Feb 27, 2020
11 min read
The High Life of Belle Brezing
How a shunned little girl grew to be Lexington, Kentucky’s most memorable madam
Humble Beginnings
She was born Mary Belle Cox, the illegitimate daughter of dressmaker, and occasional prostitute, Sarah Ann, on June 16, 1860. Belle was the second of Sarah’s daughters, Hester being the older girl. When Belle was a baby of…
