William S. Oury Granville H. Oury History of Arizona, Thomas Edwin Farish, Vol. 2 1915, pg. 269 William S. Oury was born in Wythe County Virginia on August 13, 1816. In early life he drifted to the west and was with General Sam Houston at the battle of San Jacinto. He came to Arizona in 1856 and engaged in stock raising and trading. He bore his part in the early history of the Territory and was a member of several expeditions against the Indians. He organized the expedition against the Indians which resulted in what has been called the Camp Grant Massacre. W.S. Oury was the first President of the Pioneers' Society at Tucson and died in that city in March 1887. Granville H. Oury was born in Abingdon Virginia and came to Arizona in 1856. He commanded the expedition out of Tucson which went to join the Crabb expedition in Mexico. Upon the seizure of Tucson by the Confederates and the organization of the Territorial Government under Secession rule, he was sent as delegate to the Confederate Congress at Richmond, where he remained during the war. At its close he returned to Arizona, settled in Florence, where he practiced as an attorney and served two terms as Delegate to Congress in the years 1880-82. He was the brother of W.S. Oury. He died in the year 1891 in Washington D.C. USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist.