Granville Henderson Oury

Granville Henderson Oury (March 12, 1825 – January 11, 1891) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, judge and miner. Born in Abingdon, Virginia, Oury and his family moved to Bowling Green, Missouri in 1836 where he pursued in 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 an... more

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  • Mar 12, 1825

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  • Jan 11, 1891 (age 65 years)

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