(February 24, 1850-December 9, 1884)
Louisiana native John Creighton Buchanan moved to East Texas and established a legal practice in Quitman. He became the first Wood County Attorney in 1876, the year before he married Sarah Rosalie "Rosa" Patten (1855-1941). He represented Rains, Wood, Upshur, Gregg and Smith counties in the Texas Senate from 1878 until his death in 1884 at age 34. As a senator, Buchanan was a strong advocate of education. He authored a bill to establish normal schools in Texas, secured a grant to finance Mineola schools, and drafted the bill that created the University of Texas.| HM Number | HM2KGI |
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| Year Placed | 1999 |
| Placed By | Texas Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, September 6th, 2019 at 8:05pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15S E 266256 N 3615944 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.65643333, -95.49223333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 39.386', W 95° 29.534' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 39' 23.16" N, 95° 29' 32.04" W |
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| Closest Postal Address | At or near , , |
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