John Butler is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
John Butler
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4405626
Unit:
Merchant Ship Semiramis
Date of Death:
1815-02-23
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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John Butler was a 52-year-old seaman from Pennsylvania who served aboard the merchant ship Semiramis. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Butler died on February 23, 1815, with variola recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.