Granville Henderson Oury
Born: March 12, 1825
Birthplace: Abingdon, Virginia
Father: Augustus Oury 1786 – 1870
(Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Louisiana, Missouri)
Mother: Catherine Sanders 1797 – 1840
(Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Louisiana, Missouri)
Wife: Sarah Malvina “Mina” Sanders 1842 – 1912
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Seguin, Texas)
Married: April 16, 1863 in Guadalupe, Texas
Children
Genevive Oury Jackson 1869 – 1960
Political Party: Democratic Political Party
Occupation before War:
Worked on his father’s farm and attended school in Bowling Green.
1848: Admitted to the Bar in Bowling Green, Missouri
1848: Moved to San Antonio Texas
1849 – 1856: Participated in Gold Mining in Marysville, California
1856: Moved to Tucson in what was then New Mexico Territory.
Judge of District Court of Arizona, and New Mexico at Mesilla.
Civil War Career:
1861: Convention of Sixty–eight voters choose Oury as delegate.
1862: Arizona Territory Delegate Confederate Provisional Congress
1862: Asked President Davis for organization of southern Arizona.
1862: President Jefferson Davis ignored his request for organization.
1862: John H. Reagan introduced such a bill that became law.
1862: Military Governor John R. Baylor called an election for a delegate to permanent congress recommending Marcus H. Macwillie over Oury.
1862: At the Convention Oury’s friends abstained from voting.
1862: Captain in Herbert’s Arizona Cavalry Battalion
1862 – 1864: Colonel on the Staff of Brig. General Henry H. Sibley
1865: Took Oath of Allegiance to the United States on October 8th at Fort Mason Arizona Territory
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1869: Attorney in Tucson, Arizona
1866: Arizona Territory Representative
1866: Speaker of Arizona Territory House of Representatives
1869: Arizona Territory Attorney General
1871: Moved to Phoenix, Arizona Territory
1871 – 1873: Maricopa County, Arizona Territory District Attorney
1873: Arizona Territory Representative
1873: Speaker of Arizona Territory House of Representatives
1875: Arizona Territory Representative
1878: Unsuccessful Candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress
1879 – 1881: Pinal County Arizona Territory District Attorney
1881 – 1885: Arizona Delegate to United States Congress
1884: Unsuccessful Candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress
1884: Arizona Territory Delegate Democratic National Convention
1885 – 1889: Attorney in Florence, Arizona
1889 – 1890: Pinal County Arizona District Attorney
Died: January 11, 1891
Place of Death: Adamsville Cemetery, Florence, Arizona
Cause of Death: Throat Cancer
Age at time of Death: 65 years old
Burial Place: Masonic Cemetery, Florence, Arizona
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