Chestnut Grove Cemetery lies above the river valley, with the northward course of the west branch of Rocky River forming one boundary. Its seven acres, often called “Turkey Foot” because turkeys roosted in the trees, are marked by old trees that convey stateliness and solemnity. Settlers from New England are buried there, including descendants of William Bradford, second governor of the Plymouth Colony. Julie Carter Northrop, granddaughter of Lorenzo Carter, one of Cleveland’s early settlers, is buried there. Veterans of six wars are honored there. In 1855, Oscar and Susan Kendall deeded 3½ acres to Olmstead Township for a cemetery, and in 1825, Hannah Lewis deeded 3½ acres to enlarge it. In 1887, Sam Broady built a sandstone structure with 18-inch-thick walls and a 7-inch-thick floor as a holding place until burials could be conducted. In 1929, Olmsted Township trustees quit-claimed Chestnut Grove Cemetery to the Village of Olmsted Falls with the reservation that it would forever be a union cemetery for Olmsted Township, West View, and Olmsted Falls. The Daughters of the American Revolution recorded the cemetery’s tombstone engravings and cenotaphs in 1961.