(April 23, 1855-February 24, 1941)
Quitman native Sarah Rosalie "Rosa" Patten married future state senator John Creighton Buchanan in 1877. They moved to Mineola, and in 1884 Sarah was left a 29-year-old widow with three young children to support. She became a schoolteacher, and in 1892 was appointed by her friend Governor James S. Hogg to a teaching position at Sam Houston State Normal College in Huntsville. She became a full professor, Dean of Women, and head of the English department. Retiring to her family's home at this site in 1916, she supervised Wood County war work during World War I and served on the school board from 1928 to 1932. She died at age 85, and was buried next to her husband in the Mineola City Cemetery.| HM Number | HM2KEN |
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| Year Placed | 1999 |
| Placed By | Texas Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, September 6th, 2019 at 11:02am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15S E 266717 N 3616854 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.66473333, -95.48755000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 39.884', W 95° 29.253' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 39' 53.04" N, 95° 29' 15.18" W |
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| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near , , |
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