Mary Estes:  

CLASS OF 1975
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Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY

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hi 2 all all u on classmate.i have a new interest going on.it's historical.things that happen in my home town.lexington ky.so the picture up on my profile is this famous person.and i have alot of pictuers of her on her also.so check them out.this has taken about 2 weeks 4 me to get this together.but loved every min of it.and i had to stop and go to work and hated to leave it.but first i want 2 tell u about her.BELLE BREZING (JUNE 16 1860- AUGUST 11 1940) WAS A NATIONALLY KNOW OF THE GREATEST MADAM IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH.her name belle brezing was born mary belle cox.the illegitimate daughter of sarah ann cox.ms cox then her mom married george brezing a lexington saloon oparator.grocer, whose name belle adoped.belle brezing had a daughter daisy mea kenney. at the age of 15. (dasiy mae kenney was mentally disabled)who was raised by a neighbor.mrs barnet.it is not know for certain when belle brezing became a prostiute,brezing is to believed to have been the model for belle waiting in GONE WITH THE WIND.belle is buried in calvary cemetery here in lex,ky.belle's 1st job in a broth was dec 24.1879 in a house maintained by jenny hill,which has the distinction of being the former residence of 1st lady mary todd lincoln.her working house was locaated at 59 megowan st(now is 1...Expand for more
53 eastern ave)she was amazingly successful in her prostitution career,even though she was arrested more times then any other citizen in lex.she was pardoned by the govenor of ky, luke p blackburn. the brothels in the area was shut down in 1915 under order of the us army since they were considered a distraction for the soliders in the area.and also the zoning was going to be change but she gose to see the gov.so she didnt have to close after all.( I ALSO HAVE THE PICTURE OF THE CERTIFCATE) belle continued to live there until her death the red lights dimmed on augest 11 1940.she passed away at 4:30 am.addicted to morphine and suffering from uterine cancer. her estate was auctioned off over several days.the house was converted into apartments and in 1973 a fire consumed the upper floor.the remaning architectual detiles were auctioned off bricks salvaged from the home were sold to the pubic with the inscription."BRICK FROM THE BELLE BREZING HOME.the most orderly of dis-orderly homes.still standing one of the other former house,is on the campus of transylania university.and houses a women's locker room.so im off here.hope u all enjoyed this as much as i did putting this together.let me no if u read it please.would love 2 hear what u think of it.thanks.mary,p.s go 2 ur libary and see if they have the book about her.it's called MADMA BELLE.
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