Born in Abingdon, Virginia; Granville Henderson Oury and his family moved to Bowling Green, Missouri, in 1836 where he pursued his academic studies, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1848. That year, he moved to San Antonio, Texas, and in 1849 to Marysville, California, where he engaged in mining. He then moved to Tucson, Arizona, in 1856 and began a law practice and was appointed a district judge for New Mexico Territory in Mesilla. Oury was involved in the infamous Crabb Massacre of April 1857, during which no more than 100 Americans were killed after an eight-day battle with Mexican forces at Caborca, Sonora. The Americans were under the command of General Henry A. Crabb, a former Californiasenator, who was allegedly trying to take over Sonora like the filibusterWilliam Walker. Oury was one of the men General Crabb had recruited in Tucson, and he was given the rank of captain and ordered to follow the general into Mexico after recruiting more men. However, when news reached Tucson that a superior force of Mexicans was besieging Crabb's expedition, Major R. N. Wood and Captain Oury were sent across the international border to help their compatriots. Just after crossing the border, the rescue party encountered about 200 Mexicans. A skirmish ensued which forced the Americans back across the border into Arizona. There were no casualties on the Americans' side. Of the Crabb party, all were killed except a fourteen-year-old boy and possibly one other man depending on varying sources.[1][2][3]
American Civil Waredit
Oury House in Tucson, Arizona watercolor by Oury's son-in-law Joseph Basil Girard (Huntington Museum collection)
Smith, Cornelius C. Jr.William Sanders Oury, History-Maker of the Southwest. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1967.
David Leighton, "Street Smarts: G. Oury was delegate to Confederacy, US Congress," Arizona Daily Star, July 30, 2013
David Leighton, "Street Smarts: Adventurous life led Oury here," Arizona Daily Star, July 23, 2013[permanent dead link]
United States Department of State (1857–1861). Execution of Colonel Crabb and associates: Message from the President of the United States communicating official information and correspondence in relation to the execution of Colonel Crabb and his associates. James B. Steedman.
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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Granville Henderson Oury March 12 1825 January 11 1891 was a nineteenth century American politician lawyer judge soldier and miner G H OuryDelegate to the U S House of Representativesfrom the Arizona Territory s at large districtIn office March 4 1881 March 3 1885Preceded byJohn G CampbellSucceeded byCurtis C BeanDelegate from Arizona Territoryto the Provisional Congressof the Confederate StatesIn office January 24 1862 February 17 1862Preceded byNew constituencySucceeded byConstituency abolishedPersonal detailsBornGranville Henderson Oury 1825 03 12 March 12 1825Abingdon Virginia U S DiedJanuary 11 1891 1891 01 11 aged 65 Tucson Arizona Territory U S Resting placeAdamsville Cemetery Adamsville Arizona U S 33 01 25 8 N 111 24 31 4 W 33 023833 N 111 408722 W 33 023833 111 408722Political partyDemocraticMilitary serviceAllegiance Confederate StatesBranch service Confederate States ArmyYears of service1862 1865RankCaptainCommandsOury s Company Herbert s Battalion Arizona CavalryBattles warsAmerican Civil War Siege of Tubac Contents 1 Early life 2 American Civil War 3 Later life and death 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksEarly life editBorn in Abingdon Virginia Granville Henderson Oury and his family moved to Bowling Green Missouri in 1836 where he pursued his academic studies studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848 That year he moved to San Antonio Texas and in 1849 to Marysville California where he engaged in mining He then moved to Tucson Arizona in 1856 and began a law practice and was appointed a district judge for New Mexico Territory in Mesilla Oury was involved in the infamous Crabb Massacre of April 1857 during which no more than 100 Americans were killed after an eight day battle with Mexican forces at Caborca Sonora The Americans were under the command of General Henry A Crabb a former California senator who was allegedly trying to take over Sonora like the filibuster William Walker Oury was one of the men General Crabb had recruited in Tucson and he was given the rank of captain and ordered to follow the general into Mexico after recruiting more men However when news reached Tucson that a superior force of Mexicans was besieging Crabb s expedition Major R N Wood and Captain Oury were sent across the international border to help their compatriots Just after crossing the border the rescue party encountered about 200 Mexicans A skirmish ensued which forced the Americans back across the border into Arizona There were no casualties on the Americans side Of the Crabb party all were killed except a fourteen year old boy and possibly one other man depending on varying sources 1 2 3 American Civil War edit nbsp Oury House in Tucson Arizona watercolor by Oury s son in law Joseph Basil Girard Huntington Museum collection At the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 Oury was elected to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States representing the Arizona Territory Around this time hostile Apaches attacked the town of Tubac located south of Tucson Over the course of a few days the Apaches besieged to old Presidio until the settlers were rescued by Oury and a small band of Confederate militia from Tucson Tubac was destroyed and abandoned but the settlers were saved due to Oury and his men Oury later resigned his seat in the Confederate Congress to serve as a captain in Herbert s Battalion of Arizona cavalry of the Confederate States Army He also served as a colonel on the staff of General Henry Hopkins Sibley in Texas and Louisiana from 1862 to 1864 He took the oath of allegiance at Fort Mason in Arizona on October 8 1865 Later life and death edit nbsp G H Oury s grave at Adamsville Cemetery in Adamsville Arizona After the end of the war Oury returned to his law practice in Tucson He was elected to the 3rd Arizona Territorial Legislature in 1866 serving as Speaker of the House that year and was appointed Arizona Territory Attorney General in 1869 He moved to Phoenix in 1871 and was appointed district attorney for Maricopa County serving from 1871 to 1873 That year his brother William S Oury was involved in the Camp Grant Massacre in which over 140 Apache men women and children were killed 4 5 Granville was elected in 1873 and 1875 to the 7th and 8th Arizona Territorial Legislature serving as Speaker during the 1873 session Oury unsuccessfully ran as a Democrat for the United States House of Representatives in 1878 and was appointed district attorney for Pinal County in 1879 He was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1880 reelected in 1882 serving from 1881 to 1885 not running for reelection in 1884 He served as a delegate to the 1884 Democratic National Convention in Chicago returned to Adamsville in 1885 and resumed practicing law He once again served as district attorney for Pinal County in 1889 and 1890 He died of throat cancer in Tucson on January 11 1891 and was interred in the Adamsville Cemetery at Adamsville Arizona See also editList of United States representatives from ArizonaReferences edit United States Department of State pg 72 Guide to the Filibuster Expeditions Collection MS 161 http www logoi com notes apache land war time in arizona html http files usgwarchives net az statewide bios oury txt bare URL plain text file Shadows at Dawn Further reading editSmith Cornelius C Jr William Sanders Oury History Maker of the Southwest Tucson University of Arizona Press 1967 David Leighton Street Smarts G Oury was delegate to Confederacy US Congress Arizona Daily Star July 30 2013 David Leighton Street Smarts Adventurous life led Oury here Arizona Daily Star July 23 2013 permanent dead link United States Department of State 1857 1861 Execution of Colonel Crabb and associates Message from the President of the United States communicating official information and correspondence in relation to the execution of Colonel Crabb and his associates James B Steedman External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Granville Henderson Oury United States Congress G H Oury id O000135 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved November 13 2020 Granville Henderson Oury at The Political Graveyard Political offices New constituency Delegate from Arizona Territory to theProvisional Congress of the Confederate States1862 Constituency abolished U S House of Representatives Preceded byJohn G Campbell Delegate to the U S House of Representativesfrom the Arizona Territory s at large congressional district1881 1885 Succeeded byCurtis C Bean Portals nbsp American Civil War nbsp Arizona nbsp Biography nbsp Law nbsp Politics nbsp Virginia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title G H Oury amp oldid 1215612793, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
