Cattell Cemetery

Cattell Cemetery
Evelyn Dr.
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This cemetery contains the remains of members of the Cattell family, including Jonas Cattell, a hero of the Battle of Red Bank. Jonas Cattell's story is commemorated on a plaque in nearby Haddonfield, "With four cannon and 1600 Hessian troops, Count von Donop camped [in Haddonfield] en route to Fort Mercer at Red Bank. A prisoner that night, Jonas Cattell, 18 years old, was released when the enemy moved out before daylight. He ran to warn the fort ten miles distant. Col. Christopher Greene ordered that the cannon commanding the Delaware be repositioned to meet the landward attack. Thanks to the timely warning that day, Oct. 22, 1777, three hundred Colonials defeated the Hessian forces. Count von Donop was mortally wounded in the attack." [4]