My ggg-grandfather and his father both served in the 1st Rifle Regiment in the War of 1812. The elder man died on 30 December 1813, which is when Buffalo was razed. Do you happen to know if this unit was engaged during that one sided battle? I believe he might have been KIA, but his son said that he died at 11 Mile Creek. That might have been where the American forces retreated.
Joe