Henry Sherriden is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Henry Sherriden
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4303187
Unit:
Merchant Ship SciPion
Date of Death:
1815-01-24
State:
New York
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Henry Sheridden was a 22-year-old seaman from New York who served aboard the merchant ship SciPion. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Sheridden died suddenly on January 24, 1815, with no specific cause of death recorded. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.