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American Army colonel

Reuben F. Maury (1824 – 1906) was a colonel of the 1st Oregon Cavalry during the American Civil War, and the last commander of the District of Oregon in 1865.

Maury was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he and George E. Pickett were classmates. He was a veteran of the Mexican War, and became an Oregon pioneer in 1852. He was a major of the 1st Oregon Cavalry, eventually reaching the rank of colonel. He conducted operations in Oregon and the Idaho Territory and fought in the first part of the Snake War. He was commander of the District of Oregon from March 23, 1865 to June 27, 1865. He was a resident of Jackson County, Oregon, for many years, and died near Jacksonville, Oregon on February 20, 1906.

The Maury Mountains, in Crook County, Oregon, are named for him.

References

"Letter from Geo. E. Pickett to Reuben F. Maury, San Juan, W. T., February 13, 1861.", Oregon Historical Quarterly, Volume 8, Oregon Historical Society, W. H. Leeds, state printer
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume L, CHAPTER LXII
David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, pg.841
"Letter from Geo. E. Pickett to Reuben F. Maury, San Juan, W. T., February 13, 1861."], Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 8, p. 77

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Matthew Maury, immigrant James Maury (1718–1769) Mathew Maury (1744–1808) Matthew Hawes Maury (1777–1860) Matthew Henry Maury (1815-1858) Mason Maury (1848-1919) architect Reuben F. Maury (1824–1906), Oregon Union army colonel James Maury (1746–1840), one of the first United States diplomats William Morris Maury, m. Sarah Mytton, English author Mytton Maury (b. 1839), m. Virginia Draper, daughter of scientist John William Draper and sister of scientists Henry Draper and John Christopher Draper Antonia Maury (1866–1952), astronomer & Carlotta J. Maury paleontologist. Walker Maury (1752–1788) William Grymes Maury John Walker Maury (1809–1855), Mayor of Washington, D.C. William Arden Maury (1832–1918), U.S. Assistant Attorney General William Lewis Maury (1813–1878), Naval officer Fontaine Maury (1761–1824) Eliza Maury (b. 1793) Richard Brooke Maury (b. 1794) Rev. Thompson Brooke Maury Richard Fontaine Maury (1882–1950), railway engineer Richard Maury (1766–1843) John Minor Maury (1795–1824), m. Eliza Maury, his first cousin, daughter of Fontaine Maury Dabney Herndon Maury (1822–1900), Confederate general and brother William Lewis Maury (1818-1838)<-See Recollections..-> Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873), oceanographer, astronomer Abraham Maury (b. 1731), m. Susanna Poindexter, a cousin of George Poindexter Abraham "Abram" Maury, Jr. (b. 1766), Major, Tennessee state legislator Abram Poindexter Maury (1801–1848), U.S. Representative from Tennessee

Maury family tree

Matthew Maury, immigrant
- James Maury (1718–1769)
  - Mathew Maury (1744–1808)
    - Matthew Hawes Maury (1777–1860)
      - Matthew Henry Maury (1815-1858)
        Mason Maury (1848-1919) architect
      - Reuben F. Maury (1824–1906), Oregon Union army colonel
  - James Maury (1746–1840), one of the first United States diplomats
    - William Morris Maury, m. Sarah Mytton, English author
      - Mytton Maury (b. 1839), m. Virginia Draper, daughter of scientist John William Draper and sister of scientists Henry Draper and John Christopher Draper
        Antonia Maury (1866–1952), astronomer & Carlotta J. Maury paleontologist.
  - Walker Maury (1752–1788)
    - William Grymes Maury
      - John Walker Maury (1809–1855), Mayor of Washington, D.C.
        William Arden Maury (1832–1918), U.S. Assistant Attorney General
      - William Lewis Maury (1813–1878), Naval officer
  - Fontaine Maury (1761–1824)
    - Eliza Maury (b. 1793)
    - Richard Brooke Maury (b. 1794)
      - Rev. Thompson Brooke Maury
        Richard Fontaine Maury (1882–1950), railway engineer
  - Richard Maury (1766–1843)
    - John Minor Maury (1795–1824), m. Eliza Maury, his first cousin, daughter of Fontaine Maury
      - Dabney Herndon Maury (1822–1900), Confederate general and brother William Lewis Maury (1818-1838)<-See Recollections..->
    - Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873), oceanographer, astronomer
- Abraham Maury (b. 1731), m. Susanna Poindexter, a cousin of George Poindexter
  - Abraham "Abram" Maury, Jr. (b. 1766), Major, Tennessee state legislator
    - Abram Poindexter Maury (1801–1848), U.S. Representative from Tennessee

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