Dona Patricia De La Garza De Leon
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N 28° 48.659 W 097° 00.534
14R E 694305 N 3188671
This marker stands graveside in the De Leon family plot in Evergreen Cemetery in Victoria. It's to the left of Don Martin De Leon's grey granite marker.
Waymark Code: WMRJN5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2016
Views: 4
Marker erected by: Texas Historical Survey Committee
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry De Leon, Dona Patricia De La Garza
City Victoria
County Victoria
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 694398
UTM Northing 3188643
Subject Codes women, women's history topics; colonization
Marker Year 1972
Marker Location Evergreen Cemetery, N. Vine and Red River Sts. (De Leon Pathway, Lot 1, Section 1)
Marker Size Grave Marker
Marker Number: 6539
Marker Text:
Pioneer Colony Co-Founder and Texas Patriot
Dona Patricia De La Garza De Leon
(1775-1849)
Came from Tamaulipas to Texas (then northernmost province of Mexico) about 1800, to be at the side of her husband, Don Martin de Leon, as he sought to obtain a Spanish grant to establish a civilized colony here. With her family of ten children, she was a patriot, loyal to the cause of Texas. Her home was a center of pioneer culture. Homesite was later given to St. Mary's Church.
Recorded - 1972
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