| Welcome to the Marti/Marty home page! Adam Marti was born in Engi, Glarus, Switzerland (1786 - 1881). We believe his ship docked in New Orleans in 1846, where his name was changed to Marty. He traveled up the Mississippi River, to St. Louis Missouri. He was traveling with his son, Johannes, and two grandsons, Adam Marty and Samuel Bloomer. They all found employment in the arsenal for one year, making cartridges for the Mexican War. In 1849, the group reached the Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota area. In the 1850 census he is shown as living in Stillwater with his son, Sebastian (49 years old), Samuel Bloomer (14 years old), and Anna Marti (46 years old). We have not identified who this Anna Marti is, as she does not show up on the 1860 census. His occupation in Switzerland was farming among the foothills and mountains. As a young man, he assisted in driving back the invading French Army. During that time he was taken sick and never fully recovered. Yet in spite of his poor health, he lived to be 95 years old. (The 1880 census lists him as being 97 years old.) (The above paragraph is taken from "The History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley" by the Reverend Edward D. Neil) At the present time, we are not able to locate his grave site or any record of his death. He died in Washington County, Minnesota and presumably is buried somewhere in that county. We have checked Fairview, Salem, St. Lucas and St. Johns, Hazelwood, Trinity Lutheran, Guardian Angel and Woodbury cemeteries but have had no luck. He was Lutheran so we have not checked the Catholic cemeteries. In 1880 he was living with his son, Johannes (John) and his family in Baytown, Washington County, Minnesota. Fridolin, Johannes and Sebastian are three sons of Adam Marty. He also had three more sons, Joachim, born in 1808, Henry, born in 1830, and Andrew, born in 1831, and a daughter, Anna, (Joseph Bloomer) born in 1813. Our family has produced lawyers and judges, blacksmiths and millers, farmers and carpenters. We have even had a sheriff and a county treasurer. Our family is also proud to honor two Civil War veterans, Sam Bloomer (1835 - 1917) and Adam Marty (1837 - 1923). They enlisted on April 14, 1861 and were mustered into service in Company B, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry at Fort Snelling April 19, 1861. Sam and his cousin, Adam, participated in the following engagements: First Bull Run, Edwards Ferry, Siege of Yorktown, West Point, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill, South Mountain and Antietam. In the battle of Savage Station, Corporal Sam Bloomer, 23, of Company B, took a musket ball through the knee and went down. Unable to walk, he pulled himself into the West Woods in back of the Dunker Church, but not before tearing the colors from their staff and stuffing them in his shirt to prevent capture. As the Confederates came upon Bloomer's position near the church, Sgt. W. H. Andrews of the First Georgia Regulars saw his predicament, and, with several others, piled cordwood around him to protect him from stray bullets. It was a kindness that Bloomer would remember. A short while later a Confederate officer stripped him of his sword and revolver, to be followed by Stonewall Jackson himself, who reportedly had kind words for the wounded soldier. His right leg was amputated in David Hoffman's barn. He was the last color sergeant of the First Minnesota Infantry. His rather elaborate monument is pictured above. (The above is taken from Richard Moe's "The Last Full Measure") Please click on the link below if you would like to know more about the history of the Marti's in Engi, Glarus, Switzerland: www.eye.ch/swissgen/kant/glbamart.htm Please see my other website at www.martyfamily.com I am researching additional names such as Apmann, Bloomer, Burns, Dersch, Kempf, Kutz, Marti (Marty), Mordick, Plaster, Pressnell, Radi |
The Marty/Marti Family of Engi, Glarus, Switzerland
Updated April 19, 2003 |
Joy Adrian |
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