John Thomas is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
John Thomas
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4303656
Unit:
Merchant Ship Elbridge Gerry
Date of Death:
1814-10-25
State:
New York
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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John Thomas was a 23-year-old seaman from New York who served aboard the merchant ship Elbridge Gerry. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Thomas died of enteritis on October 25, 1814. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.