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William Sanders Oury

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William Sanders Oury

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
31 Mar 1887 (aged 70)
Arizona, USA
Burial
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
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William Sanders Oury is an eyewitness to survive the Alamo. He was 15 at the time and Travis let Oury go to as a courier to seek aid from Sam Houston. All defenders of the Alamo perished. Oury married Inez Garcia in Durango Mexico and later moved to Tucson, Arizona and lived his life. He did not publish his experiences from his days with Travis at the Alamo. What we know was related later in his life. He is an Arizona Pioneer.


Added by C. Fahey
Grave site coordinates: 32.26755 -110.97894

William Sanders Oury is an eyewitness to survive the Alamo. He was 15 at the time and Travis let Oury go to as a courier to seek aid from Sam Houston. All defenders of the Alamo perished. Oury married Inez Garcia in Durango Mexico and later moved to Tucson, Arizona and lived his life. He did not publish his experiences from his days with Travis at the Alamo. What we know was related later in his life. He is an Arizona Pioneer.


Added by C. Fahey
Grave site coordinates: 32.26755 -110.97894



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