Henry Lowndes Maury Silver Bow County History of Montana, Sanders, 1913 Henry L. Maury, city attorney of Butte was born in Charlottesville, Virginia on November 20, 1875 and is a son of Matthew Fontaine and Lydia Ann (Maury) Maury. He is a great grandson of James Maury who was appointed American Consul at Liverpool England by President Washington and also great grandson of James Maury, a patriot of Revolutionary fame. Louis Herndon Maury, uncle of Henry was first officer under Admiral Semmes of the Confederate cruiser Alabama, of historic fame, and his great uncle, Dabney N. Maury was a major general in the Confederate Army. His grandmothers also won distinction. His paternal grandmother Sarah Hughes Maura was of Welsh extraction and one of the best known authors of the U.S. in her day. Her works were known and read all over this country. The maternal grandmother whose name was Lucy Price in her maidenhood, was a niece of General Sterling Price of the Confederate army and has long been prominent in the social life of Virginia. She is still living on the old family homestead in that state. Matthew F. Maury, great uncle of the subject of this review, was the most renowned hydrographer of his period. He entered the navy as a young man and soon reached the rank of lieutenant. He studied the Gulf stream and was the first man to trace its course accurately and map it out definitely on the trackless bosom of the ocean. He also located other oceanic currents and described great circle sailing in a way that has been of great advantage to navigators. In 1856 he published his "Physical Geography of the Sea" a work of the highest merit and one that attracted the attention and brought him the commendation of the whole scientific world in the domain of thought and investigation. He was also a civil and mechanical engineer and an inventor of submarine appliances. During the Civil War he espoused the cause of the Confederacy, and in the furtherance of that cause, invented the first form of torpedo used in naval warfare and also the first submarine mines, which were used in the James River below Richmond Virginia. After the war he was appointed a professor in the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in his native state, the school from which "Stonewall" Jackson went into the war. He died in 1875. Henry Lowndes Maury completed his education at the University of Virginia from which he was graduated in 1894. Soon afterwards he came west and located in Butte where for six years he was employed as a clerk in the law office of Corbett and Wellcome. During his connection with those gentlemen he studied law and was admitted to the bar and when he began practicing formed a partnership with Judge Pemberton which lasted for four years. At the end of that period he formed a new partnership wit his present associate, Mr. Templeman. They have a very large and active practice and the firm is in the highest rank in the legal profession. Mr. Maury was married in Charlottesville, Virginia on November 22, 1898 to Miss Ann Perkins, a daughter of George and Lizzie (Watson) Perkins of that city. Six children have been born of their union: Reuben, born September 2, 1899; George, born December 24, 1901; Lesse Lewis born October 23, 1903; Lydia, born December 12, 1906; Eliza, born October 2, 1908 and Henry Lowndes Jr, born July 9, 1911. In 1911 Mr. Maury was appointed City Attorney of Butte and he is still incumbent in that office. 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 forprofit, 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.