The High Life of Belle Brezing

How a shunned little girl grew to be Lexington, Kentucky’s most memorable madam

Belle Brezing, sometimes spelled Breezing. Circa 1895, Wikipedia

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…