Dona Patricia De La Garza De Leon (1775-1849)
Evergreen Cemetery - North Vine & West Red River Streets
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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 patr`iot, loyal to the cause of Texas. Her home was a center of pioneer culture. Homesite was later given to St. Mary's Church.