Pvt. George Alexander Martin, (USA)

George Alexander Martin

• Birth: Nov 10 1843 - Piqua, Miami Co, Ohio
• Death: Feb 19 1939 - Oroville, CA
• Parents: David Groves Martin, Julia Adelade Alli Martin (born Huls)
• Siblings: Susan Caroline Martin, Ebenezer Martin
• Wife: Martha Ann (Mattie) Martin (born Jackson)
• Children: Edison H Martin, Harland Orland Martin, Fred W Martin, Erastus F Martin, Daisy Lillian Quinton, Gage (born Martin), Alfred Eugene Martin, Myrtle Elizabeth Martin, Charles D Martin

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Biography

George Alexander Martin (USA)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40160065/george_alexander_martin

Note: Was interviewed a couple times on his memories of Bidwell Bar. Was maybe the oldest living civil war veteran alive in Oroville at the age of 95.

George A. Martin, 95, Resident Of Butte County Since 1853, Succumbs

George A. Martin, 95, a Butte County resident since 1853. died at his home on Bridge St. in Oroville Sunday. At the age of eight years he crossed the plains by ox team with his parents and reached Bidwell Bar in 1853.

county included Peter Freer, sheriff; Judge Lewis; Pat Harris, district attorney: Charles Lott, a lawyer. On of the ferry boat, owned by a Mr. Van Norton, emigrants were carried across the river at a cost of $1.50 for two yoke of oxen Up to his death Martin's mem- and wagon.

County was vivid. He was born in Ohio, November 10. 1843. When the Martin family reached California they lived for many years at Bidwell Bar In 1878 Martin married Martha Ann Jackson. Their eight children were born in Butte County.

Oroville

Vivid recollections of early Butte County history were told by Martin in an article written when he was 84 years old.

ory of the earliest days of Butte The town at the bar burned in 1854, he said. and the suspension bridg material for which was brought around the Horn, was built in 15. Parts of the bridge were Lrought from New York around Cape Horn to San Francisco, and from that city by boat up the Sacramento River to Marysville, Deceased was a Civil War vet-iand from there hauled to Bidwell eran one of the oldest living in Bar at a charge of $17 per hun- dred pounds, he recalled.

The old stone building still stand- ing south of the bridge, and often spoken of as the jail, he declared was not a jail, but a store building, built in 1864 by Joseph Gluc basement of the courthouse on the

In 1853, he said, there were 2.000 miners in the vicinity of Bidwell off. The jall, he said, was in the Bar, a booming mining town, then the county seat. Officers of the bluff.

Was Shot by an arrow by the natives went through his leg and killed his horse. Arrow was donated by my grandfathers sister to the first congregational church museum where his father David G Martin used to preach to people at a oak tree and stainglass window was donated to the church from his grandfather home land either Ireland or Scotland that William J Martin immigrated from.

Name George Alexander Martin
Birth Place Ohio
Birth Date 10 November 1843
Father David G Martin
Mother Adelade Huls
Spouse Martha A Jackson
Marriage Date 1 January 1879
Marriage Place Chico, Butte County, Calfornia
Previous Residence Keokuk, Iowa
Residence Oroville, California

California, U.S., Pioneer and Immigrant Files, 1790-1950

George Martin in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4173520:1555

Name George Martin
Enlistment Date 14 Feb 1865
Enlistment Place Oroville, California
Enlistment Rank Private
Muster Date 22 Feb 1865
Muster Place California
Muster Company A
Muster Regiment 1st Cavalry
Muster Regiment Type Cavalry
Muster Information Enlisted
Muster Out Date 8 May 1866
Muster Out Place Drum Barracks, California
Muster Out Information Mustered Out
Side of War Union
Survived War? Yes
Title Register of California Men in the War of the Rebellion 1861 to 1867

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_California_Cavalry_Regiment

Company A: October,1861 sent to Camp Carleton San Bernardino County from Oakland. Duty there until March 1, 1862. Marched to Fort Yuma and on to Stanwix Rancho by March 16. March 29, 1862 Skirmish six miles beyond Stanwix Rancho on the Gila River. A small scouting party of the company under Lt. James Barrett engaged in battle at Picacho Pass in which he and 2 others were killed and 3 wounded April 16, 1862. On December 29th, 1863 1st Lient. Samuel H. Allyne was killed by a fellow soldier in San Elizario.[2] April 3, 1864, a detachment of 25 troops led by Captain Albert H. French left San Elizario, Texas for Spencers Ranch near Presidio Del Norte. On the 15th they ambushed 10 Confederate soldiers there, killing the captain and three others. Two escaped and four more were taken prisoner. No Californians were wounded. The Confederate camp was located and the muskets, ammunition, and horses were emancipated. The skirmish over, the detachment and their prisoners returned to San Elizario on April 24, having covered 499 miles.[3]

Source: Chico Record (Chico, California) 23 Feb 1939, Thursday Page 2

References

1. Fold3, George A. Martin (https://www.fold3.com/memorial/663991694/george-a-martin-civil-war-... : accessed Sep 24, 2024), database and images, https://www.fold3.com/memorial/663991694/george-a-martin-civil-war-...
2. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5126014:1138 Name George A. Martin Side Union Regiment State/Origin California Regiment 1st Regiment, California Cavalry Company A Rank In Private Rank Out Private Film Number M533 roll 4
3. 1st Cavalry Regiment California (1861-1866) < AncestryLink >
4. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6HJ-QX4 cites
   1. "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4F-ZH8 : Wed Jul 17 04:11:29 UTC 2024), Entry for David Martin and Julia A Martin, 1850.
   2. "California, Pioneer Migration Index, Compiled 1906-1935," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8L-X33K : 16 August 2019), George A Martin, 25 Oct 1853; citing Emigration, California, United States, California State Library, Sacramento.
   3. "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK6-H2S : Mon Jul 08 03:50:33 UTC 2024), Entry for David G Martin and Julia A Martin, 1860.
   4. "California Great Registers, 1850-1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTDP-66W : Sat Mar 09 13:06:46 UTC 2024), Entry for George Alexander Martin, 21 Sep 1868.
   5. "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN6X-874 : Tue Mar 05 10:18:30 UTC 2024), Entry for David G Martin and Julia A Martin, 1870.
   6. "California Great Registers, 1850-1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTDP-5LQ : Sat Mar 09 14:47:45 UTC 2024), Entry for George Alexander Martin, 27 Nov 1878.
   7. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DK-LR9 : Sat Mar 09 01:28:54 UTC 2024), Entry for George A Martin and Mattie Jackson, 1 January 1879.
   8. "California Great Registers, 1850-1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTD5-MCF : Tue Jul 23 23:42:08 UTC 2024), Entry for George Alexander Martin, 27 Nov 1879.
   9. "California Great Registers, 1850-1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTX4-7MY : Mon Jul 22 17:21:43 UTC 2024), Entry for George Alexander Martin, 1884.
   10. "California Great Registers, 1850-1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTDR-3TV : Sat Mar 09 11:59:25 UTC 2024), Entry for George Alexander Martin, 03 Oct 1892.
   11. "California Great Registers, 1850-1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTDR-ZC7 : Sun Mar 10 20:31:07 UTC 2024), Entry for George Alexander Martin, 31 Jul 1896.
   12. "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9P4-T6J : Thu Apr 11 20:02:50 UTC 2024), Entry for George A Martin and Mattie A Martin, 1900.
   13. "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV28-Z7T : Sat Mar 09 21:29:42 UTC 2024), Entry for George A Martin and Martha Martin, 1910.
   14. "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH3N-JPJ : Sun Mar 10 19:15:47 UTC 2024), Entry for George A Martin and Martha Martin, 1920.
   15. "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCXL-C6P : Sat Mar 09 15:23:13 UTC 2024), Entry for George A Martin and Martha A Martin, 1930.
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40160065/george-alexander-martin

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40160065/george-alexander-martin

GEORGE A. MARTIN RITES THURSDAY
Funeral services for George A martin, 95. Butte county resident since 1853, will be held at 2:30 pm Thursday at Chapel of the Palms, under direction of the Thomas Funeral Home.
Mr. Martin died at his home on Bridge street Sunday. Military burial rites will be held following the funeral services at Berry Creek cemetery.