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Mary Jane Alexander (view source)
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==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
When Nona married and moved with her husband, Edward Henry Snyder (1876-1967), to Canadian, the seat of government for Hemphill County, Mary Jane joined them. It was in Canadian that her second son formed the R. T. Alexander Ranch. There she was widely respected for her piety and charity. When she was near death, many came from across the Panhandle to express appreciation for her life of piety, kindness, and charity. She died a the age of eighty-nine in the spring of 1929,<ref name=bio/> not long before the [[Stock market crash of 1929|stock market crash]] that fall.
When Nona married and moved with her husband, Edward Henry Snyder (1876-1967), to Canadian, the seat of government for Hemphill County, Mary Jane joined them. It was in Canadian that her second son formed the R. T. Alexander Ranch. There she was widely respected for her piety, kindness, and charity. When she was near death, many came from across the Panhandle to express appreciation for her life. She died at the age of eighty-nine in the spring of 1929,<ref name=bio/> not long before the [[Stock market crash of 1929|stock market crash]] that fall.
In 1961, Mary Jane was posthumously honored as the first woman rancher in the Panhandle. In 1991, a gallery of the R. T. Alexander Ranch was established in the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon in Randall County south of [[Amarillo]]. The Alexander Ranch was cited by the land heritage section of the Texas Department of Agriculture for being the longest continually operating, family-owned ranch in Hemphill County.<ref name=bio/
In 1961, Mary Jane was posthumously honored as the first woman rancher in the Panhandle. In 1991, a gallery of the R. T. Alexander Ranch was established in the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon in Randall County south of [[Amarillo]]. The Alexander Ranch was cited by the land heritage section of the Texas Department of Agriculture for being the longest continually operating, family-owned ranch in Hemphill County.<ref name=bio/