 (age 75 years, 196
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery.
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Duncan McArthur (1772-1839) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 14,
1772.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1804; member of Ohio state
senate, 1805-13 (Ross and Franklin counties 1805-07, Ross,
Franklin and Highland counties 1807-08, Ross County 1808-13); colonel
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1813, 1823-25 (3rd District 1813, 6th
District 1823-25); Governor of
Ohio, 1830-32.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died April 29,
1839 (age 66 years, 319
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery.
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William Creighton, Jr. (1778-1851) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
29, 1778.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Ohio, 1803-08; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1810; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1813-17, 1827-28, 1829-33 (3rd District
1813-17, 6th District 1827-28, 1829-33).
Died in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, October
1, 1851 (age 72 years, 337
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery.
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Horatio Clifford Claypool (1859-1921) —
also known as Horatio C. Claypool —
of Ohio.
Born in McArthur, Vinton
County, Ohio, February
9, 1859.
Democrat. Probate judge in Ohio, 1905; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1911-15, 1917-19.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
19, 1921 (age 61 years, 345
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery.
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Lawrence Talbot Neal (1844-1905) —
also known as Lawrence T. Neal —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
22, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ross
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-72; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1873-77; candidate for Ohio state
senate, 1887; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1892;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1893.
Died in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, November
2, 1905 (age 61 years, 41
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery.
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Albert Douglas (1852-1935) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, April 25,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; Ross
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877-81; Presidential Elector for
Ohio, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1907-11; defeated, 1910,
1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 14,
1935 (age 82 years, 323
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery.
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Joseph Miller (1819-1862) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
9, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1856; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1857-59; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1859-60.
Died May 27,
1862 (age 42 years, 260
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery.
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Harold Kile Claypool (1886-1958) —
also known as Harold K. Claypool —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Bainbridge, Ross
County, Ohio, June 2,
1886.
Son of Horatio
Clifford Claypool and Elizabeth L. (Kile) Claypool.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1937-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Eagles.
Died in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, August 2,
1958 (age 72 years, 61
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery.
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Carey Allen Trimble (1813-1887) —
of Ohio.
Born in Ohio, 1813.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1859-63.
Died in 1887
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery.
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John Inskeep Vanmeter (1798-1875) —
also known as John I. Vanmeter —
of Ohio.
Born in Virginia, 1798.
Whig. Member of Ohio state legislature; Presidential Elector for
Ohio, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1843-45.
Died in 1875
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Massie —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Ross County, 1802;
member of Ohio state
senate from Ross County, 1803-04; Speaker of
the Ohio State Senate, 1803-04; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1804,
1808;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1806.
Founder of Chillicothe.
Interment at Grandview Cemetery.
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