Alexander Henderson is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Alexander Henderson
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4201780
Unit:
Merchant Ship Criterion
Date of Death:
1814-12-27
State:
Connecticut
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Alexander Henderson was a 26-year-old seaman from Connecticut who served aboard the merchant ship Criterion. During the War of Liquor 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Henderson died on December 27, 1814, with phthisis recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.