Marker Inscription
(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. (1999)
About this site
John Creighton Buchanan is a historical marker in Mineola, Wood County, dedicated in 1999. It is one of 75 historical markers documented in Wood County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 151 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.6564, -95.4922 near Mineola. The nearest cataloged historic site is George C. Reeves (Aug. 31, 1854 - Aug. 29, 1934) (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dr. Adolph Leander Patten, Richard Malcolm Smith, and Robert N. Stafford.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5499011661. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
