Mary Comfort Leonard

Mary E. Comfort, Mrs. Leonard (January 22, 1856 August 4, 1940) was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She was one of the three founders of the Delta Gamma Fraternity, along with Anna Boyd Ellington and Eva Webb Dodd, in 1873 at the Lewis School in Oxford, Mississippi.[1]

Mary Comfort Leonard
Standing: Mary Comfort Leonard; Sitting: Eva Webb Dodd and Anna Boyd Ellington, circa 1875.
Born
Mary Comfort

(1856-01-22)January 22, 1856
DiedAugust 4, 1940(1940-08-04) (aged 84)
Known forCo-founding the Delta Gamma Fraternity

Information

One of 13 children of Daniel Benjamin Comfort Jr. & Eliza Love Durham, after her initial education, she attended the Lewis School in Oxford, Mississippi for three years. There, she met her husband Charles Henry Leonard, a student at the University of Mississippi.

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References

  1. Delta Gamma (2012-09-25). "History". Delta Gamma Fraternity. Archived from the original on 2013-01-13. Retrieved 2012-10-09.


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