Marie tepe leonard biography

Marie (Brose) Leonard (1834 - 1901)

Marie"French Mary"Leonard formerly Brose aka Tepe

Born in Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

Wife of Richard Leonard — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Died at age 66in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

She was a famed United States Civil War figure known as "French Marie." Marie was a vivandiere associated with the 27th Pennsylvania Infantry and the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Her first husband was Bernard Tepe who was a soldier in the 27th Pennsylvania Infantry. Bernard died at Gettysburg. Richard Leonard was her second husband, however, they separated about 1898. It is believed she did not have any children.

Name Sex Race Age Status Relation Occupation Birth Place
Richard Leonard M White 39 Married Head Coal Miner Germany
Mary Leonard F White

Civil War Vivandiere and Nurse

French Mary Tepe, a Civil War Vivandiere, was a French immigrant who married the Philadelphia tailor, Bernardo Tepe. Vivandieres were a combination nurse, cook, seamstress, and laundress who travelled with the Zouaves. They usually adopted the style of clothing of her regiment, but with men’s pants under a knee-length skirt, and carried a cask that was generally filled with water, brandy, or wine. Mary Tepe was certainly the most famous of those ladies.


Image: French Mary Tepe stands on Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg, where she served as a nurse at the field hospitals in July 1863.

Mary (Marie) Brose was born on August 24, 1834 in the village of Brest, France. Her mother was French and her father Turkish. After the death of her father when she was about 10 years old, young Marie immigrated to the United States. Around the age of 20, she married Philadelphia tailor, Bernardo Tepe (also noted as Tebe).

At the start of the Civil War, Bernardo enlisted in Company I, 27th Pennsylvania Volunteers. He wanted his wife to stay home and manage their

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Fales, Almira L. Newcomb McNaughton Lockwood -- Dysart, Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" -- Fowle, Elida Barker Rumsey -- Tyler, Adeline Blanchard -- Hubley, Rosina Weaver -- Lawrence, Catherine S. -- Brainard, Elmina Maria Oltz Pierce -- Woodworth, Mary Ann E. Keen -- Hooks, Lorinda Anna Blair Kellogg Etheridge -- Ricketts, Frances Ann Lawrence -- Fremont, Jessie Ann Benton -- Weston, Modenia R. Chadwick McColl -- Stevens, Harriet Reese Colfax -- Safford, Mary Jane -- Hughes, Debbie A. -- Young, Mary Ann B. -- Hancock, Mary Ellen Green Bonney -- Sharpless, Harriet Reifsnyder -- Porter, Felicia Ann Grundy Eakin -- Whitney, Lucina B. Emerson Nicholas Meacham -- Reynolds, Arabella Loomis Macomber -- Pomroy, Rebecca Rossignol Holliday -- Wormeley, Katherine Prescott -- Wiswell, Rebecca -- Mahone, Otelia Voinard Butler -- Williams, Rose Adele Cutts Douglas -- Denham, Cynthia Russel Tuell -- Holstein, Anna Morris Ellis -- Gregg, Sarah Gallop -- Leonard, Marie Brose Tepe -- Smith, Elizabeth B. Watton -- Edwards, Caroline Cheeseborough Wright Hagar

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