Jeremiah Gardner is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Jeremiah Gardner
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4404739
Unit:
Merchant Ship Impressed
Date of Death:
1815-03-01
State:
Rhode Island
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Jeremiah Gardner was a 27-year-old seaman from Rhode Island who served aboard the merchant ship Impressed. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Gardner died on March 1, 1815, with variola recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.