John Kelley is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
John Kelley
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4403756
Unit:
Merchant Ship Alfred
Date of Death:
1815-03-29
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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John Kelley was a 62-year-old seaman from Marblehead who served aboard the merchant ship Alfred. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Kelley died on March 29, 1815, with amnesia recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.