Joseph Ranson is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Joseph Ranson
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4100700
Unit:
Merchant Ship Ned
Date of Death:
1815-03-01
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Joseph Ranson was a 23-year-old seaman from Philadelphia who served aboard the merchant ship Ned. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Ranson died on March 1, 1815, with phthisis recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.