Sarah Rosalie Patten Buchanan

(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.

Sarah Rosalie Patten Buchanan is a historical marker in Mineola, Wood County, dedicated in 1999. It is one of 74 historical markers documented in Wood County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.6647, -95.4876 near Mineola. The nearest cataloged historic site is First National Bank of Mineola (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Thomas Breen Family, Mineola Post Office, and Mineola Public Library.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5499011662. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.