CS Con Oury, Granville Henderson - C.S. Delegate, AZ

Granville Henderson Oury
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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:
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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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Granville Henderson Oury:
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Born: March 12, 1825View attachment 393794
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 MissouriView attachment 393795
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
Oury was a big mover and shaker before the war in the Tucson region.

He was the one of the big reasons the Confederate Territory of Arizona formed.
 
Around the time Oury became a delegate he was also in the militia. Over 200 Apaches attacked the town of Tubac and later the town of Presidio. Oury and a small band of Confederate Militia from Tucson rescued the settlers. Another biograpny of Oury states thst he resigned his seat in the Confederate Congress to serve as Captain in Herbert's Battalion. I was led to believe he did not resign , he lost the special and disputed election.
 
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