Maury family.

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A prominent Virginia family with property in Albermarle, Hanover, and Spotsylvania Counties. Rev. James Maury was a rector at Fredericksville parish and taught school there. His son James Maury was the first American consul to Liverpool. Other prominent family members included Matthew Fontaine Maury, naval officer and oceanographer; Dabney Herndon Maury, Mexican War veteran, Confederate officer, American consul in Columbia, and founder of the Southern Historical Society, Richard Lancelot Maury, Colonel of the 24th Virginia Regiment, and William A. Maury, Assistant Attorney General under several presidents.

From the description of Maury family papers, 1755-1910 (bulk 1847-1878). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122551758

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creatorOf Maury family. Maury family papers, 1755-1910 (bulk 1847-1878). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
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correspondedWith Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 person
associatedWith Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914 person
correspondedWith Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900 person
correspondedWith Maury, James, 1746-1840 person
correspondedWith Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 person
correspondedWith Maury, William A. (William Arden), d. 1918 person
correspondedWith Pegram, John, 1832-1865 person
correspondedWith Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879 person
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Confederate States of America
Virginia
United States
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Veterans
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Active 1755

Active 1910

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